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The state of Hawaii opposes efforts by Matson Navigation Co. to win Federal Maritime Commission perm

The Labor Department and the pension industry are lobbying fiercely against a proposed moratorium on

Implementation delays, budget woes and gubernatorial vetoes threaten to undermine confidence in one

BATUS' BID FOR FARMERS CRITICIZED IN WASH.SEATTLE, Wash. - A successful hostile takeover of

Farmers Group Inc. reported that operating income for the second quarter ending June 30 increased to

Some of Europe's biggest blue chip corporations are beating a path to Victor Rod's office seeking a

The party may be over for employers who thought they had control over their employee benefits plans.

New claims for state unemployment insurance benefits were made by 295,000 people during the week end

If Far Eastern hotels are considered the world's best, does that mean the airlines of the Orient al

It's been a week now since the last shot was fired in the Persian Gulf tanker war. Last Frid

The U.S. dollar moved broadly lower Thursday after slipping a full 1 percent against key currencies

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

Many countries are following the lead of the United States in cutting corporate tax rates to stimula

The commercial banks in the Western part of the United States show signs of a strong year in 1988. B

SOVIET ECONOMY FAILS TO REACH SOME GOALSDespite the Soviet Union's efforts to reform its eco

Trade associations should explore export strategies as direct as legal action to protect copyrights

Not to be defeated by Japan's brick wall against American garbage disposers, Anaheim Marketing Inter

All Anaheim, Calif., businessman Ed Chavez wanted to do was liberate Japanese homemakers from the st

NJ GOVERNOR RETURNS FROM TALKS IN CHINATRENTON, N.J. - Gov. Thomas H. Kean says cultural mis

China's purchases of goods marked Made in U.S.A. skyrocketed in the first five months of this year,

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

BROKERS, FORWARDERS RELOCATING NY OFFICESThe National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Associa

GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES - CHANGES IN GSP COUNTRY EXCLUSIONS. Effective July 1, 1988, items

China is asking how to dismiss 30 million surplus workers, accustomed for 40 years to cradle-to-grav

The story headlined, Samsung Celebrates 50th Anniversary, which appeared on Page 4A on Thursday, Jul

Increasing trade with the Soviet Union under a Dukakis administration would hinge on improved Soviet

Michael Dukakis supports foreign investment in the United States, aides say, as long as it leads to

Legislation to reform the Staggers Rail Act will not be forthcoming in this Congress, said Sen. Jame

Big Business has taken center stage at the Democratic National Convention while Big Labor, so visibl

Congress would be willing to provide financial assistance to help Mexico cope with its staggering fo

DOW CHEMICAL'S NET SOARS TO RECORD HIGHMIDLAND, Mich. - Dow Chemical Co. announced that seco

First there was the gasoline shortage. Then we started running out of water. And now plastic gallon

Despite sporadic gunfire on the war fronts, Iranians and Iraqis working in neighboring Dubai danced

PENTAERYTHRITOL IS UP AT HERCULESWILMINGTON, Del. - Hercules Inc. will increase the market p

The Port of Oakland's governing body approved a $76.5 million budget for the 1988-89 fiscal year, an

The Food & Drug Administration asked LyphoMed Inc. to recall a nutritional supplement given intraven

Stunned by Arco's tentative decision to move construction of North Slope oil modules from Tacoma to

China's Longxin Chemical Co., a joint venture in Heilongjiang Province, secured the region's first l

POLYSAR WILL INVEST IN ANTWERP RUBBER UNITSARNIA, Ontario - Polysar Polymers will invest $22

Nearly two decades after the widespread adoption of computers by the industry, the hour - not the da