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The huge U.S. budget deficit and Japan's massive external assets will probably keep expanding for ye

Austria's Voest Alpine Reduces Staff 25 percentLINZ, Austria - Managers of the Voest Alpine

The Port Everglades Authority approved a stevedoring franchise for Coordinated Caribbean Transport -

Overseas Containers Ltd., Britain's largest container shipping line, is in good financial shape and

L'Air Liquide SA and Big Three Industries Inc. announced that the Federal Trade Commission requested

Rates for Panamax grain cargoes from the U.S. Gulf to Japan for September continued to rise with rep

Investors with patience and a willingness to accept risk should consider buying stock in American Pr

France's Mediterranean port of Sete is seeking to diversify its activities to make up for the recent

Approval of two joint ventures were the key positive results of talks in the Philippines among econo

Sixty-five U.S. firms will take part in a major 10-day international agriculture-related trade show

International Business Machines Corp. introduced an enhanced version of its XT personal computer tha

The U.S. dollar edged cautiously upward in quiet trading Tuesday on news of a 0.5 percent gain in Ju

The net operating revenues for the nation's freight railroads fell 43.4 percent to $524 million in t

Coast Guard officials are investigating the collision early last Friday of a 641-foot Liberian-regis

Norway is close to announcing plans to slow oil output, but will go ahead with them only if oil mini

GENERAL NEWSTax reform probably will spur automotive, retailing and service industries but d

The issue of cargo preference for U.S.-flag ships hauling military shipments still divides the Navy

Manila Airport Secure WASHINGTON - Manila International Airport's security measures received

France's leading banks are making a big, albeit belated, push into the aircraft leasing business.

Singapore's International Monetary Exchange today begins the first trading in Japanese stock futures

Helen Brady said she would have been thrown through the windshield that prom night when a van hurtle

Representatives of seven Midwestern states gathered here recently to start playing an earnest game o

US-Japanese Frictions Expected to ContinueThe huge U.S. budget deficit and Japan's massive e

Jamaica deliberately has built up arrears in payments with the International Monetary Fund as part o

Mitchell Energy & Development Corp. reported second quarter earnings declined to $1.4 million, or 3

Ventrex Laboratories Inc. signed an agreement with Dade/Baxter Travenol Diagnostics to provide certa

Prices farmers get for raw products on the average held steady in August, despite record-high market

Congress began debating action on the state of siege declared last week while state mines remained s

Major changes are expected to be announced during the next few weeks in France's energy sector as th

Non-stop service between Vancouver and Taipei is being sought by Canadian Pacific Air Lines as part

Wardair First in Canada To Use Airbus PlanesVANCOUVER, British Columbia - Wardair Internatio

Mitsubishi Mining and Cement Co., once one of the largest Japanese domestic coal producers, plans to

Sun Carriers Co. is joining the elite of the nation's largest public trucking companies with an init

GENERAL NEWSTax reform probably will spur automotive, retailing and service industries but d

A long-awaited decision by the Nakasone administration on Japan's participation in the research phas

Two major Asian shipping companies received new financial life, but Chase Manhattan Bank reiterated

The Transpacific Westbound Rate Agreement put off until at least Oct. 1 its proposed special operati

WORLD BANK GAMBIA - $16.5 million from the International Development Association and the Wor

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it built a new low-sulfur coal stockpile at its Widows Creek pow

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