Latest news

Norwest Bank Minnesota, the lead bank of the Norwest Corp. bank holding company, has formalized corr

2 AIDS DRUGS YIELD OPPOSITE STUDY RESULTSAn experimental drug called dideoxycytidine, or ddC

COMMERCE SAYS JAPAN IS DUMPING MICRODISKSJapanese makers of 3.5-inch computer microdisks are

After a short-circuit that stung some high-tech giants, there are indications of a rebound in the As

AZORES CRASH COVER PROBABLY IN LONDONThe Independent Air Corp. Boeing 707 that crashed Wedne

Sony Corp., firing its latest salvo in the video wars, unveiled an improved version of its 8mm video

After four consecutive months of cargo volume declines, the Port of Baltimore ended 1988 on the plus

Port managers no longer have the luxury of operating in an exclusive environment frequented only by

The U.S. export advance will continue this year, though perhaps at only about half of last year's gr

NET INCREASES BY 6 PERCENT AT AMERICAN CYANAMIDWAYNE, N.J. - American Cyanamid Co. reported

Westpac Banking Corp., Australia's largest bank, believes it has a good chance of winning a license

He's Dutch, his nickname is Guus (pronounced Gus), his full name is Sigismundus W.W. Lubsen, he'll b

Inaction by the Environmental Protection Agency and "stonewalling" by the chemical industry have hel

A major industrial group said the Massachusetts health-care system is at a crisis point, but that ch

Each year, more than a million workers are killed or seriously injured in on- the-job accidents.

IT'S BEEN STANDING ROOM ONLY, with television monitors out in the halls for some late-comers.

The decision by the trustee for the Delaware & Hudson Railway to abandonplans to resurrect t

NEW BARGE RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON MISSISSIPPIKANSAS CITY, Mo. - The U.S. Coast Guard Wednesd

The departure of the Soviets from Afghanistan should do little to alter U.S.-Pakistani trade, Pakist

Barring a dramatic change in political winds, the course has been set for privatizing Brazil's secon

A group of nearly 200 firms called Wednesday for an end to the government's steel import restraints,

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year2/8 2/7 Ch

Trade pundits on both sides of the Pacific expect U.S. exports to Australia to continue climbing thi

In a major victory for Japan's largest maker of semiconductors, a federal judge ruled that NEC Corp.

Rep. John LaFalce, D-N.Y., dismissed opposition threats that repeal of Section 89 non-discrimination

Hormones? What's the beef? Not surprisingly, the latest trade skirmish - over hormone-fed me

Feb. 8, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Sun Co. said Wednesday that it found oil on the U.K. Continental Shelf. The well, drilled to

ARGENTINE CURRENCY CONTINUES TO DROPBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Housewives and small businessm

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS (St. Louis) - Raymond Laurence was named vice president and branch

The European Community Wednesday proposed a minimum 15 percent withholding tax on most investment in

Union Carbide Corp.'s UCAR Emulsion Systems group announced price increases, effective Feb. 20, 1989

A southern Illinois congressman says he is concerned a that hostile takeover of Philadelphia-based P

NEW AT&T SOFTWARE FOR PBXS INTRODUCED- American Telephone & Telegraph Co. has introduced an

South African unemployment, particularly high among blacks, appears set to worsen because the econom

As President Bush prepares to lay his budget plans before Congress and the nation tonight, business

Union des Assurances de Paris, France's leading insurer, announced Wednesday it is taking over an It

The automobile insurance industry, buffeted by criticism for high insurance costs and the way premiu

The Port of Long Beach this week announced a restructuring of its top management, with the clear emp

While ship traffic on the Delaware River rose slightly last year, Philadelphia's two major docks onc