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CHINA AGAIN INSISTS ON ROLE IN AIRPORTChina insisted Thursday it must have a say on Hong Kon

The Canadian government will give farmers C$400 million ($348 million) in farm aid to help their imm

The one-day shutdown of the nation's rail system this week had little effect on the operations of sh

A steeper-than-expected drop in heavy truck sales last month has stirred fresh fears for an industry

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Financially troubled China Shipbuilding Corp. won its second order for a bulk carrier in a week.

* Hewlett-Packard Bypasses Subsidiary in India Link 3A * Howard Simon - Simon Says 7A* Premi

U.S. gasoline stocks, at their lowest level in recent memory, should nonetheless be adequate for the

Former U.S. Trade Representative William Brock Thursday called for a new world trade organization th

South Korea's four petrochemical firms are likely to begin cracking naphtha to supply feedstock to

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Apr. 18, 1991Bid AskedCopper-

Aluminum ingots- $1,375-$1,385 per ton lots & in wareho

Egypt tapped the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and sympathetic donor nations

COMMERCE: 6 NATIONS DUMP STEEL WIRE ROPEIndia, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Mexico and Argentina

Italians struggled to keep oil leaking from a sunken supertanker away from Riviera beaches Wednesday

BRISTOL-MEYERS REPORTS RECORD SALES, EARNINGSNEW YORK - Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. reported re

International air travelers cannot hold an airline liable for solely mental distress they suffer as

Talks in Washington last week failed to make any progress, according to U.S. and industry officials.

Apr. 17, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

Sterling Software Inc. signed a letter of intent to purchase Control Data Corp.'s Redinet Services e

Henning Christophersen, EC Commission vice president, Tuesday urged Japan to reconsider a decision

The shutdown of the nation's freight railroads is likely to continue until late today or early Frida

* Trading With Canada 4A * Egyptian Economy Begins Postwar Adjustment 4A* Tom Connors - Wash

Maersk McKinney Moller is to retire as chief executive of the Danish shipping group A.P. Moller and

The U.S. attorney's office set strict standards Tuesday for gambling ships operating in the Gulf of

F.O. Licht, the German statistical firm, estimated world coffee production will fall short of demand

Arco Chemical Co. said that Eastman Chemical Co., a division of Eastman Kodak Co., has agreed to pur

The first day of the national rail strike left businesses from farm to factory preparing for disrupt

Van Ommeren Ceteco NV boosted its net income last year despite lower revenue, the Dutch transport,

US Sprint, the voice and data carrier that laid fiber-optic cable along railroad rights of way in th

Thailand's economy, which was early projected to grow by 8.5 percent to 9.5 percent in 1991, is now

Canadian manufacturers want an estimated 500 internal inter-provincial tradebarriers to be r

Nasser Ali is a worried man. For years, the turbaned Egyptian has posed at least a dozen tou

Fast-growing Danish insurance group Topdanmark A/S has bought U.K.-based Preferred Assurance Group L

Specialized Carriers and Rigging Association, fourth convention, April 19-23. Marriott Sawgrass Reso

JAPAN BANKS INTRODUCE LONG-TERM PRIME RATESJapan's Sumitomo Bank announced Wednesday that it

The Massachusetts Port Authority probably will amend its lease with a Subaru automobile importer aft

U.S. oil-well firefighter Red Adair, frustrated by what he called "organized confusion" in Kuwait, s

If the European Community's single market becomes a fortress, Dick Besser will already be safe insid

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