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Despite last-minute attempts to mollify opposition to the long-awaited July 1 opening of South Korea

A reorganization plan to put United States Lines' parent McLean Industries Inc. back on an even keel

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader Wednesday claimed the Lloyd's of London insurance syndicate controls p

Ireland is pumping up its export industries in hopes of luring back young emigrants seeking work abr

Phoenix World City, Norwegian shipowner Knut Ulstein Kloster's ambitious project to build the world'

The Food & Drug Administration warned consumers against the indiscriminate use of the anti-acne crea

DOW RAISES PRICE OF POLYETHYLENEMIDLAND, Mich. - Dow Chemical U.S.A. increased the price of

The export control agency Cocom is not likely to complete its review of curbs on technology transfer

Wed. July 6, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

Canada's composite leading economic indicator rose 0.7 percent in April from March to 195.4, Statist

The Democrats succeeded Wednesday in shutting off debate on the controversial bill mandating 60 days

The United Transportation Union is unhappy with the recommendations of a presidential panel that inv

Call them the electronic musketeers. Hoping to repeat their success in getting the United St

The Interstate Commerce Commission has given Guilford Transportation Industries Inc. until July 25 t

Yamaha Corp., the world's largest musical instrument maker, says it will build an audio component fa

African countries increasingly are bartering for goods they don't have cash to buy: oil for automobi

English China Clays PLC, the world's largest producer of kaolin, the china clay used to make porcela

The Third World debt outlook has improved in recent months, the World Bank's chief economist said.

The U.S. dollar was mixed Wednesday in what traders called a do-nothing market. Dealers said

Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. has sold its wholly owned subsidiary in Luxembourg to Bankers Trust

The surge in U.S. exports in recent months is proving to be something of a boon to Continental Bank'

POLICY RENEWAL BILL PASSED BY PA. HOUSEHARRISBURG, Pa. - Legislation prohibiting automobile

July 6, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Canada's National Energy Board granted Pan-Alberta Gas Ltd. a 24-year license to export up to 2 tril

JAPANESE SALE TO BOOST IMPERIAL UNIT'S OUTPUTCALGARY, Alberta - Imperial Oil Ltd. said coal

In the Pacific Northwest, dry weather is expected to mean shortages of irrigation water in some of t

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

The rug merchant flung the rolled-up carpet into the air, and as it snapped open its bits of ancient

The first of three new container cranes ordered by the Jacksonville (Fla.) Port Authority has arrive

Sellers of brand-named drugs in the Philippines are suffering splitting headaches over plans by heal

Changing the way Japan does business is the key to ending Japan's big trade surpluses, according to

The Caribbean Community won't meet its Oct. 1 deadline for dismantlingbarriers to trade amon

One of the oldest insurance companies in the United States is also one of the newest to enter the in

The United Arab Emirates is pumping something else besides oil these days. Indeed, the UAE h

Panamanian Foreign Minister Jorge Ritter said his country would not take part in a Panama Canal Comm

Traditional Exports Dairy products, meat, fish, eggs, textiles, apparel, beverages, ores, ch

On its return from the Independence Day recess this week, the Senate will face a long list of fiscal

The USS Vincennes, the first cruiser of its high-tech type to serve in the Persian Gulf, is a lot of

The governing council of the International Civil Aviation Organization will meet next Wednesday to r

PROCTER & GAMBLE FORMS CHINESE VENTUREThe Procter & Gamble Co. said it will form a joint ven