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The article offers an update on business worldwide as of July 1931. European stock markets increased between 9% to 20% due to a debt plan by U.S. President Herbert Hoover known as the Hoover Plan. The new economic measures launched by Poland include reductions in salary of government employees. Business conditions in Great Britain have improved due to enhanced world outlook. In Japan, the value of stocks continued to increase while prices of silk reached a record high.

The article reports on developments in shipping in the U.S. and in other countries as of May 1951, based on data from the National Federation of American Shipping. The U.S. runs nearly one-fifth of the world fleet total, and the U.S. share is expected to increase with military buildup. Total number of ships, total shipping capacity, U.S. share in world shipping, share in global shipping by Great Britain, Japan and Germany, and the roles of the U.S. Maritime Administration are discussed.

This section offers news briefs on business and politics in countries other than the U.S. as of March 1938. The Japanese government announced that China is establishing an autonomous state in Central China with Nanking as capital. The signing of a new trade pact between Great Britain and Italy signals the possibility of a more significant agreement between the two countries. Great Britain bought Soviet goods worth 113 million U.S. dollars and sold goods worth 40 million U.S. dollars to Russia in 1937.

The article offers news briefs related to business as of March 1937. There is likelihood that the armament industry in Great Britain would lead to economic crisis. The topics that form part of the reform program of Canadian Transport Minister C. D. Howe include the capitalization of Canadian National Railways, the establishment of a tans-Canada air service, and control of carriers under federal license. Prices of several products in Japan have increased including tuna fish, beef, and bread.

This article forecasts that the world economy will grow 1.8% in 1980, a substantial decline from the earlier projection of 2.9%. It explains that the economic slowdown is most severe in industrialized countries with the U.S. and Great Britain in full-blown recession. The economic deceleration will be made worst by high inflation rate. Unemployment rate is also going to rise in the U.S., Great Britain, Germany and Japan.

The article offers information on the increased foreign investment in the U.S. Several nations including Germany, Italy, and Great Britain have their subsidiaries running in U.S., and now, Japan also has entered its market with Seiko Corp. A large number of products are being manufactured by foreign companies in U.S., which include, textile machineries, ceramic tiles, and slide fasteners.

The article reports on the large number of foreign tourists who are flocking into the U.S. as of June 1973 due to lower air fares, the solid value of foreign currencies against the dollar, and other travel promotions. Based on the projection by the U.S. Travel Service, around 580,000 Japanese tourists are expected to visit the U.S. in 1973 compared to 417,000 in 1972. The other countries that are expected as source of tourist arrivals to the U.S. include Great Britain, Germany and France.

The article focuses on the embargo program of the U.S. and Great Britain to restrain the war industries in Japan. It mentions that the U.S. has completely stop all the scrap iron exports to Japan while Great Britain reopened the Burma road to deal with Chinese government. Moreover, it adds that though the embargo would result for an annual trade loss of nearly 250,000,000 to the U.S., Japan would not be able to purchase machines and raw materials necessary for its war industries.

The article offers news briefs related to business. No provision has been made by the British government regarding its financial assistance to industries which were forced to evacuate special defense zones. The Tokyo government has imposed new restriction on foreign movie imports due to the increase of its frozen assets. Canadians have been obliged to register for compulsory training for home defense in August 1940.

The article presents an outlook for the Kennedy Round, a session of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) trade negotiations being held in Geneva, Switzerland in 1966. The trade negotiations face several challenges, including the growing sense of economic nationalism. Demands and threats were exchange between the world's major trading nations, including the U.S., Great Britain, and Japan.

The article presents world news briefs. The impasse in the negotiations on Great Britain joining the six-nation European Economic Community (EEC) is having adverse effect on the U.S. trade bill. The Argentina government is trying to float a loan inside the country as part of an economic austerity program. Japan, faced by trade deficit, has started promoting trade with Red China.

The article reports on the possible implication of the trade war between Great Britain and Japan for Canadian products. The Canadian goods are expected to benefit from the dispute since they will be preferred more by British overseas markets. The Canadian market is also favored by the balance of trade. The principal export is wheat. In the anti-dumping machinery of the Canadian tariff laws, arbitrary valuations on dumped goods have been set.

This section offers news briefs on world business as of April 1979. In Great Britain, the Conservative Party of Margaret Thatcher will campaign in the general elections on a platform of reducing direct personal taxes, union power and supporting Europe's Economic Community. The announcement by Exxon Corp. of reducing oil supplies to unaffiliated companies in Japan has affected the yen rate. In France, Compagnie Francaise des Pétroles has signed a letter of intent to buy 150,000 barrels annually from National Iranian Oil Co.

Discusses issues related to the economic growth of the countries of Group-7 (G-7). Information on the members of G-7; Opinion of Philip M. Hubbard, director of London, England-based Consensus Economics Inc. on the economic issues of G-7; Forecasts that in 1990, output growth will range from a low of 1.1% in Great Britain to a high of 4.3% in Japan.