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When Volkswagen do Brasil late this month ships its first shipment of new cars to be marketed in th

The Agriculture Department will provide a new 24-hour-a-day computer service to explain the latest g

After reaching its greatest success in 30 years, China's largest export outlet now plans to test unc

IFAD$5 million from the international fund for agricultural development in credits for fish

In an era when nearly everyone in the airline industry seems to think bigger is better, USAir Group

The U.S. dollar moved lower against all major foreign currencies except the yen Friday in reaction t

African Marshall Plan LOME, Togo - The French and Togolese presidents praised Hissene Habre,

Portugal will try to find special market niches to maintain the growth of its exports over the next

The European Parliament voted to cancel 8.1 million European currency units (US$8.1 million) in fina

Brazil is opening one of the world's last great agricultural frontiers, a huge region on its central

South Korea's trade surplus with the United States rose to a record $5.9 billion in the first 10 mon

Japan asked the United States to be patient in its call for Japan to halt alleged "dumping" of semic

U.S. exports to Hong Kong slumped in September, dragging the United States off its long-time perch a

British Aerospace Wins Defense System OrderThe British government said it placed a $1.5 bill

President Suharto has agreed to send a delegation to Malta to study the possibility of expanding tra

A delegation of top U.S. investment bankers, who used to be portrayed by Communist authorities as ex

While many in the West tend to lump the dynamic economies of East and Southeast Asia into one mold,

Japan agreed to make substantial cuts on exports of textiles to the United States, the U.S. Trade Re

TNT Ltd.'s $29-a-share offer for Airborne Freight Corp. is the first move in what could be one of th

TRADE SMITHKLINE-BECKMAN CORP. (Philadelphia) - Hachiro Koyama, Japanese industrialist and c

Work parties and four dredges continue to clear the Panama Canal of one of its biggest landslides,

Newport News Yard Lays Off 1,250 WorkersNEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Newport News Shipbuilding said i

The U.S. Court of Appeals here dismissed another suit against the shipping industry by Marshall P. S

User fees will likely remain a controversial issue for the nation's barge industry despite the new h

Naval Lab Awards Contract BALTIMORE - Martin Marietta Corp. received a $4 million contract f

The United States and Norway face a common, major maritime fact: most of the fleets owned by their n

Pennwalt Corp.'s board of directors approved the expansion of the Organic Chemicals Division's metha

Lloyd M. Martin, secretary-treasurer of the International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots,

Market for Gum Rosins Is SteadyThe market for gum rosins is reported to be stable, although

Hercules Inc. appointed Harwick Chemical Corp., Akron, Ohio, as its distributor for key peroxide and

Many residents of New Jersey's cities will be shut out from obtaining automobile insurance if propos

Mobil Oil Canada Plans Stimulation ProjectMobil Oil Corp.'s Canadian affiliate, Mobil Oil Ca

Here in the "oil patch," even multimillionaires like Clayton Williams and his wife, Modesta, are hur

Charles Schwab, who wants to buy back the discount brokerage company he founded and sold to BankAmer

Spurred on by a strong yen and attractive rate of return, Japanese investment in U.S. real estate is

Cyprus Minerals Co. said it has collected $20 million held in escrow as a guarantee of LTV Steel Co.

The Argentine government has signed two exploration and production deals with private oil companies

South Korea's trade surplus with the United States rose to a record $5.9 billion in the first 10 mon

In a city-wide crackdown on automobile insurance fraud, police arrested 55 people, including a feder

Home Group Withdraws Re Unit Stock SaleHome Group Inc. said it's withdrawing its proposed pu