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In an era when local, state and regional competition to attract new companies appears to be heighten

New car and truck sales among domestic import manufacturers for 1987 will drop about 6 percent from

New claims for state unemployment insurance benefits were made by 371,000 persons during the week en

Talks on the U.S.-Canadian softwood lumber dispute continued despite Canada's rejection of a U.S. pr

Real capital spending by U.S. non-farm businesses in 1987 is expected to rise 0.2 percent from 1986

The United States lags behind Japan, West Germany and Sweden in both economic performance and qualit

GENERAL NEWS Creating temporary agencies to solve major social and economic problems may pro

The Finance Ministry presented a set of proposals to revise a tax system that Europeans contend hamp

The British automaker Austin Rover Group Ltd. and Honda Motor Co. of Japan signed an agreement to jo

Japan is moving toward setting an inflation-adjusted annual economic growth target of about 3.5 perc

Japan plans to propose a 20-year international fundamental science research program of about 1.0 tri

Belgian Steelmaker Reaches Layoff AccordBRUSSELS, Belgium - Cockerill-Sambre, Belgium's larg

Although substantive changes to the 1985 Farm Act could be proposed early in the 100th Congress, rea

Eight months after the worst nuclear reactor accident in history, the Soviet Union is trying to seal

Net cash income for the farm sector could increase from $44 billion this year to between $45 billion

Peruvian exports and earnings from copper and zinc rose during January- Septembe r over the same per

Indian sugar output in the first half of November was 125,000 metric tons, compared with 190,000 met

Brazilian Coffee Crop Put at 25 Million BagsRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Early data collected by

The administration's intention to propose changes in the sugar program next year is seen here largel

The North Carolina World Trade Association has endorsed the State Ports Authority's $44.6 million "M

A volcano that erupted last month on a small island and forced 11,000 people to evacuate exploded ag

The South Louisiana Port Commission has appointed an interim replacement for Robert Egan, who was f

A Federal Maritime Commission ruling could allow United States Lines (SA) to recover about $1 millio

CooperVision Will Sell Its Ophthalmic BusinessPALO ALTO, Calif. - CooperVision said it agree

The founders of the European Monetary System, former President Valery Giscard d'Estaing of France an

For years irrigation farmers in the low-rainfall Texas High Plains have had to drill deeper and pump

The British government said it was investigating allegations that civil servants may have illegally

It's nail-biting time on Wall Street. Today's triple witching hour could be particularly vol

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Dutch Firm to Control Philips Trust After ShiftThe United States Philips Trust, which owned

The U.S. dollar declined against most major foreign currencies Thursday on fresh signs of a sluggish

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

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

Thursday, Dec. 18, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The 21 air carriers belonging to the Association of European Airlines expect their passenger busines

Flying Tiger Line Gets A New Lease on LifeTiger International's board of directors approved

Chemical Valley, a multibillion-dollar complex of some 20 oil refineries and petrochemical plants pr

Soviets Report Riots MOSCOW - The official news agency Tass issued an unprecedented report a

Jaruzelski to Visit Italy WARSAW, Poland - Polish Leader Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski will pay a

The head of the American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa said 26 more U.S. companies are likely