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MERRILL LYNCH & CO. (New York) - Paul W. Critchlow was named senior vice president for communication

Japan's current account surplus dipped 10.6 percent in September from a year earlier to $7.605 billi

Net new orders for U.S.-built machine tools continued to run sharply above the 1987 pace in Septembe

Contracting for new construction will fall 4 percent next year to a total of $241 billion, said Geor

Smaller biochemical and pharmaceutical firms may find significant opportunities for profit if they e

W.R. Grace & Co. plans a $10 million expansion of its construction market- oriented research and dev

Formosa Plastics Group of Taiwan is expected to announce today a definitive go-ahead on a 680,000 m

International airlines are taking steps to ensure they recoup fees owed for carrying overweight carg

E.T. was flown home last week - by Federal Express Corp. couriers. The overnight express com

Officials at St. Johnsbury Trucking Co. halted plans to sell the Northeastern freight line and will

Waterman Steamship Corp., New York City, is concerned that two ships the federal government reposses

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Pilot service on the St. Lawrence River region between Montreal and Quebec City could be disrupted a

CORROON & BLACK POSTS LOWER NET INCOMECorroon & Black Corp. reported net income for the thir

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

KOREAN BANK TO HIKE IMPORT FINANCINGSEOUL, South Korea - Export-Import Bank of Korea loans f

In an effort to stir local business out of what many consider a dangerous complacency, an internatio

* The European Commission postponed to Wednesday this week its decision on a single European car mar

China's first annual Technology Export Fair produced about 40 contracts with a total value of some $

PEUGEOT IS ONCE AGAIN NO. 1 FRENCH EXPORTERPeugeot SA, France's largest privately owned indu

Lack of adequate U.S. government support in promoting product standards in developing countries is h

Maritime nations have agreed to tighten up international regulations governing the safety of roll-on

The outgoing president of the Port of Genoa is leaving a harbor still ailing but with commercial tra

CHEVRON CORP. (San Francisco) - James N. Sullivan was elected vice chairman and a director effective

Nova Pharmaceutical Corp. and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced a comprehensive ag

With political commitment to many of the ingredients of goals of the 1992 movement apparently weaken

Major U.S. chemical manufacturers are virtually 100 percent in compliance with new rules on measurin

KOPPERS CHEMICALS UNIT TO BE SPLIT UP, SOLDBritish industrialist Brian C. Beazer said Thursd

VINYL ACRYLIC UP AT REICHHOLDDOVER, Del. - Reichhold Chemicals Inc.'s Emulsion Polymers divi

The U.S. market for pultruded composites is expected to double from a current $258 million dollars t

Each morning there will be a plenary session. A series of breakout sessions/ workshops will beheld e

The British government is exploring a number of options for privatization of the country's railway n

American Electric Power Services Corp. said it bought 81,000 tons of spot coal with an option coveri

The Tennessee Valley Authority dropped the level of its spot coal purchases to only 2,200 tons, all

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

Fri., Oct. 28, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Almost 90 percent of European Community business leaders favor the European currency unit as a commo

Although the Port of Los Angeles did not come out smelling like a rose in the Booz-Allen & Hamilton

The U.S. dollar rose slightly Thursday in a busy market featuring active cross trading. The