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MEMO: BUSINESS TRAVEL HOW RELIABLE are the airlines? Two experts list the best and the rest.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it wants to designate a site off the coast of Los Ange

The Shell Oil Co., in one of the nation's largest environmental pollution trials, will finally take

An injury victim has no right to sue the other side's insurance company for dragging out payment of

A growing number of insurance companies are bowing to pressure to offer in- vitro fertilization cove

Batus Inc. has extended to Aug. 25 its hostile $63-a-share offer to buy Farmers Insurance Group Inc.

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

MAXICARE TO SELL HMOS SERVING PA. RESIDENTSHARRISBURG, Pa. - An ailing California company ha

Japan's Ministry of Finance is nearing a decision to make credit ratings a requirement for those iss

The dollar will remain strong in the short-term, however it may begin to weaken later in the year, c

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

Japanese brokerage houses intend to resume issuing U.S. dollar-denominated Eurobonds with equity-pur

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF NEW YORK (New York) - Alphonso Whitfield Jr. was elected vice president an

YAMAICHI RECEIVES CBT CLEARING STATUSYamaichi International (America) Inc. has been approved

Fri., Aug. 19, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index remained solidly above the 100- mark last week, closi

Japanese stock companies and banking institutions will be permitted to engage in overseas securities

COLOMBIA DEFENDS GLOBAL COFFEE PACTBOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia, faced with its biggest coffe

Cattle prices are likely to reach record highs by next spring, pushing retail beef prices up before

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year8/19 8/18 Chan

The $1.06 billion in foreign investment approved by the South Korean government in 1987 was triple t

Long known for tin, tapioca and temples, Thailand is blossoming and rushing into the late 20th centu

IRAQ IS TRYING TO BUY IDLE TEXAS STEEL MILLIraq wants to buy an idled steel works in Texas f

Small agriculture operators who want a piece of the action in farm exports can get help from the Agr

Tax evasion is rampant in China and the worst offenders are members of the newly rich class of priva

IRISH PRIME MINISTER PLANS VISIT TO JAPANDUBLIN, Ireland - Prime Minister Charles Haughey wi

High prices of raw materials, rising taxes and unclear government policies are hurting businesses in

Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita's visit to China this week comes at a rare and seemingly au

It's dinner time in San Francisco, and William von Raab, commissioner of U.S. Customs, is scheduled

U.S. Customs Rules, Regulations and Procedures for Importing Products Produced in Twin-Plant (Maquil

It has not been a good year in the United States for import luxury carmakers, but U.S.-built luxury

The program that allows U.S. manufacturers to set up wholly owned subsidiaries in Mexico to take adv

ARROW SCRAPS PLAN FOR SAMSUNG FRANCHISEMELVILLE, N.Y. - Arrow Electronics Inc. said it has s

President Reagan will sign into law the omnibus trade bill Tuesday at the Long Beach terminal of Sea

Warsaw's Sunday flea market has gone up-market and entered the world of personal computers, video an

The use of temporary help by cost-conscious companies to reduce workloads, to work on special projec

U.S. consumers should continue to spend without a significant letup during the rest of 1988 and may

Never has the Federal Reserve Board made an interest-rate decision that wasn't controversial, and it

After stomping on the import brake for years to grapple with foreign debt payments, the Brazilian go

Brazil's criticism of a U.S. program to promote agricultural exports is like someone living in a gla