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Alcoa Will Resume Mining in JamaicaKINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaica has given Pittsburg-based Alu

Hong Kong's exports to the United States bounced back in December 1987 from the previous month, but

South of Peking on the Yellow Sea, Australian vintner Charles Whish is making wine in an unusual joi

The United States will offer the Philippines $30 million in food assistance this year but probably w

Daishowa Paper Mfg. Co., a leading Japanese paper maker, won the go-ahead this week from Canadian of

Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci urged Sweden to make sure it does not export any more fast patrol b

The government is drafting a plan to allow foreign investment in more projects and to make the appli

Mazda Motor Corp. reached an agreement with the Ford Motor Co. to import and sell in Japan the Probe

A visit next month to Vietnam by South Korean business leaders is focusing attention on emerging tra

Nearly half the HK$2.7 billion (US$346 million) spent by Hong Kong on imports of fresh produce in th

A coalition established by trial lawyers charged that the state's largest medical malpractice insura

I've never quite agreed with the caustic San Francisco wit Ambrose Bierce, who once described an opt

Consumer Prices Rise In OECD CountriesOECD countries' consumer prices rose an average 0.1 pe

A national study found errors in one-fifth of the Medicare reimbursement requests submitted by hospi

I.C.H. Corp. said Wednesday that it will extend its offer to buy 11.2 million common shares of First

RI Shaves Insurer's Rate Hike RequestPROVIDENCE, R.I. - Liberty Mutual Group is awaiting doc

Economist Forecasts Recession by Early '89NEW YORK - A U.S. recession will begin in the next

It's not easy for Murray Lawrence, who took over as chairman of Lloyd's of London in January, to hid

To Mariya Toohey, a leisurely travel schedule is one that lets her stay in the same hotel room more

President Reagan announced an ambitious and costly plan Thursday to rejuvenate the U.S. space progra

Edward J. Bailey has joined LeBow Industries Inc., a private investment company, as chief financial

The net cash income of farmers is likely to slip from last year's record high, but a number of other

The national office vacancy rate declined in the fourth quarter of 1987 in part because of a slowdo

The Bank of England's assessment that October's stock market crash has not seriously harmed world ec

Anyone discarding laced sneakers for ones with the strips of Velcro is proof that a novel technology

The Reagan administration could close the U.S. market to fish from Japan to punish that nation for i

Most members of a premier candy family favor a flight to Mars, one refuses in the belief aliens are

Canadian business leaders praised Finance Minister Michael Wilson for retooling the federal sales ta

Canada wants the United States, its biggest trading partner, to import fewer foreign goods.

AVIATION Transportation Secretary James Burnley called for bold thought and action to produc

General Motors Corp., Chrysler Corp. and several automotive suppliers want the foreign trade zone in

Charles L. Kearny and John H. Satterfield apparently won't have to search very hard for export custo

The Federal Railroad Administration asked the Justice Department to take legal action against Guilfo

There is likely to be a court challenge aimed at overturning a Reagan administration waiver of a U.S

Being a small aerospace company in a market dominated by commercial giants, Short Brothers PLC of Be

The chief representative of the French shipowners association has impressed colleagues in France and

No one in the travel industry had any idea what a tiger-by-the-tail frequent flyer program, born in

Eastern Files Suit To Proceed With SaleMIAMI - Eastern Airlines has filed suit to defend its

The Transportation Department will apparently beat an approaching congressional deadline for releasi

Court Strikes Down Mandatory TestingA requirement that 200,000 railroad workers undergo mand