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Texas Air Corp. said Donald C. Burr, executive vice president, will resignfrom Texas Air eff

U.S. Rep. Mario Biaggi, D-N.Y., called on Congress Thursday to "scrap our insulting and inadequate m

The governor of Brazil's Central Bank asked foreign commercial banks not to request payment of some

Suppliers to the U.S. semiconductor industry are critical to the future of U.S. electronics and need

Boeing's Faulty Repairs Blamed for JAL CrashA Transport Ministry official blamed faulty repa

The outlawed Solidarity labor movement said Poland's economic crisis could only be overcome by a swe

US Sets New Quotas For Mexican TextilesThe U.S. government has established new import quotas

Suppliers to the U.S. semiconductor industry are critical to the future of U.S. electronics and need

The European Community is considering raising tariffs on certain Japanese products that it fears may

Regulation is a bitter pill for most businesses. But stricter rules governing asbestos are proving t

Buffalo Reinsurance Co. has grabbed a well-known reinsurance actuary from a competitor in line with

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

China Halts Corn ExportsChina has halted corn exports, and in recent weeks has diverted for

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. asked its shareholders to vote on an amendment to the company's charter t

Shipper Request to ICC May Stir Antitrust RowIn a move that may launch a major antitrust fig

S. Korea Cites Decline In Crude Oil ImportsSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's crude oil impo

Mexico seems to be losing its fight against inflation this year. In March, the central bank

The world economy is likely to keep muddling along, but potentially serious threats to its stability

Inflation at the wholesale level may be warming up a bit more than expected, but analysts said it's

Japan's Trade Surplus Increased in MarchJapan posted a trade surplus of $8.085 billion in Ma

GENERAL NEWS Economists expect a further dollar drop will bring weaker U.S. and foreign econ

Japan posted a trade surplus of $8.085 billion in March, bringing its surplus for fiscal 1986, which

ILWU Chief Recovers From Heart SurgeryWest Coast longshore leader James Herman is recovering

Delta Steamship Lines, no longer an operating carrier, has fired the opening broadside in its appeal

The Justice Department seeks to recover some $128 million in connection with the operation of two li

The financially troubled Korea Shipbuilding and Engineering Co. has applied for court receivership t

The crunch in the $16.5 million market for workers compensation self- insurance bonds has sent many

Maine Flood Damage Nears $115 MillionHigh water receded as flood-weary Maine residents were

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

The U.S. Treasury's introduction last fall of the American Eagle gold coin inspired more public inte

April 10, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Lumber Production Up in Western StatesPORTLAND, Ore. - Lumber production rose, but orders an

A proposed accounting change for stock options could cut the average high- technology company's earn

Executives of longshoremen locals in eastern Canada are meeting today in Saint John, New Brunswick,

Figures Coming Out On Industrial OutputThe Federal Reserve releases its monthly figures on i

The president of Itel Container Corp., which last month became the world's largest lessor of ocean s

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

The Soviet Union surprised Agriculture Department experts by once again boosting grain imports, sugg

North Sea oil prices surged past the $19 a barrel mark last week as short covering by traders propel

Prospects for expanded Inter-American Development Bank lending to Latin America and the Caribbean ar