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The curtain rises today in Toronto on talks aimed at creating a North American trading bloc.

The European Commission Tuesday said it expects 220 of the 282 directives required to create the sin

JAPANESE PARTY AFFIRMS STANCE ON RICE ISSUETop executives of the ruling Liberal Democratic P

Peru's miners have scheduled an indefinite nationwide strike to begin on Monday, with union leaders

TNT, the world's largest transport organization, may be forced to sell some of its assets before th

CAMBODIA INVITES BIDS FOR EXPLORATION RIGHTSBANGKOK, Thailand - Cambodia is inviting foreign

European Community finance ministers Tuesday agreed to disburse $294 million in medium-term loans to

JAPANESE BANKS ARE RESTRICTING CREDIT to certain sectors of the Japanese economy and are no longer w

AIRPORT STALEMATE TOPS CHINA-UK NEGOTIATIONSChina and the United Kingdom began another round

In a move signaling a likely delay and possible deadlock for the banking reform bill, a key House co

As of June 11, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

A Pakistani railway official who was charged with murder after he fled the scene of a weekend train

The Teamsters union, the nation's largest labor union, has fired a salvo at Miami-based Ryder System

The United States posted its first international payments surplus in nearly a decade in the first qu

The Uruguay Round negotiations to liberalize world trade won't be credible if a deal isn't struck by

The United States and Japan hope to reach agreement with 15 other countries and the European Communi

A magnet made of plastic material instead of iron has been developed by researchers at OhioState Uni

The Peruvian government officially began selling state-owned companies to the private sector Monday

Bank of America said Tuesday it will donate up to $6 million to fund debt- for-nature swaps in Latin

The European Commission's 12,000 staff have threatened to strike today in a dispute over pay and emp

NORTH AMERICA 13th Annual Opportunity Fair. June 12-13. Oklahoma City. Contact Debra Moore,

Kuwait resumed oil production for the first time since its oil wells were set ablaze and its industr

Brokers seen contributing to the insolvency of an affiliated insurance company would be liable for d

China is determined to open up and reform its economy and is starting to take some "rather drastic a

Lillian Liburdi had no trouble identifying her first priority three years ago when she took over as

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) June 11, 1991Bid AskedCopper-

1678 (June 11, 1991) Previous day - 1684 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Most discarded plastics, from empty milk jugs to used packaging material, don't have just one life t

The dry bulk shipping industry faces the risk of outside regulation unless urgent action is taken to

'ULTIMATE TOILET' PLAN NOT FLUSH WITH SUCCESSAh, New York, New York. The city with everythin

Given access to major highways, in good times or bad, transportation facilities are not a high prior

EC MAY HOLD MEETING ON FARM PRICE PLANBRUSSELS, Belgium - European Community farm ministers

Customs Commissioner Carol Boyd Hallett announced in a speech here that she will begin a nationwide

Malaysia's textile and garment sector will thrive if it concentrates on high fashion and brand recog

The U.S. dollar traded mostly higher Tuesday in a market restrained by concern over further central

Heavy pressure from the United States and Canada may persuade the European Community to delay impos

A flood of economic bad news has left many potential plant-site buyers and lessees waiting for the f

Three Weeks Ended June 1, 1991, vs. Similar 1990 Period Cars Cars Loaded LoadedC

ABOUT BARREL ECONOMIES: On the occasion of the silver anniversary of Guyana's political independence

After a year and a half of study and controversy, the South Carolina State Ports Authority is schedu