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Saving $3 million a year through implementation of a consultant's recommendations alone probably won

PowerGen, one of the two new fuel buying agents for Britain's electric generating industry, is in th

With a local brain drain continuing and much new investment on hold, the colony's largest bank has j

COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT, BUSH DISCUSS TRADEBOGOTA, Colombia - Colombian President Virgilio Barco

Faced with the likelihood of sharply increased liability for tanker spills, the U.S. oil industry is

After losing the war to keep American beef out of Japan, the Japanese plan to go on the offensive an

Banner & Greif Ltd. will hold a conference to address insurance executives' strategic information pr

A group of shipping lines that sets rates on imports from most countries in Asia except Japan announ

In what could be a major blow to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, sources in Tokyo's financial commu

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' latest failure to resolve production and allocati

The richness and frustration of the economics profession both were apparent this week in the way thr

SHARP ELECTRONICS CORP. is closing two regional parts centers down and replacing them with a larger

Japan's Liberal Democratic Party probably will remain in power despite growing dissatisfaction among

Members of the Interstate Commerce Commission rarely speak to each other, don't discuss cases and of

With four to six bags of harvested rice in the backs of their Toyota pickups, some 35 Japanese farm

A House subcommittee has agreed to hold a hearing on the railroad industry's newest top priority, th

The Bank for Foreign Affairs of the U.S.S.R. is considering opening an office in Chicago, said Eugen

A federal judge has ordered the Maritime Administration to respond by Tuesday to a Miami barge opera

COASTAL CORP. (Houston) - John R. Barnes is joining the Coastal Refining and Marketing subsidiary to

The World Bank's commercial investment arm is putting more of its money where its mouth is to capita

SEA-LAND OPENS OFFICES IN 4 MALAYSIAN CITIESEDISON, N.J. - Sea-Land Service Inc. has opened

OMNIBUS TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS ACT OF 1988; NAIROBI PROTOCOL, FLORENCE AGREEMENT AND BEIRUT AGREE

The South Korean government Thursday denounced America's apparent decision to proceed with trade san

The U.S. government is seeking about 5 billion yen ($36 million) in compensation from 140 Japanese c

COASTAL UNIT BUYS TEXAS DATAFLEET CORP.Coastal Refining & Marketing Inc., a Coastal Corp. su

Thu., Sept. 28, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Airlines and oil companies are creating electronic messages that will enable them to computerize the

TRUCK GROUP SUPPORTS TRUST FUND PROPOSALThe National Private Truck Council is urging House m

JAPAN'S KYOCERA, AVX AGREE TO MERGEKyocera Corp., Japanese makers of optical equipment and e

CONSOLIDATED FREIGHTWAYS INC. (Portland, Ore.) - Jerry G. Grout was named corporate director of prin

As Timothy Rhein sees it, U.S. shipping lines have two choices: deregulate or become extinct.

A committee of the Tokyo Stock Exchange has come up with three proposals for special membership. But

Business faces a nightmarish tangle of electronic systems as all 50 states begin to develop differen

BACKGROUND: Trade protection is a policy to restrict imports in order to protect a chosen domestic i

The U.S. plan to give Poland's fledgling democracy $108 million in emergency food aid is snarled in

Compliance Recycling Industries Inc. of Denver said it was planning a joint venture with Sybron Chem

BALFOUR MACLAINE FUTURES (New York) - Phillip L. Fondren was named senior vice president of the futu

Plans for a limited extension of the current International Coffee Agreement have now been accepted b

The U.S. Agency for International Development announced a six-year $46.3 million commitment Thursday

Braniff Inc.. the once high-flying regional airline that had aspired to the big leagues with ambitio