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George Bush and Michael Dukakis were on track to an autumn showdown Wednesday after impressive victo

State law-enforcement officers again have stepped in where federal authorities apparently fear to t

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE (Washington) - James W. Glosser has been named by U.S. Ag

Japanese Traveling To US for Chip TalksTwo ranking Japanese trade officials left for Washing

Sugar Deficit Forecast Is Revised DownwardU.K. sugar broker Gill and Duffus Ltd. revised its

Brazil will not accept demands to make royalty payments for patented medicines for very long, said B

In the 1800s, the story goes, immigrants coming to the United States believed the streets were paved

The failure of President Roh Tae-woo's ruling party to win a majority in legislative elections Wedne

Yamashita-Shinnihon Steamship Co. and Japan Line Ltd. announced plans Wednesday to merge their defic

A group of members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and independent oil nations

Neste Corp.'s reported net income for 1987 of 1,209 million Finnish markkas (about $307 million) was

The Port Angeles, Wash.-based publishers of BioEngineering News have published a compendium of the w

CAMBRIDGE BIOSCIENCE CORP. (Worcester, Mass.) - Donald Reed was appointed chief financial officer. C

Electronic communications could bring world peace, Jack Shaw, president, EDI Strategies Inc., Mariet

Leasing Digest Flexi School, three-day course on evaluating, structuring and marketing leases from

The future role of foreign capital and the degree of state intervention in the Brazilian economy are

A senior U.S. Treasury official told bankers to stop complaining and to show more initiative in help

Trade talks between the United States and Taiwan are plodding along slowly, as negotiators - bogged

By the time they reach middle age, Americans born today could be sharing the planet with twice the c

One day after a favorable government report on U.S. economic growth and inflation in the first quart

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is asking Congress for $63.1 million in the 1989 fisca

Government plans to sell up to 40 percent of the shares in Argentina's state- owned shipping line, E

LOMITA, Calif. - Re-Heater Inc. has signed an agreement with Sekisui Plastics of Osaka, Japan, to su

April 27, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The Senate has voted to authorize construction of $1.6 billion in various navigation and flood-contr

House Panel OKs Bill To Fund Panama CanalWASHINGTON - A House subcommittee approved legislat

On the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Farallon on Tuesday, seamen who usually spend most of their days figh

Congested traffic, air pollution and damage to new cars has led Peugeot Motors of America to a decis

MEEKER SHARKEY FINANCIAL GROUP (Cranford, N.J.) - Mary E. Tierney was named vice president, with re

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

Raisin Group Urges Boycott of Korean CarsFRESNO, Calif. - Upset at the duty South Korea impo

Hewlett-Packard Co. has embraced the Chinese market with all the speed of a snail. But like

Japan's Exports to US Fell 9 percent in Fiscal '87Japan's U.S.-bound exports were down 9.2 p

The government of Jamaica created a new agency, Jamaica Promotions Ltd., or JAMPRO, that will be res

U.S. computer and business equipment manufacturers reported sharply higher orders and shipments in J

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

Commonwealth Edison Plans More Coal UseCommonwealth Edison Co. said it will increase its coa

The Supreme Court affirmed a lower court ruling that a rail employee belonging to one union but repr

Ports, unions and marine employers have formed a new body to boost western Canada's container traffi

Chubb Posts Increase In Operating IncomeChubb Corp. reported operating income for the first