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Trade union leaders said there has been an improvement in the labor and human-rights situation in th

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

The governments of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Romania and Yugoslavia have asked the Gro

A surprisingly small U.S. trade deficit in December has buoyed hopes for an improved U.S. trade bala

While Japanese banks are eager gain a foothold in Eastern Europe, they don't want to risk too much i

National security concerns are colliding with national competitiveness over the definition of the te

An obscure part of the clean air debate that is clouded with terms like vapor control, cold-ironing,

Day eight of the trial of Capt. Joseph Hazelwood dawns clear and sunny in the upper reaches of the N

The European Community is expected to override British objections and vote today to continue economi

In trying to reconcile three versions of clean air legislation, Senate negotiators have inserted pro

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finds itself in a conundrum as its own deadlines for underg

JUDGE RULES AGAINST RETIREE TAX REFUNDSRICHMOND, Va. - A state judge has ruled that Virginia

RELIANCE GROUP POSTS PROFIT FOR 4TH QUARTERReliance Group Holdings Inc. reported fourth quar

Cigna Corp.'s operating profit dropped about 8 percent last year because of price competition in the

New York health insurers may be sounding their own death knell by denying coverage to people who tes

There's a new buyer in the international coal market but it isn't likely to mean new business for U.

Feb. 16, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

CAN HORIZONTAL DRILLING be the answer to the United States' declining oil and gas production problem

DETROIT EDISON SALES FELL 1 PERCENT IN JANUARYElectricity sales to commercial and residentia

ENRON UNIT TO SUPPLY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GASEnron Gas Marketing Inc., a unit of Enron Corp.,

Sea-Land Service Inc. upgraded the titles of the two executives in charge of the divisions that run

THE WAR MAY CONTINUE, but one of the generals is bowing out. James R. McCarville, executive

In the spirit of glasnost, the Soviet Union and at least one other East bloc country are buying thou

1576 (Feb. 16, 1990) Previous day - 1576 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The Toronto Harbor Commission opened a new equipment maintenance center, the first new building in t

The "nuts and bolts" work is beginning on an umbrella organization to coordinate legislative and reg

CONTINENTAL GRAIN CO. (New York) - Paul Fribourg was named executive vice president of bulk commodit

Feb. 16, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Coffee prices were higher Friday in response to trader concerns about tightness for nearby supplies.

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Year Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Ago2/16 2/15

Indirect trade between Taiwan and China through Hong Kong totaled $3.50 billion in 1989, up from $2.

Among the U.S. Patent Office's top 130 categories of inventions, U.S. industry does least well these

The customs broker was mystified. When a container loaded with 10,000 garage- door openers was unpac

Rulings on three patent cases and a series of studies top the International Trade Commission's agend

44 PERCENT OF AMERICANS FEEL JAPAN INVESTMENT 'BAD'Nearly half of Americans see Japanese inv

A high-level Bush administration team is to leave here today for a weeklong trip scouting East Euro

Industrialized nations have agreed to ease controls on some technology exports to some East European

Falling output by auto factories and utilities pushed U.S. industrial production down a seasonally a

WALL STREET HELD A WAKE, but few came to mourn. The demise of Drexel Burnham Lambert, the investmen

CANADA REPORTS DEFICIT IN MERCHANDISE TRADECanada recorded its second monthly merchandise tr