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President Reagan Tuesday signed the Omnibus Trade & Competitiveness Act of 1988, a bill he admits ap

LAWSON ADVISES US NOT TO EXCLUDE COALLEXINGTON, Ky. - The United States should not be hinder

Spartan Express Inc. is closing its money-losing Northeastern trucking operations to focus on region

After waiting in line for 40 minutes, the young Hungarian places his order: a large hasabburgonya (f

After three years of negotiations, environmental studies and public hearings, the Long Beach Harbor

DALKON SHIELD USERS APPEAL ROBINS' PLANDalkon Shield users filed two appeal notices so far a

Chicago-based Itel Corp. continues to boost its ownership share of Oakland, Calif.-based American Pr

A ranking U.S. trade official Tuesday rebutted European claims that the U.S. trade bill was a protec

Marine Power & Equipment Co., a shipyard and tug company whose $200 million in debts pushed it to th

The recent modifications in New York state's tax requirements for heating oil and diesel fuel distri

TRW Inc., the electronics company, said that it was tentatively awarded a $508 million contract by N

For more than 20 years now, our family has been coming to this rustic island, situated 20 or so mile

Hay exporters say they're fed up with increases in container shipping rates to the Far East and aren

A bill that would regulate the collision damage waivers offered and pushed by car rental agencies wa

With 365 international banks in New York, each has to find its own niche in order to prosper.

A Lloyd's of London insurance syndicate managed by RHM Outhwaite (Underwriting Agencies) has arrange

Like any politician who climbs onto a soapbox, Rep. Helen Delich Bentley, R- Md., thunders out one m

AETNA LIFE & CASUALTY (Hartford, Conn.) - Stephen B. Middlebrook, vice president and general counsel

LCP RAISES PRICE OF CAUSTIC SODAEDISON, N.J. LCP Chemicals & Plastics Inc., a division of H

Insurers said they won an important victory in a U.S. court of appeals order that Citicorp must seek

Dispute could drag on in the courts over the Chubb Corp.'s drought insurance, which some farmers say

Illinois Insurance Exchange syndicates are underwriting unusual risks in an effort to compensate for

HOECHST HIKES PRICE OF YARNSCHARLOTTE, N.C. Hoechst Celanese Corp.'s Technical Fibers Group

Cigna Corp. agreed to sell its Horace Mann Cos. subsidiary for $500 million in a partially leveraged

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

Assembly Speaker Chuck Hardwick says he wants the New Jersey Assembly to meet before Labor Day to co

The U.S. dollar rose slightly Tuesday despite dollar-selling intervention by the Federal Reserve and

Tue., Aug.23, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Federal Treasurer Paul Keating said Tuesday that Australia would post a record budget surplus of A$5

Venezuelan President Jaime Lusinchi has leveled harsh criticism at foreign commercial banks for what

The AFL-CIO soon will ask the Reagan administration to bar Polish goods on grounds that Poland viola

Australian officials are likely to ignore a plea by the country's cement producers for protection fr

Yonkers, N.Y.-based Sau-Sea Foods Inc. will display wares like these at October's New York Seafood S

MERCEDES-BENZ OF NORTH AMERICA INC. (Montvale, N.J.) - This U.S. subsidiary of West German-based Dai

Jamaica's program to divest state enterprises continues next month with the sale of a part of the go

TOYOTA OUTPUT RISES; NISSAN PRODUCTION OFFJapan's Toyota Motor Corp. Tuesday announced recor

U.S. Customs Service officials rejected charges that the agency is discouraging firms from claiming

An end to hostilities in southern Africa does not necessarily mean a trade bonanza for U.S. companie

The steepest grocery store increases in four and a half years pushed consumer prices up 0.4 percent

Texas Air Corp. Tuesday won the dubious distinction of heading labor's dishonor roll for poor relati