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Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill., who is in line for a key Senate Laborsubcommittee chairmanship, is pushing

QUESTION OF THE DAY: On everyone's mind, of course, is the Iran/contra/Afghan/ Wh ite House connecti

A private study on tax reform's impact projects higher effective tax rates for water, rail and air t

The United States and the Soviet Union resumed efforts to try to expand their two-way non-strategic

GENERAL NEWS The emerging Iran arms sales could reduce White House clout and complicate many

A series of new U.S. customs fees is embarrassing U.S. trade policy-makers. Within a period

The recent opening of an Australian merchant bank in the United States highlights the increasing mov

OIL/GAS SUN CO. (Dallas) - John P. Neafsey was named executive vice president and James E. M

Rejecting mounting political pressures favoring a unilateral debt moratorium, Brazilian President J

Here is a review of how some seasoned Washington hands think the Iran arms controversy could affect

The Brazilian government surprised local computer manufacturers and software houses Thursday, submit

Singapore-Burma Talks RANGOON, Burma - A Singapore delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister G

The West German gross national product grew 1 percent in the third quarter, seasonally and annually

The government has shifted the exchange rate on most imports to increase costs by 25 percent and giv

Honeywell Inc., a major U.S. electronics producer and defense contractor, will sell its South Africa

New government requirements have temporarily halted the expansion of the Portuguese banking sector.<

Britain's international trade performance during the third quarter of the year was considerably wors

The French government is expected to pick an industry outsider as the new chairman of Renault, the s

US Weighs Duties On Mirror ImportsMirrors imported from Japan, Italy, Britain, West Germany

Governments of the main non-communist countries of Southeast Asia must get out of business and stimu

Hitachi Denies Charges Of TV Tube DumpingHitachi Electronic Devices (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. is

BankAmerica to Close 8 Hong Kong OfficesBankAmerica Corp. will close eight of its 11 Hong Ko

A government advisory council put finishing touches on a proposal for Japan's most sweeping tax refo

China's textile and apparel sales to the United States are expected to soar to more than $2 billion

GENERAL NEWS The emerging Iran arms sales could reduce White House clout and complicate many

Pyongyang is prepared for the 24th Olympic Games, blares the improbable propaganda here. At

A Japanese businessman is plotting to overturn his government's tight ban on rice imports by any mea

A Japanese businessman is plotting to overturn his government's tight ban on rice imports by any mea

A government advisory council put finishing touches on a proposal for Japan's most sweeping tax refo

China's textile and apparel sales to the United States are expected to soar to more than $2 billion

DOT Gives TWA Nod To Sell Part of PARSThe Department of Transportation said it would allow N

Pyongyang is prepared for the 24th Olympic Games, blares the improbable propaganda here. At

Matlack Inc. will expand its bulk commodities transfer and trucking network in the Midwest by adding

Conrail to Rebuild Ashtabula Coal FacilityConsolidated Rail Corp. said it is rebuilding the

Erik Tofsrud, former president of Vancouver Port Corp., is helping a rival British Columbia port dev

The ghost of Smoot-Hawley" will be hanging over Congress next year when trade legislation aimed at r

For the week ended Nov. 22, 1986, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equ

With up to $56 million at stake, San Francisco International Airport asked the U.S. Court of Appeals

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

William Dement is known as the father of sleep disorders medicine" primarily for having founded the