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New surface-mineable reserves of good quality coal were found in southern Alaska this summer, and fe

Thursday marked the 90th anniversary of the Lattimer Mines shootings. Luzerne County sheriff's deput

The world still appears headed for an economic recession, a leading international economist said.

Japanese personal taxes will be slashed by an estimated total of $15.7 billion within a few days und

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

The International Longshoremen's Association set a deadline of8:30 this morning for management to of

Lovastatin, a revolutionary new cholesterol-lowering prescription drug due in pharmacies Sept. 14, i

The chemical industry is showing strong profit growth, spurred by gains in volume for basic chemical

The number of U.S. cities with too much ozone polluting their air dropped to 62 in 1984-86, but the

When you're as big as United Parcel Service, it's easy to get a little fat, too. After all,

Sept. 10 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High Low

A German submarine, sunk in the North Sea by British planes during World War II, has been located on

Castle Energy Corp. said Thursday that it has signed an agreement with Hiawatha Oil & Gas Corp. to a

Conn. Commuter Study Offers No SurprisesNORWALK, Conn. - A survey of 4,000 railroad riders o

Congress opened a new round in the 25-year battle over coal slurry pipelines Thursday, with predicta

They couldn't move a $93 million decimal point three places to the right in a federal bankruptcy cou

The aviation industry's wishes for an independent Federal Aviation Administration received a warm Se

Plain-language programming is one of the main features of a British-made process controller.

A Western Canadian towboat industry bargaining body is hoping to win back members who have chosen to

The Evergreen shipping conglomerate said Thursday that its main unit, which will make its first publ

Massachusetts health insurers refused comment Thursday on the potential competitive changes in a hea

Japan's August trade surplus figures were leaked by the government and widely known in the financial

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

An Department of Agriculture economist says oil-rich Kuwait is one of eight smaller Middle East coun

The AeroMax is taking to the road and the air with the emphasis on durability as well as fuel effici

New NY Unit to Probe Flex-Rating ViolationsThe state insurance department has set up a speci

Many Blue Cross-Blue Shield senior executives disagree with their firms' data processing managers on

Japan's trade surplus with the United States dropped to $3.73 billion last month, down from $4.41 bi

Exports from the United States to Hong Kong are growing, but much less quickly than from some rival

Swedish Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson staunchly defended his nation's socialist economic policies T

CRS Sirrine Inc. has been selected as the engineer/architect for the design of a new film sensitizin

Federal regulators have granted a temporary stay to the Long Lake Energy Corp. for its proposed Alic

There are 41 manned lighthouses on Canada's West Coast and an independent investigator thinks the nu

Standard Oil Production Co., the U.S. exploration and production subsidiary of BP America Inc., said

A Northport, Wash., group is opposing a Washington Water Power Co. proposal to build a 230-kilovolt

Oxoco Energy Co., a subsidiary of Oxoco Inc., said it signed a letter of intent to acquire 45 percen

The International Longshoremen's Association, faced with increasing non-ILA competition, agreed Wedn

Cargo carried on North Atlantic routes by the 21-member Association of European Airlines rose faster

One of the most blatant Asian violators of copyright, Indonesia, is moving to tighten up protection

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has switched $5 million in GSM-102 export credit guarantees to Al