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President Reagan extended through September 1989 the U.S. specialty steel industry's special protect

Teamsters working for United Parcel Service Inc. would receive a modest hourly wage increase and a s

Fournier Will Head Maine Pilotage AgencyAUGUSTA, Maine - Arthur J. Fournier has been named c

Guy F. Atkinson Construction Co. of San Francisco has been awarded a $28 million Army Corps of Engin

A city agency on Wednesday unanimously approved a dress code for New York's taxi drivers that forbid

Aluminum Co. of America said it raised prices by roughly 5 percent on a broad range of aluminum shee

Japan has vowed to tighten its export-licensing procedures and said it would take other steps to gua

Amid reports that unpaid crewmen on at least one vessel have mutinied, Scindia Steam Navigation Co.

Never mind coals to Newcastle, or sand to the Arabs - America is now exporting fortune cookies to th

The U.S. dollar bounced back Thursday, particularly against the Japanese yen, but analysts said its

The swoop by Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. on its 52 percent-held Marine Midland Banks Inc. unit

The Reagan administration is going ahead with protection of 11 Kuwaiti oil tankers starting next wee

As warm weather settles in, the nation slows down. Economists may have their own version of why this

The declining fishing industry in Southern California could receive a boost in the form of a $1 mill

Malfunctions Force Two Delta Jets BackTwo Delta Air Lines jetliners were forced to turn back

Rohr Industries Inc. has signed a contract to provide its first engine components for a General Elec

Japan's Nippon Mining Co. and Mitsubishi Oil Co. said Wednesday they will export petroleum products

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected a staff recommendation that the Iroquois pipel

Egypt Reportedly Plans Hike in Export PricesCAIRO, Egypt - Egypt has decided to increase exp

Statements by Japanese officials, including Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, that U.S. coking coal

About 13,000 union miners walked off the job Thursday in a protest over disciplinary action against

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

Farmrail System Inc. is planning to begin operating over 189 miles of track formerly owned by Burlin

The seizure of a West German freighter by St. Lawrence River pilots over a disputed salvage claim ha

A dozen years after female workers filed discrimination suits challenging National Airlines Inc.'s m

A shrinking ocean carrier market will force Starcom International Inc., the electronic rate and tari

The chairman of a House subcommittee has given the Transportation Department and the Army Corps of E

Seaboard Cold Storage Inc. says it plans to build a $3.5 million, 2.4 million-cubic-foot cold-storag

John M. Bowers, tapped as the next president of the International Longshoremen's Association, said f

924.5 (July 16) Previous day - 923.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in Lo

Roger Singer, new insurance commissioner of Massachusetts, was sworn in Thursday, hours after reform

On U.S.-Japan trade frictions I have even heard that some informed people advocate political

Commerce Reviews Tubular Steel SupplyThe Commerce Department is reviewing a short supply det

The U.S. International Trade Commission is conducting an investigation to determine whether temporar

Fiat USA Inc., which oversees the financial, administrative and corporate activities of Italy's Fiat

The state energy monopoly in Malaysia, Petronas, is moving into the petrochemical business, but loca

A State Department official labeled preposterous a Scandinavian Airline Services charge that the Uni

Qantas Airways Ltd. of Australia has selected the General Electric CF6-80C2 high bypass turbofan eng

Grimerica Backs Hotel del CoronadoGREENWICH, Conn. - Primerica Corp. announced it has provid

A Senate amendment repealing the oil industry's windfall profits tax is likely to be a bargaining ch