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A recent survey by the American Association of Crop Insurers shows that more than 370,000 farmers bo

The Port of San Francisco is trying to consolidate its waterfront properties to create additional co

BRAZIL EXPECTED TO HIKE COKING COAL IMPORTSSAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil will have to import mo

Electric Boat has begun advertising for workers to replace striking Metal Trades Council members, bu

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

After improving dramatically in the most recent report, the U.S. deficit for May is likely to widen,

Biotechnology has been developing more rapidly in the United States than previously anticipated and

Gynex Inc. won Food & Drug Administration approval to market a new generic oral contraceptive and ha

U.S. government and industrial spending on biotechnology research and development is more than $4.3

Once the most luxurious U.S. passenger liner afloat, the S.S. United States has sought a rebirth for

Trading in the secondary market for country debt has been generally quiet in recent days and is expe

The U.S. dollar drifted lower Tuesday in response to a gradual firming in sterling. Dealers

Disclosure last week that a stock trading scandal had spread to involve the aides to several of Japa

Tall oil rosin sales in the United States increased 13.2 percent to 43.8 million pounds over April t

Royal Nedlloyd Group NV, the giant Dutch shipping, transport and energy group, is leading a double l

When soybean futures rise or fall by their 45-cent daily price limit, all trading stops. Right?<

Seventy years after Honduras' currency was tied to the dollar, a cash squeeze caused partly by a sus

EIGHTY HURT IN CRASH OF TRAINS IN BRAZILSAO PAULO, Brazil - A train carrying about 300 passe

Highway fuel taxes rose in six states on July 1, with the average national state gasoline tax increa

The Soviet Union will attempt to purchase at least 500,000 metric tons of sugar on the world market

In a revolutionary step to obtain foreign know-how, a prominent Chinese iron and steel company has i

* H. Erich Heinemann - The Fed's Fast Tune 12A * A.E. Cullison - Japan on a Buying Spree 12A

Willy de Clercq, the European Community's commissioner for external relations, warned Tuesday that t

Future electronic data interchange will be like digital flypaper. High-tech systems will cap

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. is embarking on an ambitious program to add 14 ships to its fleet o

CRUM & FORSTER INC. (Morristown, N.J.) - Robert J. Vairo, president and chief operating officer of C

Abandoning their customary low profile, multinational executives operating in Brazil are joining loc

The Columbia River Shippers Association and Hyundai Merchant Marine have signed a service contract t

The Reagan administration is turning thumbs down on a proposed bill that would make 12 foreign-built

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp.'s new chairman, Robert D. Krebs, has some definite ideas about redir

Tonnage handled by the Port of Le Havre fell 11.4 percent to 23.9 million metric tons in the first h

The administration is sitting on the fence, refusing to either endorse or oppose legislation designe

Another scheduled airline industry effort to make an impact on the fast- growing international couri

The government is investigating allegations of criminal misconduct by federal employees charged with

Knight-Ridder Inc. has agreed to pay $353 million to buy Dialog Information Services Inc. of Palo Al

The European Parliament has urged quick action by European Community executives to resolve what it c

If money made the world go round, the planet could start spinning a bit faster as a result of the ef

Congressional leaders said Tuesday that Congress should not rush to pass drought-aid legislation thi

Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Peter W. Gillies has resigned from his position, effective July 2

U.S. exports of hazardous waste would be banned under legislation introduced in Congress Tuesday by