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The U.S. dollar edged higher against most major foreign currencies Tuesday with the firm tone attrib

The Soviet designers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactors did not make allowances for mistakes that cou

The Western Fuels Association will sign a contract today with Westmoreland Resources Inc. for the de

The European Community Commission plans to reopen an anti-dumping investigation into imports of cert

Ashland Studies Sale Of Coal SubsidiaryLOUISVILLE, Ky. - Ashland Oil Inc. brought in an inve

The new corporate tendency to enter bankruptcy law reorganization and eliminate company pension plan

The second deadly Cameroon gas leak in two years may prompt some foreign investors to take a harder

AI Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cookson America, and a member of the Anzon Group, purchased t

California property/casualty insurers will be subject to tighter rate regulations under new rules be

The Conservative-minded Social Credit government of British Columbia is subsidizing jobs at a lead-z

Mitsui & Co. (USA), one of the top five exporters from the United States, formed a company to promot

For the first time since airline deregulation, the Department of Transportation turned down a major

The Japanese economy is heading for its first slump in three years as business activity continues sl

Shipping losses due to war and accidents were lower in 1985 than at any time in the past 20 years, a

China and the Netherlands have signed a memorandum for future talks on a series of proposed Dutch a

Birth rates plummet, large families dwindle, marriages decline. Traditional family patterns in Europ

GENERAL NEWSThe Pension regulatory system needs complete review, William Brock, labor secret

Swiss Set to Vote On Sugar Output HikeSwitzerland will hold a national referendum Thursday o

A leading U.S. senator predicted that wheat prices would plummet on world markets, making it unneces

An indicator that measures how many bushels of corn can be bought from the proceeds of selling a hog

Turkey production, a year-round business, is setting records this year and probably will again in 19

The Port of Beaumont handled a record 74,296 tons of bagged cargo during July, port officials said.<

What started out in June as a dispute between the wheat industry and the Federal Grain Inspection Se

Typhoon Wayne caused several shipping casualties in the area of Taiwan. According to a repor

Grain trade estimates suggest the volume of land under wheat cultivation in Argentina will decline 1

A powerful Malaysian political figure was jailed for two years and fined $232,000 Tuesday for his pa

German-flag liner service to Australia and the Far East, celebrating its 100th anniversary this year

BACK ON THE LIST: As expected, the Navy has eased its contract suspension on Litton Industries Inc.

Tall corn stalks with silken tassels sway in the breeze in the nation's midsection, hiding from view

With the help of its fully computerized bagging and packaging system, Saudi Basic Industries Corp. c

Rochester Gas and Electric Corp. installed a $11 million control room training simulator at the util

The price of synthetic natural gas produced at the Great Plains coal plant in North Dakota has falle

S. Korea's Posco Plans To Boost Steel OutputSEOUL, South Korea - Pohang Iron and Steel Co. p

Bayer AG, one of the world's leading chemical companies, reported second- quarter earnings of 930 mi

Major Japanese photocopy manufacturers said they will step up production within the European Communi

ADB PAPUA NEW GUINEA - $29.9 million plus a technical assistance grant from the Asian Develo

The state's second-largest industrial park developer agreed to spend $30 million to $50 million to d

A declaration drafted for the non-aligned movement summit and circulated Tuesday said unless urgent,

Zimbabwe is spending millions of dollars to host the non-aligned movement summit, hoping prestige fr

Indonesia's development minister ventured into San Francisco's Bohemian Club and, like a voice cryi