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The liberalization of Israel's petroleum industry, which Energy Minister Moshe Shahal said would get

An independent auditor has found that 95 percent of the $4.4 billion spent on the Beaver Valley 2 nu

Vancouver Island was to have been the end stop on Canada's first trans- continen tal railroad, but t

Domestic crude oil production continued its downward spiral in August, while the nation's dependence

Domestic oil reserves have dropped sharply following the price collapse last year. And the cautious

A group of British aerospace companies have joined forces to help keep Britain in the space race.

The travel industry could use a little help when it comes to marketing their wares to business trave

Northwest Airlines has filed a $20 million lawsuit accusing union machinists and baggage handlers of

A bipartisan coalition of House members plan an unusual approach in their quest to fully fund aviati

Canadian government and airline officials are playing down the risk that regular air service between

A top Federal Aviation Administration official is working on a plan to provide safer and more conven

As two more passengers were caught in doors and dragged by subway trains, the New York Transit Autho

Gov. Michael Dukakis' universal health insurance plan suddenly seems to be drawing fire on all sides

The U.S. Customs Service plans to require all ships entering U.S. ports to submit a standardized bil

Work Begins in Britain On US-Europe CableWork began Thursday on the British end of what is b

Out behind a football stadium in Bozeman, Mont., 14 elm trees crashed to the ground, and a $300 mill

The World Bank's capital resources might be almost doubled, Barber Conable, the bank's president, in

Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone said Thursday that Japan would consider treating China separately f

Arthur B. Calcagnini was elected president of the Sugar Club, a forum for sugar processors, users an

Smith Corona Corp. will lay off 300 employees during the next eight weeksbecause of declinin

In her first public appearance since she resigned as secretary of the Department of Transportation,

MINNEAPOLIS - The Pillsbury Co. Thursday reported that net earnings for the first fiscal quarter wer

A protest by Brazilian Customs officers seeking higher pay is slowing the movement of export cargo t

The announcement by Honda of America Manufacturing Inc. that it will export automobiles from its Ohi

Bear Automotive Service Equipment Co. said it reached an agreement with Hofmann Werkstatt-Technik Gm

Alaska's Governor Talks Trade in ChinaAlaska Gov. Steve Cowper met Thursday with Chi

State agriculture officials said they are granting $4.5 million in matchingfunds to 97 farm

AVIATION Canadian government and airline officials are playing down the risk that regular Ca

Warnaco Inc., a major apparel firm, created a new position to deal with foreign sourcing and designi

Metro Metals Corp. will break ground today on a facility that will nearly double its steel slitting

Some 500 shore-based employees of Scindia Steam Navigation Co. are to be fired, the debt-laden compa

Showa Line's weekly service between Los Angeles and the ports of Hong Kong and Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ha

Jorio Dauster, president of the Brazilian Coffee Institute, has endorsed the idea of renewing the In

The governor of Maryland told maritime industry executives Thursday that he is committed personally

U.S. licenses to export arms have been repeatedly issued to companies after they sold weapons illega

A group of West Virginians say they're boiling mad because historians have given Robert Fulton credi

A comparison of European and U.S. steps to prepare for the Jan. 1 implementation of the Harmonized

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

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

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or