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Merging the operations of the New York Mercantile Exchange and the Commodity Exchange Inc. tops a cr

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

Mon., April 20, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Estimated U.S. oil and gas well completions in the first quarter fell more than 34 percent from the

May crude oil futures are expected to drive the cash markets higher this week, oil traders said.

April 20, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Occidental Petroleum Corp. signed a definitive agreement to sell United Gas Pipe Line Co. and UER Ma

Debit cards, which allow instant cash transfers from one bank account to another, may prove they can

Although Moscow likes to cite improved use of technology as the main reason for last year's bumper S

Normal conditions could return to the world tin market by next year if current rates of depletion of

Crop Program Sign-ups To Be Released SoonUSDA intends to release preliminary results of the

To keep up with all the tankers floating around, you need a scorecard - and Arthur McKenzie has one.

Texaco Shareholders Want RepresentationWHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Five Texaco Inc. shareholders ha

A series of troubling, costly but officially minor nuclear incidents has suddenly awakened long-slum

Triton Energy Corp. said its gross proved oil reserves from the Paris Basin Villeperdue oil field in

The port of Long Beach expressed its gratitude to Sen. Pete Wilson for his efforts to help override

BANKINGThe Supreme Court refused to embroil itself in the interstate banking controversy. Pa

Rockwell International Corp. has introduced an automatic logging option for its Tripmaster on-board

Scandanivian Airlines System is discussing a possible merger with Sabena Airline of Belgium, an SAS

State-owned Canadian National Railways is predicting a national rail strike in June. Hourly

The Reagan administration may have come up with a way at long last to shrink the country's huge trad

Harris Corp. named Martin S. Axelrod vice president, general manager, of the Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-b

BANKINGThe Supreme Court refused to embroil itself in the interstate banking controversy. Pa

West German steelmakers suspect that some producers in other European countries are receiving illega

The Supreme Court refused to hear arguments that could have produced a judicial solution to the inte

Top Stories A large portion of the success railroads are enjoying in attracting intermodal t

Oil Workers Strike For Pay Hikes in PeruLIMA, Peru - More than 8,000 workers at Peru's state

The head of South Korea's debt-laden Pan Ocean Shipping Co., Park Ken-suk, jumped to his death from

Four unattractive options face Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. in the wake of the resignation of Joh

A majority in Congress opposes a severely restrictive trade bill this year, a Journal of Commerce po

The transportation world - or a good portion of it - meets here beginning today at the International

President Reagan's imposition of punitive tariffs on Japanese electronic products last week was only

MMI Patent Declared Valid in Japan, USSANTA CLARA, Calif. - The U.S. Patent Office has compl

The government-created Coal Corp. took over New Zealand's State Coal Mines on April 1 and began slim

Monsanto Co. said net income rose by 17 percent to $138 million, or $1.76 a share, in the first quar

The Supreme Court Monday let stand a decision limiting the role of the federal courts in resolving d

Offsetting the strong gains in natural fibers was moderate growth of man-made fiber consumption, acc

Producer consumption of fertilizer products was greater overall for the year to date ending March 19

The Department of Energy awarded cost-sharing contracts to five companies to develop clean coal burn

California Gov. George Deukmejian is back in California this week after his European tour of Britai