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The financial markets regained some composure Monday following last week's record debacle. S

Monday, September 15, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanadaU

A Japanese automotive belt manufacturer will build a $20 million plant that will bring as many as 25

Argentina's inflation rate reached 8.8 percent during August, the worst monthly figure under the gov

The congressional clock has all but run out on stalled efforts to pass acid rain legislation in 1986

Crude is flowing from Norway's Oseberg offshore field and into the production testing ship Petro Jar

In an effort to get legislative action on tort and product liability reform, an estimated 1,000 peop

6ndia Cuts Excise Tax On Additional SugarNEW DELHI- The excise tax on additional sugar produ

The Australian sugar industry is in danger of suffering a substantial cut, or even total loss, of it

The U.S. Coast Guard closed the Houston Ship Channel for six hours Monday morning after an accident

Baldrige Denies Leaks WASHINGTON - Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige said there are no doc

Financially plagued People Express will become a subsidiary of Texas Air Corp. in what could eventu

UP SCUTTLEBUTT: Gossip in transportation circles is focusing on another former Reagan Cabinet offic

The Argentine government lowered export taxes on several types of grains in a partial response to pr

Malaysia will further relax rules governing foreign investment to spur overseas interest and help bo

It's going to be harder for Oregon to compete for Japanese investment, thanks to California's decisi

Indonesia will take steps to shore up the country in the wake of the savage devaluation of the rupia

Volvo Recalls Cars For Possible DefectROCKLEIGH, N.J. - Volvo Cars of North America recalled

Exports and re-exports to China regained their upward momentum in July after a dip caused by tighter

Freedom Party Coalition VIENNA, Austria - Chancellor Franz Vranitzky announced an abrupt end

A preview was held for Hong Kong's first nuclear technology exhibition in what is seen as an attempt

Spanish Line Names Omnium Gulf AgentOmnium Agencies (Louisiana) Inc. was appointed Eastern G

Steel shipping volume is on the increase, but profit margins are falling, and experts of the $20 bil

After failing to attract adequate foreign investment to develop its huge coal deposits, China hopes

Petroleum futures closed mostly higher on the New York Mercantile Exchange after trading quietly in

Gen. Casey Nominated To Head Space DivisionNORTON AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Maj. Gen. Aloysiu

A request by Western Union Corp. for U.S. government approval to launch its Westar VI-S communicatio

There is a growing concern in Defense Department and Navy circles that something will have to be don

The increasing influence of Wall Street on the property and casualty insurance industry has become a

European Spot Market Settles After RallyA ready supply of prompt barrels quieted down spot o

Sun Refining and Marketing Co. cut the barge price of its No. 2 fuel oil by 1.75 cents to 41.50 cen

Japan's Kurushima Dockyard Co., hard hit by the shipbuilding slump, is planning drastic reconstructi

Economic Reports WASHINGTON - The government reports business inventories for July today. In

Last week's abruptly terminated contract talks between the International Longshoremen's Association

The chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is asking Congress not to let the non-bank bank

Tokai Bank, one of Japan's leading financial institutions, predicts the U.S.dollar will be w

Elizabeth Hanford Dole, transportation secretary, expressed the hope that Congress will find time to

GENERAL NEWSStrong showings in retail sales and a pickup in producer prices have analysts fe

The state-owned oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela will sign an agreement topurchase half of Ci

The Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes said it will meet with the National Mediation Board i