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State and local laws requiring governments to divest themselves of stock in companies doing business

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport enjoyed its busiest passenger month in history this past July,

Port of Tacoma officials are being asked to seek congressional support for oil and gas exploration o

High-level Philippine officials may spell out their government's agricultural policy plans next week

Relatives of six passengers killed when an Aeromexico jetliner crashed after an airborne collision a

Japanese government officials disclosed the draft outline of a $22.6 billion package of pump-priming

Japanese government officials disclosed the draft outline of a $22.6 billion package of pump-priming

State governments must take the lead in reducing the huge U.S. trade deficit rather than leaving it

The colony's largest landlord, Hongkong Land Co. Ltd., appears to have escaped decisively from its l

Deficit Pushes India Toward CountertradeIndia wants free trade but has to use the bartering

Deficit Pushes India Toward CountertradeIndia wants free trade but has to use the bartering

Japanese personal savings totaled 512,597.9 billion yen at the end of June, up 9,124.5 billion from

The U.S. rice industry petitioned the Reagan administration to get Japan to open its rice market to

Electronic Data Focus Of Paris ConferenceCompat 86, to be held in Paris Sept. 15-17, is the

Mitterrand Visit Nears JAKARTA, Indonesia - Francois Mitterrand, the first French president

Weatherstone Elected to HeadJ.P. MorganDennis Weatherstone was elected president of

Sino-Soviet Treaty PEKING - China and the Soviet Union signed a revised consular treaty that

Lawmakers trying to wrap up the 1987 budget in the next three weeks are willing to try just about an

Shipping, trading and commodity conglomerate First Pacific International Ltd. reported profit in the

Wednesday, Sept. 10, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanadaU.

President Kenneth Kaunda has invited President Reagan to meet with the leaders of the six black-rule

British Telecommunications PLC, the U.K. telecommunications giant, reported a large jump in first qu

The foreign exchange market views the dollar's run-up in the past few days as merely a short-term co

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

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

Stanley Ferguson, editor of The Journal of Commerce from 1962 to 1969, died Wednesday in his sleep.

A positive picture for U.S. employment, less downward pressure on U.S. prices and a mixed growth out

Platinum prices will continue to fall in a volatile market as traders take profits from the gains th

A bipartisan group of senators, led by Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole, R- Kan., is preparing to

The Reagan administration went on record in favor of Conrail sale legislation that is unencumbered b

The Federal Maritime Commission decided to investigate fully an agreement proposed by carriers for s

Mexico Likely to Cut Some Grain ImportsThe U.S. counselor in Mexico City has lowered his est

Police have charged sea captain Wolfgang Bindel and two Sri Lankans living in West Germany in connec

An initial Coast Guard probe showed the collision in heavy fog of a 128-foot schooner and a passenge

Canadian Labor Minister Pierre Cadieux received the report of a federalconciliation commissi

The government is considering a proposal to further deepen the Visakhapatnam outer harbor as well as

Divers cut into the hull of the sunken passenger ship Admiral Nakhimov, searching for more victims i

Divers exploring the murky waters of a former shipyard site here believe they have found the sunken

The Canadian Wheat Board announced an emergency plan to ship grain by railfrom western Canad

The U.S.-inspired bid to devise rules for traded services under the General Agreement for Tariffs an