Latest news

Iraq has asked South Korean companies to help rebuild its war-damaged industries, Seoul officials sa

Southern Co. Services Inc., Birmingham, Ala., purchased 350,000 tons of steam coal on the spot marke

Reflecting the impact of winter demand and higher spot market costs, home heating oil prices ended 1

The New York Insurance Department has approved regulations to allow credit unemployment insurance, w

CALIF. FIRM LAUNCHES SOVIET MAIL LINKElectronic Glasnost is the headline of the latest relea

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., a U.S.-flag shipping line, has reorganized its finance division and has n

US, CHINESE ANNOUNCE SOFTWARE JOINT VENTUREChinese software developers will write programs f

REGIONAL BLOCS Europe 1992. Jan. 13. Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Co

TOYS 'R' US INC. (Paramus, N.J.) - Michael Goldstein and Robert C. Nakasone were named vice chairmen

Finance Minister Shimon Peres, struggling to revive the Israeli economy, said Friday he would seek u

An insurance broker who hurt his head in a company softball league game and missed five months of wo

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

Consumer activists expect 1989 to be an important year in their efforts to reform and regulate the i

You're about to get on a plane that has a history of unscheduled landings due to equipment problems.

CLARK OIL & REFINING CORP. (St. Louis) - Ralph Cunningham was named chairman and chief executive off

The U.S. government must obtain permission from the Japanese government before United Airlines can l

The current economic prosperity and future potential for Washington state rest on its success in bec

The remaining phase of the lawsuit Shell Oil Co. filed against its insurers more than five years ago

The focus of congressional aviation hearings to come already has been set by the ghosts of headlines

Non-subsidized bulk carriers and even one subsidized liner company are dead set against a Maritime A

An apparent reduction in trucking industry tonnage growth could create new pricing pressures that wi

Competition for intermodal rail shipments in Massachusetts appears to be heating up with word that I

The Philadelphia Port Corp. is taking seriously the competition posed by southern portsinterested in

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

Ten major Japanese banking institutions were reported at the weekend to havetentatively agre

GERMANY EXPANDS PAYMENTS SURPLUSFRANKFURT, West Germany - West Germany posted a balance of p

The U.S. shipbuilding industry may be mired in one of its worst downturns ever, but a small San Dieg

U.S. and European businessmen express a unanimous and heartfelt desire to ban chemical weapons, but

A serene Japanese garden, complete with babbling brooks and Oriental ornamentation, lies within Baye

A consumer class action lawsuit was filed Friday in Chicago against American Suzuki Motor Corp., a s

Digital Equipment Corp. will announce several personal computers and workstations Tuesday, including

One of Belgium's leading shipping companies is seeking to carve out a larger place for itself in the

Five years after the Australian currency was floated, its current altitude is damaging the country's

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

Fri., Jan. 6, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

British sugar trader E.D. & F. Man Ltd. revised its forecast for the 1988-89 (September-August) worl

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year1/6 1/5 Chan

Frans Andriessen, credited with eroding the European Community's gigantic food mountains during his

The economy is roaring, manufacturing blossoming and foreign investment rising, but Thailand is begi

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