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Senate and House leaders in the health and benefits areas urged businesses providing health insuranc

It's business as usual in the oil-rich Persian Gulf. Sunday's rocket attack on a U.S. warship hasn't

An official from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said operators of the Nine Mile Point 2 powe

US Pavilion Planned For Poland Trade FairThe Commerce Department is inviting U.S. firms to p

Success in the current round of international trade talks is crucial if a slide in world economic gr

Unless Western businessmen can learn the Asian way of doing things and Asian businessmen can bring t

Congress will pass an omnibus trade bill before its August recess, Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, pred

British Telecom (CBP) Inc. named Jeff M. Gill chief operating officer of this British Telecommunicat

Celanese Textile Fibers announced a price increase of 5 cents a pound on Fortrel polyester textile s

Size Leather and leather products are important foreign exchange earners for India.The value

Bowman Transportation Inc. has strengthened its intrastate service for its Georgia home market.<

The April housing construction figures were moderately weak, but Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige

Saudi King Fahd Tuesday called for maintaining a fixed price for oil "at least for the next two year

Indonesia's state oil company, Pertamina, announced it will raise the domestic price of lubricating

Expectations of higher U.S. interest rates and an improved U.S. trade picture have not changed long-

Airborne Freight Proposes Stock SaleAirborne Freight Corp., which operates as Airborne Expre

Just about every business claims to have "customer service." At CSX Transportation, a unit o

House hearings likely to trigger a bruising legislative fight between the railroad industry and ship

US Weighs Protection For Kuwaiti TankersThe White House said Tuesday there is general agreem

Concern is growing about Argentina's balance of trade prospects, with latest figures showing the sur

President of Portugal Hits US Textile CurbsPortuguese President Mario Soares says recent leg

The Senate Banking Committee approved legislation aimed at reducing the bulging U.S. trade deficit b

How small a road can a big truck travel? That is among the questions facing the Department o

The Federal Reserve Board said Tuesday it has given conditional approval to four large banks to unde

In late April, trade representatives from Hong Kong sat down to lunch at a Korean restaurant in New

The United States may be headed for the same kind of debt crisis that plagues nations in Latin Ameri

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

Two more people have been charged in the burgeoning scandal surrounding South Korea's Pan Ocean Ship

Intermodalism is "the most dynamic development in transportation today," said Leslie Kanuk, chairman

Pragma Bio-Tech Inc. announced it acquired a Food and Drug Administration license to manufacture and

Teamster-represented employees of Pacific Southwest Airlines narrowly approved contract changes in a

The best of times on inflation and the worst of times on budget and trade deficits are steadily beco

Freightliner is manufacturing heavy-duty trucks at an unprecedented rate and should produce a minimu

The May 18 edition of The Journal of Commerce incorrectly stated a number in the Charter Index on pa

Australia announced Monday it will build six submarines designed by Kockums of Sweden and fitted wit

The family of Challenger astronaut Ronald McNair has reached a substantial settlement with Morton Th

A Japanese company says that despite the high yen and reduced exports, it has found a way to make mo

The Federation of German Industries urged the Bonn government Monday to remain firm in its oppositio

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

Sharp increases in cotton and rice exports, rare bright spots in the otherwise glum U.S. trade pictu