Latest news

Senate tax-writers, swamped by complaints from retirees, reached a preliminary agreement Friday on r

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has concluded that there was no conflict of interest among

U.S. Rep. Neal Smith, D-Iowa, and Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky., said they are encouraged by the U.S. Se

Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Friday said U.S. futures exchanges must

A public stock offering will be used to finance rehabilitation of one of the world's largest nickel

The Environmental Protection Agency is on the verge of approving the first large-scale test of a gen

Caustic Soda LCP Chemicals Inc., a division of Hanlin Group Inc., is increasing off-list pri

International Minerals & Chemicals Corp. said it acquired RTZ Chemicals Co.'s p-aminophenol and acet

Procter & Gamble Co.'s Canadian division said it will try to cut down onthrow-away plastic b

After suffering through dryness beyond what even modern crops can endure, the western and some north

US HAS YET TO ACT ON POLAND FOOD AIDBURGENSTOCK, Switzerland - The United States has not yet

Thermo Instrument Systems Inc., based in Waltham, Mass., said its subsidiary Thermo Jarrell Ash has

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index remained higher Friday at 105.6 compared with 104.9 t

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year9/8 9/7 Ch

RISE FORECAST IN OUTPUT OF GERMAN BEET SUGARFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German 1989-90 (J

* Kevin Commins - Currency Forecast 3A * John Boyd - Economic Beat 3A* JofC Industrial Price

The Italian treasury minister appointed two new officials Friday to head Italy's biggest commercial

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

Fri., Sept. 8, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

Trans-Pacific ocean carriers that specialize in forest products are looking ahead apprehensively to

Importers and exporters are confident that waterfront management and labor will be able to avert doc

The Bush administration today is expected to release a report likely to disappoint U.S. exporters, T

Look out Napa Valley. Heads up Burgundy, France. Here comes Nelson County, Ky. Kentuckians s

Talk about being a risk taker. Claude Bebear, chairman and chief executive of Axa-Midi, now France's

The Super 301 provision of U.S. trade law is not aimed at retaliating against trading partners but i

INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT INCREASES IN CHINAThe growth of heavy industry surpassed that of light ind

An infant export firm here has been successfully selling products rangingfrom veneer logs to

CONTEL CELLULAR NAMES VP FOR GLOBAL DIVISIONCONTEL CELLULAR INC. (Atlanta) - Craig R. Startt

CHINA SANCTION LOSSES CALLED ONLY TEMPORARYThe cancellation and freezing of aid to China by

West German Economics Minister Helmut Haussmann Friday ruled that carmaker Daimler-Benz AG can take

Sam H. Zakhem, outgoing U.S. ambassador to Bahrain, will speak at a luncheon on Sept. 20 in San Fran

Dominican President Joaquin Balaguer has submitted to the legislature a far- reaching bill that seek

Latin America and the Caribbean are in for another year of virtually no economic growth, Inter-Ameri

REGIONAL BLOCS Doing Business in Israel: Meeting the Challenge of 1992. Sept. 11. Short<

CONSULTING FIRM SERVES TEXTILE TRADE SECTORAn international law firm has set up a subsidiary

An international stock exchange opening here next year marks the latest effort by this 2.3-square-mi

An Associated Press story headlined "Mazda to Study Luxury Car Feasibility," which appeared on Page

The dollar probably will continue to rise this week, but the rally may be on its last legs, traders

JAPAN CLOSELY WATCHES FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATEJapanese Finance Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said