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Japan's jobless rate hit a record 3 percent in January, the highest level in 34 years, a Labor Minis

After two days of talks with China's senior leaders, U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz said he w

On the back of a highly successful sales drive in Japan, a leading businessman is urging Hong Kong t

The growth in the number of foreign tourists visiting China slowed in 1986 for possibly the first ti

Across a campus square from the last Mao Tse-tung statue in Dalian, Chinese and U.S. experts are tra

GENERAL NEWS The government's index of economic indicators points away from future growth, f

NECO Sets Agreement For Power PurchasesNEWPORT, R.I. - Newport Electric Co. finalized an agr

The government has decided to allow hotels, cultural departments and halls to hold public dances for

Unocal Increases Solvent PricesUnocal Chemicals Division announced an increase of 12 cents a

Ferro Corp. announced two new business ventures to expand its composites operations. Ferro s

The state Public Service Commission has delayed until April 7 a hearing on whether to cancel the ope

Massachusetts could do without electricity generated by two controversial nuclear power plants if re

K-V Pharmaceutical Co. said it received Food and Drug Administration approval to market a cardiovasc

Trying to chart the future of energy-poor Italy in light of the Chernobyl disaster, government offic

Sen. Majority Leader Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., the most powerful coal industry proponent in Congress, wa

Ecolab Inc., formerly Economics Laboratory, has moved into the institutional laundry supply business

An opponent of a proposed mini-hydroelectric project near Oakhurst has charged that political pressu

The B.F. Goodrich Co. said it will shut down several manufacturing operations in Akron by the end of

Burlington Northern Railroad is considering selling up to 2,000 miles of lines this year as part of

Drivers Group Seeks Review on ICC RulingThe Owner Operators Independent Drivers Association

A determined effort to integrate Just-In-Time in its distribution network led to Sears Roebuck and C

Recognizing that an increasing number of fish, lobsters and crabs are flying these days, the Air Tra

Gelco Corp.'s second quarter earnings rose to $5.2 million, or 67 cents a share, from $3.2 million,

The National Transportation Safety Board urged the Defense Department to toughen qualification stand

All Nippon Airways To Buy Airbus AircraftAll Nippon Airways Co. of Japan signed a 160 billio

A North American representative of Renaldo Piaggio Co. says the Italian company remains committed to

Sabena's Martin Kovach is intrigued by the notion that two Catch-22 circumstances may conceivably ad

British Aerospace last year made significant sales in the U.S. market, but it was an even bigger cus

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

American Airlines' acquisition of 40 long-range, wide-bodied aircraft from Airbus Industrie and Boei

A Taiwanese delegation left for Washington Tuesday to try to negotiate an increase in this island's

U.S. textile, apparel and footwear manufacturers are stepping up their calls for import relief legis

Luncheon in honor of Clayton Yeutter, U.S. trade representative. Sponsored by the New York Chamber o

A strike at the four-month-old Ford Motor Co. plant here was in its third day Tuesday, but a company

On Competitiveness Competitiveness can be proved only in the testing lab, in the finance dep

Software to Simplify Electronics DesignA British company is introducing an advanced software

The voice of every member country of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade may carry equal weig

Seoul Demonstration SEOUL, South Korea - Demonstrators fought for hours against nearly 50,00

Hong Kong Firms Net Orders at US Toy FairThe Hong Kong Trade Council reported that the 19 Ho

Unilever PLC, the Anglo-Dutch conglomerate, announced fourth quarter 1986 pretax earnings of 276 mi