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In a sharp break with past policy, Argentina will bring in private-sector oil companies to boost ou

The federal appeals court ruling affirming labor's right to be at the negotiating table when railroa

Representatives of shipping companies belonging to the Trans-Pacific Freight Conference of Japan and

The February trade deficit announcement on Thursday will determine the short- term direction of the

Provincially owned BC Rail is preparing to blast a 1,300-yard tunnel and sidestep a dangerous cliff

The cost of borrowing in Britain was cut Friday as banks lowered interest rates in response to sign

The water rushes over the whirling blades of the turbines, spinning them faster and faster, their so

A sharp jump in the world price of nickel is spurring interest in thepurchase of a major Phi

Japan was urged by visiting Australian Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister William Hayden last week t

The U.S. Customs Service's latest leap forward in automation may turn out to be a great stumble back

Nissan Motor Plans Tenn. Plant ExpansionSMYRNA, Tenn. - Nissan Motor Manufacturing Corp. U.S

The cash position of troubled Pan Am Corp. has fallen to less than $125 million, and the company is

CF Ocean Service, a subsidiary of Consolidated Freightways Inc., is not a freight forwarder. The com

TOPIC: Insurance Fraud Wendall C. Harness was named director of the Insurance Crime Preventi

A North Carolina-based insurance company decided not to renew general liability coverage for the gen

If a Key West woman wants to collect $100,000 for her broken foot, she has one option - divorce.

The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a cancer victim whose mother took the drug DES shou

Marsh & McLennan Acquires Saliba & Co.Marsh & McLennan Inc. said last week it acquired Salib

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

Americans are insular and uncompetitive. They don't try to understand foreign languages or cultures.

U.S. consumers took on $5.304 billion more in installment credit than they paid off in February, aft

Businessmen in China are still heavily bound by tradition and regulation, and the time has come for

Lumber production, orders and shipments increased in 12 Western states in the week ended Saturday, a

The United States will have to wait until May before learning if it will get an international panel

FAA Plans to Shift Key PersonnelIn what agency insiders describe as a massive shake-up, the

A crew escape system using a 10-foot (three-meter) telescoping pole will be installed in the space s

AMBAC INDEMNITY CORP. (New York) - Kristina Kiernan was named vice president, national sales, at thi

US-USSR Grain Talks Set for London in MayWASHINGTON - The second round of talks on a new lon

Cigarette exports are expected to rise sharply this year, largely because of rising demand in some A

Czar Resources Ltd. has won a 20-year contract to sell about C$300 million (US$240 million) worth of

The Environmental Protection Agency announced that it's providing $78.3 million under the Comprehens

H.H. Robertson Sells Freeman ChemicalsH.H. Robertson Co. announced that it had completed the

China will set up seven foreign exchange brokerage centers this year to encourage firms with surplus

The Panama Canal made it through another week without disruption by the surrounding political turmoi

The dollar is approaching a level that will permit more than just U.S. commodities to compete in wor

In Hong Kong's cut-throat business world, the highest acknowledgment of success is to be recognized

Special agents of the U.S. Customs office at John F. Kennedy Airport arrested the president of a cus

A subsidiary of USX Corp. has made an offer to purchase a portion of the financially ailing Pittsbur

The push for dockside railyards in Southern California is on in earnest. A second terminal o

Jamaica recorded an increase in the overall value of trade last year, but suffered a deterioration i