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ALASKA GOVERNOR LEADSASIAN TRADE MISSIONANCHORAGE - Gov. Tony Knowles is leading an Asian tr

Japan's government moved ''half a step forward'' on Tuesday in assessing the strength of the economy

The Italian government urged the opposition on Tuesday to return to Parliament to discuss the 1997 b

A Middle East economic conference began on Tuesday with a flurry of U.S. and European diplomatic act

SWISS BANKS VERIFYDORMANT WEALTH CLAIMSZURICH - A Swiss banking ombudsman in charge of seeki

A key adviser to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation group said the the group was in danger of los

NEW AGREEMENT REACHEDON MARITIME DUMPINGLONDON - A new agreement designed to stop the dumpin

Nov. 8, 1996U.S. spot oil product price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.o

WORKERS EXPOSEDTO 'TRACE' RADIATIONWISCASSET, Maine - Eight workers who were exposed to ''tr

Friday Nov. 8, 1996Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

The National Transportation Safety Board wants to know why the Atlanta-based Colonial Pipeline Co. c

The Long Island Lighting Co. is owed hundreds of millions of dollars for excess taxes paid for the d

Growing demand for chemicals derived from coconuts is spurring rapid expansion of the industry.<

CHINA LIFTS EMBARGOOF US POULTRYSPRINGDALE, Ark. - China has dropped its embargo of U.S.-pro

Japan's top car makers, Toyota Motor Corp. and Nissan Motor Co., reported an impressive surge in pro

Representatives of the government of Peru and its bank advisory committee Friday signed the agreemen

UNITED BREAKS GROUNDFOR TRAINING FACILITYDENVER - United Airlines broke ground for the world

Amid a swirl of contradictory reports from quasi-official sources on both sides of the Taiwan Strait

Amertranz Worldwide Holding Corp. reported a net loss of $1.5 million in its first fiscal quarter en

California voters in 1988 approved Proposition 103, mandating that insurance companies roll back rat

PROPERTY COVER OFFEREDNEW JERSEY SHORETRENTON, N.J. - Shore homeowners who have had problems

The new insurance grading system for building codes could improve the status of the building departm

New York Mercantile Exchange - Nov. 8, 1996Prev. Life of Contr. Open Open High Low

Planned swapping of product lists for tariff reduction between Mexico and the Mercosur customs union

As of Oct. 31, 1996Parallel Market Foreign Exchange Rates are based on unofficial, non-docum

In the rush to accumulate overseas investment - which it has at a record pace - China frequently lef

''I held in my hands the potential for the most cataclysmic event of the insurance world.''

RUSSIAN EXPORTS UP,TRADE BALANCE POSITIVEMOSCOW - Russia had a positive trade balance of $28

The U.S Embassy in Tokyo said late last week Walter F. Mondale, the U.S. ambassador to Japan, will r

A Clinton administration campaign to persuade Europe to join a ''choir for democracy'' in Cuba has b

Congress is likely to become more involved in a U.S. agreement to provide nuclear technology to Nort

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 238.74 up 1.71 w

Nov. 8, 1996Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent p

MOTOROLA OFFER HASSOME STRINGS ATTACHEDKIEV, Ukraine - The U.S. communications firm Motorola

International Petroleum ExchangeNov. 8, 1996 Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

When financial institutions are advising their clients to steer clear of gold, leading gold mining e

Nov. 8, 1996RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unlea

The European Union's Court of Justice will rule today whether Britain must comply with a regulation

Nov. 8, 1996No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%Buckley 32.

Internecine warfare has erupted in the ranks of Trans World Airlines employees, as the carrier's fli