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Saudi Arabia Denies Excessive ProductionRIYAD, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia denied reports th

Portugal will be mum on its opposition to agricultural subsidies if the European Community has to de

The city's largest municipal pension fund said it has sold 2.5 million shares of stock in 17 compani

Strikes Hit Brazil SAO PAULO, Brazil - Hundreds of thousands of Brazilian bank workers, dema

Black African Summit BLANTYRE, Malawi - Four black African leaders met for a mini-summit tha

For 44 years, Le Restaurant de la Tour Eiffel served the likes of de Gaulle, Bardot, Picasso, Chapli

The Jamaican government has rejected a requirement from the International Monetary Fund for a 10 per

Portugal is the poorest member of the European Community, but it is not a country in dire straits,"

Citibank NA plans to open a second branch in Portugal. The bank would not say when the branc

The International Finance Corp., a World Bank affiliate, is discussing with the Mexican government a

A congressional technical research office questioned whether the United States can effectively negot

Soviet plans for electrification of a railroad in Argentina won formal approval from the Argentine g

COMMODITIES IMPERIAL COMMODITIES CORP. (New York) - Lee J. Muenzen was named to the new posi

Fiat is committed to the survival of Hesston Corp. despite record losses in the first half of 1986 a

Researchers are fertilizing Lake Mead in hopes of helping anglers harvest a bigger crop of bass.

The European Community's top trade official said was optimistic that next week's 92-nation trade con

Companies keep cutting investment plans, and many analysts expect that pattern to continue.

Stock Market Plunges NEW YORK - Stocks plunged Thursday as Wall Street was spooked by an ear

Brazilian President Jose Sarney said Brazil must substantially reduce its debt payments to boost its

GENERAL NEWSConsumer confidence hit a three-year low in August as the number describing curr

Consumer confidence hit a three-year low last month, with an increase in the number of surveyed cons

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade will "ultimately fade into oblivion" unless something is

The automotive industry spent 18 percent more on television advertising in the first half of this ye

Taiwan will introduce preferential tariffs for trading partners with which it runs heavy trade surpl

Former Canadian Finance Minister Donald Macdonald minimized what seems to be growing opposition on b

Karl Heinz Sager, former deputy chairman of Hapag-Lloyd, is planning to form a new shipping line tha

A heated work rule dispute between the National Railway Labor Conference and the Brotherhood Railway

The return to a limited version of prior approval for commercial insurance rates in New York was unv

The Union Pacific Rail System asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to take another look at its d

Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corp. plans to build four 145,000 deadweight-ton crude carriers in South Kor

Britain will start selling off its ownership of British Airways early next year, in the wake of the

Hong Kong and South Korea probably will back the United States in its effort to include insurance, b

GENERAL NEWSIndexes of a business study group indicate better U.S. employment, less decline

Delta Terminates Bid For Jet America SharesDelta Air Lines terminated its $18.7 million offe

The Navy's long-awaited study of manpower availability supports the maritime industry's claim that t

Argentina's Agriculture Secretariat confirmed earlier re ports that wheat sowings would fall sharply

Beef cattle producers, disgruntled over the Agriculture Department's whole- herd dairy buy-out progr

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange was informed that on Oct. 9, the United States may impose a counterv

The dry bulk freight market, which is already suffering from reduced demand for steam coal, is likel

New business was slow to emerge in the tanker market Thursday, although in the Persian Gulf brokers