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The proposed federal Minimum Health Benefits for All Workers Act, which would require U.S. Employers

AUSTRALIA EXPECTS DIP IN BEEF EXPORTS TO USSYDNEY, Australia - Australian beef exports to th

Truckers will find the going a bit easier along Interstate 95 in the Nutmeg State. That's be

Labor problems are disrupting service at Italian ports. Knight-Ridder Financial reported fro

Women who worked at video display terminals for more than 20 hours a week experienced almost twice a

Business schools and the corporate world need stronger ties and a progressive attitude if U.S. busin

The U.S. Navy has awarded a contract to a Dutch firm to transport the damaged frigate USS Samuel B.

A strike at 20 sawmills in Washington and Oregon won't hurt lumber exports for the moment because of

Morgan Stanley International confirmed Tuesday that Bahrain-based Investcorp has bought a near-50 pe

A Texas-based auto insurer had the best record for consumer complaints of 34 insurance companies ser

Some 500 Texans and Arabs are gathered here to talk business, but don't count on hearing much conver

Two years of low rainfall and mild winters have resulted in a sharp drop in Great Lakes water levels

Becton, Dickinson & Co.'s relationship with electronic communications systems has been short on thri

The Supreme Court refused without comment to hear a challenge to Congress' imposed settlement of the

June 7, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The sponsors of the proposed Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, which is to bring North Slope

Eastern Airlines is facing a dilemma as it tries to shrink its operations further to make up for a p

ITO Corp. and Delaware Operating Co., two of Philadelphia's major marine terminal/stevedoring compan

A farm women's group is asking a federal court here to hold Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng in co

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE ROSE SHARPLY IN MAYConsumers' confidence, buoyed by fatter paychecks, ro

Daily Index Textiles Metals Misc.Smoothedpercent Change, 3.43

The French governmental export credit guarantee agency registered a deficit of about 6 billion franc

Opponents of the Reagan administration's proposal for extensive oil leasing off the Northern Califor

SOVIET COMPANY TO BUY CANADIAN EQUIPMENTEDMONTON, Alberta - Dreco Energy Services Ltd. annou

A federal appeals court Tuesday voided a contempt of court order against Eastern Airlines and dissol

Senate Democrats Tuesday continued to downplay the chances of bringing another trade bill to the flo

It happened in autos. It happened in steel. Could soup be the next U.S. industry to lose a big chunk

Elocar Co., a joint venture of Union Carbide Corp. and Swiss Polymers Inc., is constructing a new fa

Grace Increases Glycerine PricesLEXINGTON, Mass. - W.R. Grace & Co.'s organic chemicals divi

Belgium's Solvay Plans US, Asian AquisitionsBRUSSELS, Belgium - Solvay, Belgium's largest ch

U.S. production of chlorine gas and chlorine liquid moved up in April 1988 compared with the year-ea

Floods in Cuba's main sugar-growing regions are said to be disrupting the loading of sugar at Cuban

International bankers and businessmen said Tuesday that the stage was being set for the eventual cre

In decades to come, the 1980s will be looked upon as the good old days. It happens every 30 years.

American Bankers Insurance Group Inc. has signed an agreement in principle to sell its Financial Ins

Japan is chipping away at its mammoth trade surplus by expanding imports and overseas investment, bu

The absence of a clear national consensus on trade protectionism and discrimination threatens U.S. e

The U.S. dollar turned slightly lower late Tuesday after holding to a narrow range throughout the da

Tue. June 7, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

SOVIET OFFICIAL EXPECTS LITTLE CHANGE IN FLEETHAMBURG, West Germany - The size of the Soviet