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Three leading American business organizations warned the European Community Monday that it should av

Textiles Minister Shard Yadav is trying to arrange more cargo flights to clear a backlog of export g

SEA-LAND EXECUTIVE URGES CBI EXPANSIONOAKLAND, Calif. - A senior executive of Sea-Land Servi

SONY USA INC. (NEW YORK) - Masaaki Morita was named vice chairman, and Michael P. Schulhof was promo

Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's largest automaker, said Monday it plans to build a huge proving ground n

The dock strike that crippled many British ports last summer cost Liverpool US$5.4 million, the port

Maxwell House Coffee Co. plans to close one of two roasting plants in either Hoboken, N.J., or Jacks

PHILIPS TAKING OVER COMPUTER VENTURENorth American Philips Corp. said Monday it agreed to bu

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

A group of developing nations has warned the United States and other industrial countries that the m

After almost two years of trying, Ireland's Guinness Corp. seems to be carving out a niche for its G

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. signed an agreement Monday to share a key technology used in maki

Next time you slip into a Liz Claiborne skirt, think Costa Rica. Levi's Dockers? Try the Dom

MODERATE: THAT'S HOW THE CURRENT RATE of inflation, more than 5 percent a year, is described. That m

The U.S. dollar rose Monday, particularly against the Japanese yen, sparking further dollar sales by

Japanese manufacturers' output of industrial robots is expected to top $3.3 billion this year and re

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

Japanese corporations intend to expand their capital investments by 8.6 percent on a year-to-year ba

TOKYO STOCKS PLUNGE ON YEN'S WEAKNESSTokyo stocks closed sharply lower Monday in thin trade

CAPITAL ACCOUNT DEFICIT NARROWS IN GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - West Germany posted a ca

Mon., Mar. 12, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

A strong market for refined products is leading to substantial investments in expanding Singapore's

US PULLING SUDAN AID; FOOD HELP CONTINUESThe Bush administration is continuing emergency foo

LUGAR PROPOSES LIMITS ON ACREAGE REDUCTIONSSen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., said Friday that he h

LABOR PANEL TO PROBE MINERS' HEALTH ISSUESLabor Secretary Elizabeth Dole named an 11-member

CSX Corp. views the cogeneration industry as a growth area for the 1990s. The company formed a subsi

The U.S. Export-Import Bank is getting back into mixed credits, targeting the telecommunications, po

SOVIET UNION REQUESTS GATT OBSERVER STATUSThe Soviet Union, in a move welcomed by the United

The American Chamber of Commerce here wants an immediate end to the U.S. trade embargo on Vietnam as

CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT CITES EXXON NEGLIGENCEWEST ORANGE, N.J. - Exxon Corp.'s negligence in m

REGIONAL BLOCS Ireland as Presidency of the EC: 1990-A Pivotal Role in Shaping New Europe. M

In the fierce world of oil trading, where fortunes are made and lost on a few fractions of a cent, t

China's return to tight centralization is achieving some of its short-term goals, but is unsettling

UNEMPLOYMENT IN EC SHOWS SLIGHT DECLINEBRUSSELS, Belgium - Unemployment in the EC at the end

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries should consider modest but steady hikes in the $18

New York state Assembly Speaker Mel Miller said it would be "politically impossible" to find enough

Christmas is a distant, pleasant memory for most people. Not so, however, for officials at t

Futures Industry Association officials told The Journal of Commerce that the industry group will est

Imposing a new accounting method on property/casualty companies' salvage and subrogation income will

David B. Mathis emerged Thursday as the leading candidate to head Kemper Corp. when Joseph E. Luecke