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Monsanto, Mycogen Form R&D AccordST. LOUIS - Monsanto Co. and Mycogen Corp. announced a mult

Brazil's Cosipa steel company is completing a private port terminal designed to handle 8 million to

Fears that farmers won't be able to produce enough crops and livestock to feed a growing number of m

Four British minesweepers assembled in the Gulf of Oman Tuesday to join three French warships as min

After a month of successfully operating the California Connection for two major shippers, Conrail an

Jamaica's raw sugar output for 1986-87 reached 187,966 metric tons, 12,321 less than in 1985-86, the

The Interstate Commerce Commission swiftly approved Union Pacific Corp.'s acquisition of Overnite Tr

Tenneco Oil Exploration & Production Co. will drill a rank exploratory well in virgin territory in t

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Textile Imports Up From Communist BlocTextile imports from communist countries have shot up

Japan accounted for 31 percent of the U.S. trade deficit in July, with Taiwan following at 11 percen

ITC Ruling Decides In Favor of TimkenCANTON, Ohio - The International Trade Commission Tuesd

The sixth Watch & Clock Fair notched up record attendance and business, the government-backed Trade

The U.S. Department of Commerce denied a request to exempt Chinese petroleum- wax candles from an an

Traders and analysts are divided on whether last week's collapse of International Cocoa Organization

Suit Seeks to Declare NJ Insurer InsolventTRENTON, N.J. - The state Department of Insurance

Circuit-board, anyone? At an event like this, such a question is likely to bring several tho

The Senate has approved an auto insurance reform package over criticism that the move was an electio

Richard B. Byrne wants insurance agents to break through their prison walls. The California

More than 20 million air bags will be in U.S. cars by the end of model year 1994 and will prevent th

A Federal Reserve Board decision has breathed new life into the so-called South Dakota loophole, inv

U.S. Court of Appeals in Texas overturned lower court rulings that an agent was liable for a custom

The Illinois Supreme Court, setting a sweeping standard, ruled Monday that insurance companies must

The U.S. dollar declined against major foreign currencies Tuesday, and many analysts now suspect the

Stock prices fell sharply Tuesday, with the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials sinking 46.47 points

The approach of another "triple witching hour" Friday is causing little alarm in the stock market.

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

Mexico May Issue Silver-Backed BondsWASHINGTON - The Silver Institute says Mexico is serious

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

Marine Midland Banks Inc. said Tuesday it agreed to a sweetened $756 million buy-out offer from Hong

U.S. industrial production rose a seasonally adjusted 0.3 percent in August after increasing 0.8 per

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

Madeira, a Portuguese island in the Atlantic Ocean, has created a free trade zone and an offshore fi

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has expanded to 91 square miles its quarantine area in Los Angele

The Japanese government has come up with a plan to double the number of Japanese travelers abroad in

Farmstead Telephone Group Inc. signed a letter of intent in China as the first official step toward

Bass Purchases Stake In Holiday Inn ChainBass PLC, a British company famous for its ale, has

In an effort to boost his nation's sagging economy, Austria's minister for economic affairs is looki

Alaska's Governor Seeks Pacts in ChinaAlaska Gov. Steve Cowper Tuesday began a visit to Chin

A delegation from China's Ministry of Aviation Industry arrived in Seattle Tuesday to discuss cooper