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South Carolina's judicial system is bracing for an expected influx of cases involving disputes over

Major insurers are not planning on leaving California as a result of a state Supreme Court ruling gr

JAPANESE FIRMS' PROFITS LAG US COUNTERPARTSMajor Japanese companies are less profitable than

Avon Products Inc. announced Wednesday that its cosmetics soon will be made and sold in China.

HARKEN, BAHRAIN SIGN EXPLORATION CONTRACTHarken Energy Corp. has exclusive right to conduct

KELLOGG CO. (Battle Creek, Mich.) - Donald G. Fritz was promoted to vice president of Kellogg Co.

GUINNESS UNIT TO BUY ALL BRAND IMPORTERSGuinness Import Co. said it has agreed to acquire Al

The Department of Transportation is making it easier for foreign airlines to fly to U.S. cities that

TEAMSTERS LOSE VOTE BY USAIR EMPLOYEESSome 1,800 USAir workers who have been represented by

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

Yellow Freight System Inc. lost $27.1 million in the fourth quarter compared with a year-earlier pro

Wed., Jan. 31, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

SECOND SOVIET LINE TO SERVE LIVERPOOLBesta Line, the Soviet container shipping line operated

The head of a group of former shipbuilders has vowed to continue a fight to reopen the Fore River Sh

SYNDICATE TO REINSURE EXPORT CREDIT RISKThe French export credit guarantee agency, Coface, w

Australia's inflation rate stood at 7.8 percent for the 12 months to Dec. 31, down from 8.0 percent

ROYAL GROUP INC. (Charlotte, N.C.) - Alvin Shoemaker was named chairman of this major insurer, effec

Thailand has projected a trade deficit surpassing $6 billion this year - an increase of almost 25 pe

U.S. Department of Commerce statistics for the year ended June 1989 show that four West Coast ports

Secaucus, N.J.-based Marine Transport Lines has completed a management restructuring with the announ

The state of Illinois office, one of Hong Kong's oldest such outposts, is trying some new wrinkles t

A 9-year-old boy is taking on Major League Baseball and a Japanese video game giant, claiming the pi

The country's new finance secretary will push for a more open economy marked by a free-floating curr

Seeking to revitalize its export industries, Egypt has revamped its foreign investment law to attra

EARNINGS SKYROCKET AT AIRBORNE FREIGHTAirborne Freight Corp., which operates as Airborne Exp

Cuba accused the U.S. Navy of firing on a Cuban-owned cargo ship off the coast of Mexico Wednesday,

The U.S. Coast Guard towed a seized Honduran freighter into Key West Tuesday carrying about 1,100 po

Visitors to this border town shouldn't be surprised if the cold Canadian beer their host offers them

Dow Chemical Co. said its earnings have already been affected by declining prices and the expected s

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

U.S. entrepreneurs may get a thrill from the idea of opening shop in the Soviet Union, but attorneys

Citing the Port of Seattle's access to property taxes and expectations of strong airport and maritim

Jan. 31, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Everyone knew the videocassette recorder was too hot not to cool down, but the decline of the last d

The U.S. dollar declined Wednesday following an official denial of a Cable News Network report Tuesd

A West German airliner flew directly from West Germany to East Germany without overflying a third co

The development of the super-fast Transrapid magnetic levitation rail system in West Germany has run

FURON ACTS TO REDUCE ITS LONG-TERM DEBTLAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif. - Furon Co. said it would sell

Ecuador's sale of 1.4 million barrels of oil on the spot market in December was an emergency measure

Union Carbide Corp. of Danbury, Conn., said it will build a plant in New Jersey to 40 million pounds