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United Airlines pilots' $4.5 billion bid to purchase the airline from UAL Inc. gained further moment

Massachusetts consumers and insurance companies are increasingly frustrated with the state insurance

Cotton may never be king of the diverse West Coast economy as that crop once was in the deep South,

You'll notice major layout changes in today's Journal of Commerce. These changes come after nearly t

The Navy's Military Sealift Command tentatively plans to use civil service crews instead of private

John Dutton has big plans for the Alabama State Docks. For starters the new director is hoping to de

The Alabama State Docks, saddled with a $13 million annual debt service for McDuffie Terminals, suff

The Japan Fund Inc. adjourned its annual meeting until May 15 because ithasn't yet received

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. has taken another step in the globalization of its business by an

Takeda USA Raises Price of 3 VitaminsTakeda USA will increase the price of three vitamins, e

A strong earthquake shook northern Japan early Thursday, rocking buildings and triggering automatic

France said Thursday it has picked a Swedish-French consortium to buy a state-owned telecommunicatio

Owners of an oil tanker that exploded and sank off the northern California coast near a federal mari

A big buildup in inventories and more improvement in the U.S. trade balance pushed U.S. economic gro

A slowdown of output and incomes for the United States and other big industrial countries during the

The three leading U.S. automakers will be forced to retrench still further in the next five years as

Negotiators for Mack Trucks Inc. and the United Auto Workers struck a tentative agreement on master

The stock market continued its recent pattern of volatility Wednesday as prices fluctuated up and do

Thursday, April 23, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

World coffee supply-demand is more in balance than a year ago and there has been no price war among

A New Haven, Conn., petroleum tankfarm operator is seeking Army Corps of Engineers permits to enlarg

Halliburton Buys Stake In Advanced EnergyHalliburton Co. said it has purchased a 54 percent

The Tennessee Valley Authority has been getting power since last Septemberfrom the world's o

Japan's six largest shipping firms reportedly suffered a combined loss of close to $471.4 million on

Export orders for newbuildings received by Japanese yards plunged by 32.6 percent in the fiscal year

Stryker Corp. acquired the medical application-oriented composite and polymer business of Hexcel Med

Two leading European shipowners, Sealink of the United Kingdom and Van Ommeren of the Netherlands, h

The Knight Foundation Thursday announced grants totaling $8.25 million that are aimed at improving c

U.S. corporations interested in playing a role in the $6.6 billion Osaka Bay airport project will re

Now that the Reagan administration has finally unleashed trade sanctions against Japan, the question

GENERAL NEWS The International Monetary Fund predicts a slowdown for the United States and o

Electronic Data Systems Corp. of Dallas won a US$15 million joint venture deal in China to establish

Traders at the American Stock Exchange got down and boogied at 8 a.m. Thursday on the floor of the e

The United States may shave its trade deficit with Japan by up to $7 billion this year, a Treasury D

Florida's controversial insurance and tort reform law was upheld Thursday with a minor exception by

Oil companies bid more than $341 million for rights to drill on 313 U.S. tracts in the Gulf of Mexic

Shipbuilding industry executives in an advisory organization attached to Japan's Transport Ministry

Sisak, the Yugoslavian cokery that has been scouting the market for severalhundred thousand tons of

State University of New York Maritime College Alumni Association. Annual membership dinner meeting.

Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance Co. does not understand all the fuss. So what if the company paid $