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Indonesia said Wednesday it did not agree with a U.S. call to abolish farm subsidies and restriction

WORLD BANK CHINA - $170 million to the Agricultural Bank of China for production and constru

The Tokyo Stock Exchange plans to launch computerized trading in bond futures in late April or early

W. German Official To Visit WashingtonFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German Finance Minister

THE BROUHAHA involving the South Carolina State Ports Authority and the Booz, Allen & Hamilton consu

The Environmental Protection Agency says incinerating supplies of the banned weed-killer dinoseb cou

NEW ENGLAND ELECTRIC SYSTEM caused a stir a couple of years ago when it bought a cargo of western Ca

The Coast Guard belt-tightening will force merchant ships, tugs and ferries moving about New York ha

Measured, stable and calm are some of the descriptions reinsurers and brokers are giving the U.S. re

Primerica Corp. announced reorganization plans with its subsidiaries and with A.L. Williams Corp. We

Malaysia hopes to sign a trade agreement with China before the Chinese lunar new year on Feb. 17, De

McDermott International Inc. announced that the Insulating Products Group of its Babcock and Wilcox

The re-election this week of Arthur Scargill, widely considered the most militant of the country's m

The number of oil and gas drilling rigs working in the United States dropped again last week, fallin

The departure of James McJunkin as port director at Long Beach, Calif., is the latest example of a t

The Illinois Insurance Exchange has given new life to the fable of the tortoise and the hare.

Japan's crude oil imports fell to an 18-year low in 1987, largely because it imported more refined o

Bethlehem Steel Corp. has announced plans to sell its shipyards in Singapore and in Beaumont and Por

Lawmakers from crawfish country are boiling over President Reagan's suggestion that spending $200,00

After selling heavily toward the end of last year, foreign investors are expected to buy more Japane

Eight Soviet-made excavators that are powered by General Motors engines will be shipped from Leningr

State-owned Indian Petrochemicals Corp. signed an exclusive sales and market- development agreement

HIGH TECH doesn't always mean high profits. Don't take it personally, said an executive at C

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

Wed., Jan. 27, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Hilton Hotels, the Beverly Hills-based corporation that operates more than 250 hotels and inns acros

Subsidiaries of Kemper Corp. are investing a total of $52 million in a new Bermuda-based reinsurance

Rising inflation is casting a pall over the market-style reforms that have brought unprecedented pro

Footwear Industries of America, a national trade association for domestic footwear producers, named

The Argentine government accepted six offers proposed by private sector investors under the recently

A Canadian apparel industry plan may increase U.S. industry opposition to the U.S.-Canadian free tra

AIR CARGO Equipment suppliers warned airlines against taking a shortsighted approach to carg

The Federal Reserve Board voted 5-to-1 Wednesday to accept, in principle, compromise international c

In a report remarkable for its conflicting signals, the government revealed the U.S. economy grew at

The International Longshoremen's Association has agreed to continue working under its contract for a

Traditional Exports Cotton, yarn, textiles, fertilizers, preserved fruits and vegetables, me

Coal mining companies are pushing to bring electronic data interchange to their industry, lest they

NC Utility Sets Mark For Peak Electric UsageCHARLOTTE, N.C. - Duke Power Co. customers set a

Gasoline and fuel oil markets are not likely to be affected by Coastal Corp.' s plans to sell up to

A dissident member of the New Jersey Highway Authority withdrew his threat of legal action to block