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After-tax profits of U.S. corporations rose 0.2 percent in the third quarter to a seasonally adjuste

Representatives of the United States and Japan signed a formal agreement Tuesday for an $8 billion p

It may not be as exciting as heavyweight boxing, but a group in Broomall, Pa. is hoping insurance pr

U.S. reserve assets rose $2.416 billion in October to $50.204 billion from $47.788 billion in Septem

A leading conservative think tank urged President-elect Bush to ease remaining government controls o

France has been breaking its own embargo on importing coal from South Africa since it was imposed in

It lumbers across the skies looking like an arthritic dragonfly that has run out of painkillers. It

CONTROLLER STRIKE PLANS CURB FLIGHTS IN ITALYROME - Planned strikes by air traffic controlle

Electrons are going to help the post office move paper faster and more efficiently than ever before.

The Port of Los Angeles denied that its terminal-leasing policy discriminates against Stevedoring Se

Schneider National Corp. tractor-trailers will be linked to the trucking company's Green Bay, Wis.,

Japan believes the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the Geneva-based body that monitors inter

The selection of Sen. George Mitchell of Maine as Senate majority leader greatly improves the chance

U.S. trade sanctions against Brazil doubled the price of a widely used glaucoma drug made only in Br

THAI TRADE OFFICE OPENS IN ATLANTAThe government of Thailand opened its third trade promotio

Federal Reserve Governor Wayne Angell hinted Tuesday that the next interest- rate move might be lowe

ARAB INSURANCE TO OPEN BRANCH IN HONG KONGArab Insurance Group, a reinsurance company based

Timothy J. Rhein, president of American President Lines, was in good spirits Monday as he analyzed t

World Bank President Barber Conable cautioned Tuesday that little ofsubstance may emerge from the Ur

The major impact of this week's special session of the Supreme Soviet, or parliament, will be politi

The Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed revisions in safet

YEUTTER DOESN'T WANT UNIVERSITY PRESIDENCYMINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - U.S. Trade Representative Cla

Nigel Lawson, U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer, said Tuesday that he was determined to keep the poun

A self-made businessman who once sold flowers outside New York churches - because that's where peopl

Tue. Nov. 29, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Since Apple Computer Inc. introduced its HyperCard last year, the Cupertino company has placed more

THIS WEEK: New England: Central Vermont Public Service Co., Rutland, Vt.Mid-Atlantic: Baltim

Struggling to revive an economy battered by an eight-year war against U.S.-funded rebels, the Nicara

* A.E. Cullison - Japan's Era of Showa Ending 8A * H. Erich Heinemann - The Fanciful 'Flexib

The Soviet Union has approached Japanese automakers about a joint venture operation in that communis

A recent survey by Confederation Life Insurance Co. suggests that nearly half the nation's corporate

Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. will announce today a directors and officers liability insurance policy

U.S. agriculture experts Tuesday predicted the world in 1989 will have to contend with smaller crop

International Security & Protection Fair. Nov. 30-Dec. 3. Anhembi Park Convention Palace, Sao Paulo,

A yearlong Coast Guard inquiry has concluded that carelessness caused a Liberian freighter to ram an

1510 (Nov. 29, 1988) Previous day - 1511 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange i

TRANSPORT EXECUTIVES OF the world, unite - or get left very far behind! That's the message t

Family Life Insurance Co. (Seattle) - Kenneth W. Kaczmarek was named senior vice president, chief fi

Drifting mines ripped from their mooring by winter winds pose a fresh threat to shipping in the Pers

For the week ended Nov. 12, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1