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NJ Moves to Soften Liquor Liability LawsAfter years of lobbying, restaurant and tavern owner

A research group calculates that 12 million non-elderly would still be without health insurance if e

Lumber Production Off But Shipments IncreasePORTLAND, Ore. - Lumber production and orders fe

A Dutch ship delivering a pair of new cranes for the port of Los Angeles pass beneath the Vincent Th

When Security Pacific Corp. officials late last year completed a six-months- plu s review of Texas a

Hapag-Lloyd (America) Inc. named Wolf Hagen senior vice president, sales, a new title. He will cont

Direct foreign investment in Japan has increased in recent years but is smaller and growing far more

GENERAL NEWS Congress this week should pass next fiscal year's budget plan even though the p

Japan's top economic planning official said he is confident in attaining the nation's goal of 3.5 pe

Free Trade Talks Resume in OttawaThe U.S.-Canada negotiations on a proposed free trade agree

The U.S. government posted a total deficit of $35.744 billion for May after a $38.657 billion surplu

When the weather is clear, Joseph J. Pinola often can see about a dozen milesfrom his 59th-f

At least 200,000 workers will commute into the nine-county San Francisco Bay area by 2005 to meet th

California's agricultural outlook for 1987 looks promising for much of the industry, although not a

James Clayton Stewart, a retired merchant seaman from Mobile, Ala., had been feeling ill, with pains

The Supreme Court authorized the use of warrantless searches of businesses reg ulated by state and l

GENERAL NEWS Congress this week should pass next fiscal year's budget plan even though the p

The Democrat-controlled Congress this week is expected finally to pass its budget blueprint for fisc

Russ Banham has joined The Journal of Commerce, a Knight-Ridder newspaper, as insurance editor, repl

India: Update 1987, Investment Opportunities for U.S. Companies. Seminar sponsored by the Trade Deve

Report Due Out Today On World AgricultureThe U.S. Department of Agriculture will issue its r

Judge Howard C. Buschman III leaned well forward and held his temple with his left hand, obviously m

In the last few weeks, the nation's biggest banks have added more than $12 billion in reserves to co

Japan's top economic planning official said he is confident in attaining the nation's goal of 3.5 pe

Direct foreign investment in Japan has increased in recent years but is smaller and growing far more

Free Trade Talks Resume in OttawaThe U.S.-Canada negotiations on a proposed free trade agree

Canadian business circles responded generally favorably to the tax reform proposals unveiled by Fina

Trade enhancement through the standardization and simplification of customs procedures will be one o

North Sea oil prices held steady on the European spot market last week, with Brent for July delivery

Utilities are stocking up on coal to meet the summer peak demand for air- conditioning. Othe

The Brazilian government promises shortly to disclose a new, more liberal industrial policy free of

The second week of June saw gasoline prices slow their seasonal spiral, according to the state Energ

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said that the country's proven oil and gas reserves were higher

Friday, just four trading days before the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' talks start

Major Refiners Hike Crude Buying PricesA number of major oil refiners announced last week th

June 19, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The Quebec government says it is confident that electric power sales to the United States by Hydro-Q

Unocal Corp. says it won't install fluidized bed combustion technology at its Parachute Creek Oil Sh

Cockerill, the Belgian steel company interested in buying about a half-million tons of spot coking c

BP Canada Envisions Wolf Lake ExpansionCALGARY, Alberta - BP Canada, in partnership with Pet