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COCOA BUFFER STOCKS MAY BE SOLD FOR DEBTSLONDON - International Cocoa Organization buffer st

Richard V. Nunes was named president and chief operating officer at Unicare Insurance Co., a workers

The four largest exporters of apparel to the United States all scored biggains in November,

Michael Boskin, chosen by President Bush to be his chief economic adviser, said Thursday the adminis

The government took a step closer to imposing anti-dumping duties on over a half-billion dollars a y

Tanker owners are trying to unite against certain widely used clauses in contracts that they believe

U.S. insurers and other industries are cautiously watching the Latin American market for growth oppo

A booming local and regional market for life insurance has prompted New York Life Insurance Worldwid

Conrail has put the brakes on its customer automation program yet again. But the latest dela

Bitsy and Biff Brown are thirtysomething yuppies who have two children, four aging parents and a nee

The nation's second-largest city plans to collect the mountains of leftover internal office memos, f

NON-OPEC PRODUCERS URGE OUTPUT RESTRAINTSeven oil-producing nations which are not members of

U.S. coal exports to the provincial utility, Ontario Hydro, reached a record 10.7 million tons in 19

Tall oil rosin exports in November 1988 increased 39 percent to 6.4 million pounds from previous-mon

The Massachusetts Port Authority's fourth annual maritime conference March 22 will deal with nuts an

A month ago, Pan Am Corp. appeared to be on the road to recovery, and was not planning to sell asset

FRENCH TRADE DEFICIT GREW LAST YEARFrance had a seasonally adjusted trade deficit of 4.1 bil

Roberta C. Yafie, energy reporter for Knight-Ridder Financial News, was elected president of the New

BANKERS TRUST FORMS TAIWAN SECURITIES FIRMNEW YORK - Bankers Trust New York Corp. said it fo

Chicago PROBABLY has no monopoly on fraud. A futures industry source, who had a long-time as

Between 1947 and 1963, George Perry had one of the most interesting jobs in Boston. Mr. Perry's comp

Garbage isn't garbage in Florida anymore. Ever since the State Legislature passed a solid-wa

A Shangri-La for the "flower power" generation of the 1960s, the Kingdom of Nepal seeks to update it

The Staten Island homeport project will create annual revenues of $487 million for the area and add

Norway's crude oil production in December was 1.201 million barrels a day, 0.8 percent less than Nov

Welcome to the ties that blind. Shotgun weddings are becoming an increasingly important mark

BUSH SUGGESTS CHARGE MIGHT BE A 'USER FEE'President Bush Wednesday suggested that a proposed

ALLEGED SHIP FRAUD BRINGS 2ND RESIGNATIONAustrian Parliament President Leopold Gratz resigne

The U.S. economy is probably headed for a soft landing in late 1989, three banking industry official

The economy appeared to pick up steam in late December and early January as consumer spending contin

Japanese and U.S. officials, hoping to establish a new international fund that will pay for giant in

The Federal Maritime Commission decided Wednesday that it will give ocean carriers a week's notice t

Some Americans fear that when the European Community forms a single, tariff- free internal market in

British businesses, while planning to increase their investment in plant andmachinery this y

AVON SELLS INFUSIONCARE TO GRACE SUBSIDIARYAvon Products Inc. has completed the sale of Infu

Brazilian President Jose Sarney's latest round of administrative reforms and austerity measures is t

INDONESIA PROPOSES FOREIGN PATENTS LAWJAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia this week proposed legi

Jan. 25, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Detroit Edison Co. said that its total 1988 kilowatt-hour sales rose 3.7 percent from 1987.

Pittston Co., which includes Burlington Air Express among its holdings, earned $15.2 million, or 40