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The super collider is "virtually devoid of support" in the scientific community, a Pennsylvania Repu

The powerful head of the Senate Finance Committee and a Democratic ally said Thursday the United Sta

A key U.S. senator charges that Canadian officials are seeking to scrap a bilateral lumber agreement

British chemical companies have signaled their confidence about sustained growth in demand and profi

Canadian oil and gas drilling had its fourth-best year ever, despite a severe slowdown in activity i

There was no breaking in ranks among union mine workers who stayed off the job at Pittston Coal Grou

Deputy Treasury Secretary Peter McPherson Thursday left his post to join Bank of America, where he w

Thu., Apr. 6, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

President Bush plans to extend for one year the economic sanctions President Reagan imposed on the P

WHAT THEY ARE: Beginning April 1, 1989, a comprehensive series of new economic laws went into effect

Japan could alleviate trade tensions with the United States by granting U.S. companies a share of co

A federal probe of possible maritime rate kickbacks is focusing on Japan's Showa Line and its San Fr

In one of the first moves toward change under its new owners, the Illinois Central Railroad is worki

Expense reports. Purchase orders. Insurance claims. Tax returns. The United States runs on f

For the week ended April 1 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 11

CAROLINA POWER & LIGHT CO. (Raleigh, N.C.) - Several appointments were made recently. Walter

Apr. 6, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

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

NEW YORK - Americans with a death wish can now risk sushi-cide with fugu, a seafood delicacy that be

Insurance commissioners appointed by California governors as diverse as Ronald Reagan, Jerry Brown a

With the oil spill still floating off the coast of Alaska and the Exxon Valdez refloated, Alaskan fi

Congress is moving to restrict the insurance industry's exemption from federal antitrust laws despit

International Cargo Handling Coordination Assoc., U.S. national committee in cooperation with Port A

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO (San Francisco) - Gordon R.G. Werkema was named vice president

Wed., Apr. 6, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

West German government bonds firmed Wednesday in quiet trading after a ''generous" allocation of sec

American businesses are showing substantial concern that tariff cuts being negotiated under the ausp

The article "Marine Terminals Corp. Invests in Canadian Firm" in The Journal of Commerce, April 3, P

COMPAQ RELEASES NEW DESKTOP LINECompaq Computer Corp. is releasing a new line of compact des

Economists at the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank are predicting that the Midwest will continue to outp

Congressional efforts to pass driver-license record checks against marine license applications will

World trade can now truly move on wings of electrons. Use of electronic messages for conduct

South Carolina, home to some of the nation's poorest people, has some of the nation's costliest aut

The Providence & Worcester Railroad may seek Massachusetts state funds to level the playing field in

Allianz AG, the West German insurer, said Wednesday it will acquire 51 percent of Spanish underwrite

Congressional and Bush administration budget negotiators are starting to talk about tax increases th

Chinese students are flocking to Japan as language students, but many come only for the big money th

Disappointing car and truck sales this year - which already have forced the Big Three to unleash bar

Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, whose administration is under fire in a major bribery scandal, rece

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce wants Japan, South Korea, Brazil and India designated as priority targe