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Looming shortages of skilled labor can be eased by relying more on older workers, provided they rece

US, BANGLADESH SIGN NEW BILATERAL PACTThe United States and Bangladesh agreed to the terms f

THE BAKER CONNECTION PAVED the way for the meeting Thursday between Japanese Prime Minister Noboru T

A Canadian home-cleaning company will enter the Japanese market through a franchising agreement with

The decades-long battle between PepsiCo Inc. and Coca-Cola Co. is being joined again in India, with

French export promotion organizations have come under fire for their lack of cooperation and coordin

The European Community Commission Thursday gave a green light to two controversial mergers that will

HONG KONG - NEW VISA STAMP. Effective Jan. 1, 1989, shipments of textiles and textile products expor

The Bush administration will continue to support a special trade program for the Caribbean, an offic

The story headlined "New York Pizza Parlor Delivers to China," which appeared on Page 5A in The Jour

WORLD BANK ARGENTINA - $6.5 million from the World Bank to help the government improve its t

The U.S. dollar was lower on foreign exchange markets Thursday ahead of today's employment data and

The finance ministers of seven key industrial nations may start laying the ground here today for new

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

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

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

PA. TO GIVE $25 MILLION TO PHILA. PORT CORP.Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Casey this morning i

GRACE PROFIT INCREASED 51 PERCENT IN FOURTH QUARTERW.R. Grace & Co. reported that fourth-qua

Top leaders of the new U.S. government that took office Jan. 20, 1989, headed by President George H.

MANUFACTURING INDEX GAINED IN NOVEMBERThe Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported its Midwe

The 115 marine and aviation insurance companies of the Institute of London Underwriters expect an up

The Soviet Union, starting next month, will allow foreign companies seeking Soviet joint ventures to

A leading private economist warned Congress Thursday that he expects a mild recession to occur early

A HEIGHTENED SENSE OF TENSION is often evident these days among officials of major Third World debto

Prime Computer Inc. has signed a three-year deal with a Chinese entity for a new service center to s

Feb. 2, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange*PrevClose High L

WASHINGTON - For the week ended Jan. 14, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railro

* Laura Borda - Inside Talk on Insurance 5A * Tim Josling, Stefan Tangermann - Steps to Farm

1607 (Feb. 2, 1989) Previous day - 1608 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

After almost three decades of service at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Thomas J. Kear

The tanker market is now in robust shape, according to a leading owner, following the best year sinc

Port facilities engineering seminar. American Association of Port Authorities. Feb. 6-8. Subjects in

CHRYSLER, RENAULT PLAN JOINT VENTURE COMPANYChrysler Motors Inc. and France's Renault Thursd

Chrysler Corp. Thursday reported sharply higher fourth-quarter earnings, paced by the strongest U.S.

President Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita agreed Thursday to "strengthen" their go

Although a storm was on the horizon, all was still calm last fall when the crew of the Dock Express

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan again Thursday played down prospects for the economy to perf

Truckers who are fined for pulling overweight ocean containers on the nation's highways always have

A quasi-independent center has been set up in Shanghai to monitor the quality of Chinese imports and

PFIZER INC. (New York) - Three vice presidents were elected by the board to the position of senior v