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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

The Surface Transport Ministry is seeking a 70 percent hike in funds for national port development i

Crash Tests Spotlight Head Injury FrequencyThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administratio

An export finance program developed by the state of Illinois is being adopted by other states.<

BERKEY INC. (Greenwich, Conn.) - Harold J. Axelrod was named vice president, finance and administrat

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

Vice President George Bush and Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis filed responses to a Journal o

First quarter incentives paid off in strong late-March and first quarter sales increases for Detroit

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter continues to say it is premature to speculate on whether t

Texaco Inc. officially ended a year under bankruptcy court protection Thursday, completing its epic

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng Thursday defended U.S. proposals for reforming the world's f

Sales of foreign cars surged by an unprecedented 41.1 percent in the fiscal year ending March 31, re

Borden Inc. Acquires 3 Snack CompaniesBorden Inc. announced Thursday it had completed acquir

A bill that would have installed electronic watch dogs in California truckswent down to defe

Your car breaks down in Cleveland on a Monday, so you take it to the dealer. On Tuesday you're in Ci

Conrail's president, Richard D. Sanborn, met the press for the first time in his new capacity Wednes

Midway Airlines Inc. has had a bumpy ride in its brief 10-year existencefinding a market nic

The Dutch shipping and transportation group Royal Nedlloyd hopes to sell a stake in its airline subs

W. Edwards Deming came to Philadelphia to preach to the converted. There he was, U.S. indust

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

China's top leaders have taken an ax to layers of bureaucracy in commerce and economic policy - a mo