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The Chinese government has published the 1987-1988 edition of its directory of Chinese trading compa

At least a portion of the pollution liability coverage for the Ashland Oil Inc., the Kentucky oil co

The Pentagon has begun ground-testing a chemical laser that might one day become one of the first co

Diamond Shamrock Sets Stock ProgramSAN ANTONIO, Texas - Diamond Shamrock R&M Inc. announced

Witco Corp. Acquires Emery Surfactants UnitWitco Corp. has acquired the West Coast surfactan

Braniff Inc. has renewed its negotiations with Pan Am Corp.'s unions in an attempt to gain wage conc

Western Canadian grain growers may ask for government action to end a strike at the most modern term

The New Year is bringing a new order to the heavy truck industry, but the results are likely to be a

Thailand is considering importing lignite from China to boost its limited reserves of brown coal.

The so-called squeeze in the prompt market for North Sea Brent crude that helped send crude oil futu

The military government devalued the Chilean currency, the peso, by 4 percent Monday night and order

Major Japanese commercial banking institutions plan to expand their capital holdings over the next f

Patience and a willingness to cooperate are the keys to success in countertrade, according to an Ame

US, S. Korea Avert Trade ShowdownU.S. and South Korean negotiators failed to resolve a threa

Fear of lawsuits might be stifling innovation, but is also making products safer, according to a sur

The Federal Maritime Commission has received a raft of appeals seeking to head off stiff FMC retalia

When the United States celebrates the Fourth of July this year, the rockets' red glare and bombs bur

AIR CARGO Air cargo shipments through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport grew at a record

General Motors Corp. Chairman Roger Smith says the automaker's goal is to have profit sharing while

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

Further declines in the value of the dollar could prove dangerous to the U.S. economy, Japan's Minis

The Hong Kong subsidiary of Motorola Inc. plans to build a massive plant to design, assemble and tes

Pre-Press Equipment Exhibition SetDUSSELDORF, West Germany - IMPRINTA 88, the world's larges

Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita told his cabinet Tuesday that he hopes to establish close personal t

Soviet Bank to Borrow On Capital MarketsFRANKFURT, West Germany - A Soviet bank will float a

A shipment of coal from the port of Toledo by Pickands Mather Co., Cleveland, Ohio, was incorrectly

The Interstate Commerce Commission proposed a dramatic expansion of the geographic areas around citi

Jan. 4 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High Low

About 275 U.S. life and health insurers paid out $150.4 million in AIDS- related claims in 1986, acc

The independent agency system is shrinking. The number of independent insurance agencies has

K N Energy Sells Gas Distribution AssetsLAKEWOOD, Colo. - K N Energy Inc. said it has comple

Rail shipper groups are pleased Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. decided to sell the Southern Pacific

White pigment is snowballing. Titanium dioxide, an additive for paint, plastics and paper, i

Manville Corp. announced Monday it has sold three of its manufacturing plants to BNZ Materials Inc.,

Du Pont Increases Alcohol Resin PriceWILMINGTON, Del. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. announc

Manufacturers of potentially carcinogenic animal drugs must provide the federal government with a me

A crewman who survived the century's worst peacetime disaster at sea testified Monday that he believ

Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Casey said he submitted a plan for a low-level radioactive waste dump to

The port of Seattle handled 1 million containers in 1987, spurred by a record year for box exports.

U.S. Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci began a tour of the Persian Gulf Monday, but the Pentagon deni