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The nation's Big Three automakers said Monday that late May car and light truck sales fell 5.6 perc

Chinese-owned banks suffered heavy runs by depositors Monday, and the stock market plummeted as the

Insurance regulators are facing increasing scrutiny as insurance emerges as a national consumer issu

CHUBB BOARD ADOPTS ANTI-TAKEOVER PLANWarren, N.J. - Chubb Corp.'s board adopted a shareholde

The Automobile Insurance Reform Act of 1989, scorned as ineffective by South Carolina Gov. Carroll C

Michigan hopes to save millions of dollars with a new program designed to keep AIDS victims off the

The worldwide number of AIDS cases will double to more than 1 million by 1991 and climb to almost 6

The U.S. dollar rose broadly Monday, despite a cut in the prime rate, as turmoil in China and Iran s

ALGERIA - $110 million from the World Bank to expand the irrigation system in the West Mitidja plain

ECONOMISTS HAVE A CONVENIENT WAY of explaining surprises. They call them exogenous factors. Webster

TREASURY CHIEF CHIDES BANKERS ON LDC DEBTMADRID, Spain - U.S. Treasury Secretary Nicholas Br

BANK LEUMI TRUST CO. (New York) - Irene B. Spector was named vice president of the jewelry and diamo

Britain's state-owned export credit insurance agency should be split up with a view to privatizing t

Grain traders late Monday remained apprehensive about turmoil in China and the impact on U.S. agricu

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Mon., June 5, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

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

Third World debt prices were mixed in the latest week, as Mexican paper continued to sink in the wak

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year6/5 6/2 Ch

During May, the CRB Futures Index, containing prices in 21 commodity markets, fell to a 14-month low

ICI TO BUY CONTISEED FROM CONTINENTAL GRAINContinental Grain Co., New York, reached an agree

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service

Companies based outside the European Community will reap early benefits from the trading bloc's plan

Soviet camera buffs will now be able to preserve those magic moments instantly with the help of a U.

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

Events in China cast a pall over efforts here Monday to establish closer trade ties with East Asia.<

New business with China has dried up and is likely to remain so for many months, analysts and Wester

The rate-making group covering the westbound trans-Pacific containership market announced it will en

June 2, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

The White House says it is opposed to a $77 million federal lands settlement with the Puyallup India

The Massachusetts Senate took a new tack in the state's attempts to shiftprofit from the Massachuset

A major Pacific Northwest tug-and-barge company that started out with a leaky $5 rowboat will mark i

Canadian Pacific Ltd. has sold six of its remaining eight bulk vessels and relevant service companie

Shippers on both sides of the Atlantic are skeptical about the plan by shipping lines to create two

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it bought 25,000 tons of coal in its latest round of weekly spot

The U.S. agency that operates the Panama Canal said Friday it had approved its first toll increase i

CAUSTIC SODA, DRY Occidental Chemical Corp., Dallas, increased its off-schedule prices on al

A spate of new Indonesian chemical projects is due for formal dedication this summer as the country

Although the current fertilizer year has not been a strong one in Saskatchewan, good future prospect