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Sen. Frank Murkowski proposes to block Japanese firms from bidding on U.S. aviation projects unless

In two years, Mikhail S. Gorbachev has steered the Soviet Union toward an arms control agreement, ma

Toughening anti-dumping law will be among many controversial issues again this year as the House Way

Asarco Closing Plant For Maintenance WorkNew York - Asarco Inc. said it will close its coppe

Japanese Automakers To Maintain EC SalesJapanese automakers agreed to hold monthly exports t

NY Cancer Deaths Under InvestigationALBANY, N.Y. - New York State is investigating some canc

Conference Rejected JAKARTA, Indonesia - The United States sees no use now for a Soviet- pro

March 11, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Georgia peanuts, like those made famous by former President Jimmy Carter, are one reason officials a

Meridian Diagnostics Inc. announced that it received Federal Food and Drug Administration approval t

Bayer USA Inc. announced a loss in overall 1986 net income although subsidiaries Mobay Corp. and Mil

Railroad freight traffic turned up on February after starting the year very slowly in January.

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

The New York Pret show will highlight fall/winter '87 collections from over 1,300 American and Inter

GENERAL NEWS The Senate Finance Committee voted more funds for the U.S. Customs Service whil

The Senate Environmental Protection Subcommittee showered skepticism on Reagan administration offici

Peru's 1986 minerals exports totaled US$1.076 billion, down 13 percent from 1985 and the lowest leve

The Leipzig Spring Fair will be held March 15-21 in Leipzig, East Germany. The theme of this year's

One out of six Americans does not have any health insurance coverage, eitherfrom private or

A Georgia legislative committee has agreed on an insurance bill that would not force the state's pro

The stock of Volkswagen AG, the giant West German automaker, plunged Wednesday after the company sai

A strong rally by the U.S. dollar and sterling collapsed Wednesday afternoon and analysts said they

Two major power generating projects financed by Japan will be inaugurated next weekend, the official

JGC Corp., a Japanese plant engineering company, has won a contract from Virginia Power in the Unite

Motor Carrier Reports LossU.S. Truck Lines Inc. reported a fourth quarter loss of $1 million

The Senate Banking Committee voted to place a moratorium of more than one year on bank expansions in

South Korea's trade minister has asked U.S. business to compete more vigorously for a growing Korean

A state bank has started bankruptcy proceedings against a state enterprise, in the first such proced

Stock prices declined Wednesday due to futures-linked arbitrage selling. Analysts said parti

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Merchants and producers in this quiet town in southwestern France are breathing easier now that the

Japan will permit major U.S. banking institutions to open branch offices in Japan for their brokerag

Rising energy and import costs may boost the U.S. Consumer Price Index to 3.9 percent this year but

Hughes Board OKs Baker Merger TermsHughes Tool Co.'s board decided to approve the terms of a

The drive for French disinvestment from South Africa will move into high gear on March 21 with meeti

W.R. Grace & Co. announced a 1986 fourth quarter loss of $559.9 million andplans to divest i

Seaborne trade in forest products is one of the few sectors of the dry bulk shipping market that see

Argentine President Raul Alfonsin is expected to approve a proposal by a large private farm cooperat

Chargeurs Reunis, a wholly owned affiliate of the French Chargeurs SA group, is to transfer its con

Donald Engen, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, sees prog ress in the agency's e