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Brazilian and Argentine aircraft manufacturers could sign an agreement this week unifying markets a

European nations Friday pledged $50 million in new aid to war-battered Nicaragua, breaking what has

Fri., May 12, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

BUSH PICKS FTC CHIEF WASHINGTON - President Bush announced his selection of Janet Dempsey St

Bankers and debtor countries are making progress in current negotiations, Citicorp Chairman John Ree

BUSINESS INVENTORIES ROSE 0.3 PERCENT IN MARCHU.S. business inventories rose 0.3 percent in

Even brief power interruptions can cause major problems for banks and securities firms engaged in g

President Bush's approach to improving U.S.-Soviet trade relations is drawing a mixed reaction.<

Saarberg-Hoelter Umwelttechnik GmbH is not a typical West German company. While most German manufact

A report published Friday into transshipment of U.K. trade, which claimed that it can cost up to 82

The Bush administration tried to answer critics of its environmental policy by announcing Friday tha

Americans should start planning for their long-term health care before they reach age 50 and should

Legislation giving the secretary of transportation the power to block buy- outs of airlines if a tra

USAIR OFFERS TO BUY SOME EASTERN ASSETSWASHINGTON- USAir Inc. has offered $525 million to Ea

A senior Treasury official said Friday that the government-controlled exchange rate policies of Taiw

Kingsbridge Capital Group, which holds a 7.5 percent stake in Dunkin' Donuts, said it began prelimin

Texas Instruments Inc. announced the creation of a privately held joint venture with Taiwan's Acer I

THE BUDGET'S IRON IS STEAMING, and now is a great time for serious efforts to press away a lot of th

CHINA'S GNP RISE COULD HIT 8-YEAR LOWChina is likely to face stagflation for much of the res

CITICORP CHIEF TO HOST 60 FINANCIAL LEADERSNEW YORK - More than 60 financial executives, inc

Ocean freight rates for dry bulk cargo spurted upward last week, with the Baltic Freight Index, the

High prices and low freight rates don't seem to be deterring shipowners from ordering new tankers, e

Fifteen yards south of the U.S.-Mexican border, raw sewage overflows from a manhole cover and stream

SODIUM PERCARBONATE Interox America of Houston will raise the list price of FB sodium percar

Canada said Friday it was sharply reducing entry points for fuel tankers coming from the United Stat

Once again, electronic data interchange committees have proven that coherence can come from a beast

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it bought 15,000 tons of coal under three weekly spot market con

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index moved back up to 106.0 Friday, the highest in two wee

PRESSURE IS INTENSIFYING on the U.S. Trade Representative's Office with the approach of the May 30 d

Late last year, Dutch businessman Franciscus Govaerts traveled to Boston to supervise the packing of

RULES/REGULATIONS The New Europe: Opportunity of Threat? May 17. New York. The Harvard Busin

Supercomputers, which have become vital tools for complex tasks ranging from nuclear weapon developm

A surprisingly moderate increase in the government's measure of wholesale inflation for April trigge

Federal lenders should enforce federal law by requiring homeowners in flood- prone areas to buy floo

A dispute between China and the United States over protection of intellectual property looks likely

A unit of Brazil's giant Lorentzen forest products and industrial conglomerate will begin moving con

Insurance Commissioner Roger M. Singer won't say if he'll loosen the reins on auto insurance rate-se

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

Delegates to the National Coal Association's 12th Annual Bulk Transportation Seminar here were told

Canadian coal production reached a record 70.6 million metric tons during 1988, newly released figur