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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines said it reached a preliminary agreement to buy the Hilton International hot

Mitsubishi Motors Sales America, a subsidiary of Japan's Mitsubishi Motors Corp., announced plans to

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

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which celebrates its 25th anniversary thi

OPEC ministers have made a majority decision to reduce crude oil output to 15.8 million barrels a da

Western Financial Meet TOKYO - Finance ministers and central bank governors from the United

Charges that U.S. semiconductor makers are dumping large-scale integration chips in Japan's market a

Containerization & Intermodal Institute. All-day seminar on the impact of the 1984 Shipping Act on c

Hapag-Lloyd, West Germany's biggest ship line, navigated better than expected through 1986 and will

Start-up Delayed At Hope Creek PlantLOWER ALLOWAYS CREEK, N.J. - Routine maintenance on a wa

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

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

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

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

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

The hottest board game in the Philippines this Christmas is a cross between Monopoly and Clue that l

International Longshoremen's Association members in Baltimore who have at least 25 years of service

Japan's overall crude steel production in fiscal 1986, a term ending next March, is expected to drop

The port of Los Angeles, the nation's most profitable port for the past several years, has become th

Marshall P. Safir wants the entire U.S. Court of Appeals to reconsider a refusal by one of the court

Maritime Research Inc. announced it is accepting prepublication orders for Chartering Annual 1986, w

Iraq Reports Attack On Ship in GulfNICOSIA, Cyprus - Iraq said its warplanes Thursday attack

Heavy-duty Class 8 trucks sales remained far below 1985 levels in the first 11 months of this year

Oconee Nuclear Station Removed From ServiceWALHALLA, S.C. - Oconee Nuclear Station Unit 3 wa

Damon Biotech Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Damon Corp., announced that the U.S. Patent and T

Boise Agrees To Sell UnitTo SonocoBOISE, Idaho - Boise Cascade Corp. and Sonoco Prod

Since coal has replaced oil as Indonesia's primary source of energy, the country has been modernizin

THERE WAS A TIME, not long ago, when monetary policy was much more mysterious. Divining Fede

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

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