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Tomy Kogyo Co., a leading Japanese toymaker, will shut down two of its Japan- based factories hit ha

The Reagan administration still hopes the downward drift in commodity prices will trigger a recovery

Malaysia Tightens 1987 Fiscal BeltAt least one more grim year is in store for commodity-depe

Sulfur emissions from coal-fired power plants have long been regarded as a major cause of air pollut

Coniston Partners, a New York investors group, raised its tender offer for Gelco Corp. stock in a re

President Reagan signed into law legislation deregulating the nation's freight forwarding industry.<

SAI Names G. RamseyPresidentREADING, Pa. - Strategic Analysis Inc. named Gregory Ram

Bank of America is swinging the ax in Asia, pruning staff in almost every regional center office in

The Netherlands and Argentina again failed to reach agreement on their long- running dispute on debt

Qantas, the airline that koala bears hate for bringing so many people to Australia, is worried that

A former Justice Department economist said nothing in the public record suggests Federal Express Cor

The U.S. dollar continued to move higher Friday against most major foreign currencies. Analy

At least one more grim year is in store for commodity-dependent Malaysia, and possibly more than tha

U.S.-foreign cultural differences are the reason electronic data interchange has been slow to catch

The government of Prime Minister Edward Seaga is streamlining Jamaica's banana industry - cutting th

Andrew Nisbet has proved to be an effective commissioner of the port of Port Angeles, but sometimes

Texaco Inc. said consolidated worldwide net income for the third quarter of 1986 was $162 million, o

Ecuador's non-oil exports will hit a record $1.2 billion in 1986, said CarlosJulio Emanuel,

The conference that sets rates for shipments from India, Bangladesh, Ceylon, Burma and Pakistan to t

The newest farm product in this Delaware Valley dairy town is not bovines, but baby beans - Bovina h

Moroccan coal purchasing authorities are scouting the market for 60,000 tons of coal to be burned at

Lebanese all-cargo airline Trans Mediterranean Airlines looks set to make a surprise comeback to the

Oil prices are likely to remain volatile in the short term with prices likely to fluctuate around $1

Sterling Drug Inc. said H.D. Acquisition Corp., a newly formed corporation owned by Philip E. Kamins

The ink is hardly dry on the new tax reform bill, but independent gasoline marketers are vowing to g

Hitachi Shipbuilding To Reduce Work ForceHitachi Shipbuilding Co., Japan's third-largest shi

A statistical process control program has been established by the Argus Division of Witco Corp. for

The 99th Congress curbed the Energy Department's politically volatile nuclear waste dump program and

After 10 years of construction and controversy, nuclear fuel has been loaded for the first time into

The collapse of talks in Geneva over a new International Natural Rubber Agreement should pose no im

Australia's mounting current account deficit has prompted the government to launch a national export

A long battle between independent container freight stations in California and the Pacific Maritime

Chubb Operating Income Rose in 3rd QuarterWARREN, N.J. - Chubb Corp. reported third quarter

Citicorp Picks New DirectorOf BrokerageCiticorp elected Peter W. Carlson, 40, chief

Ford Motor Co., the nation's No. 2. automaker, Thursday reported a 121 percent jump in its third-qua

Five thousand years of Chinese civilization may never be the same. Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and the

After seven successive years of declining earnings, has Commercial Union Assurance Co., one of Brita

Transco Energy Co. reported consolidated net earnings of $7.8 million for the third quarter, or 31 c

With an investment of $32.1 million, Esso Italiana, a unit of Exxon Corp., radically modernized its

Acetanilide Stability SeenContinuingThe demand for acetanilide USP has remained fair