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Electricite de France, the French state-owned utility, managed to boost its electricity exports in 1

Middle South Utilities Inc. plans to discourage heavy industry's use of cogenerated power at least u

SmithKline Beckman Corp. and Damon Biotech Inc. announced an agreement for the manufacture and sale

Southern Company Services Inc. said it bought 222,000 tons of coal on the spot market for Mississipp

GENERAL NEWS The Supreme Court refused to review the Transportation Department's decision no

The big boom in new double-stack orders has just passed by and is headed off into the sunset, a stud

The 1987 navigation season on the St. Lawrence Seaway opens today in an atmosphere of cautious optim

Business executives expressed uncertainty over the impact of a U.S. decision to impose 100 percent

Poles found sharply higher prices when shops opened Monday, with basic food prices increased by an a

U.S. semiconductor executives are expected to meet in Washington Thursday to consider how best to ap

The trend toward flagging out by shipowners has lifted the size of the Panamanian fleet to a record

The Federal Maritime Commission allowed a new revenue apportionment agreement by members of the U.S.

DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS concern every business, but the port of New Orleans has one of the worst records

Britain and the Soviet Union reached an historic air route agreement Friday allowing British airline

International Business Machines Corp. is scheduled to fire a shot Thursday that will be heard around

The Reagan administration's latest decision on the scope of the nation's cargo preference laws predi

The $5 annual fee Pennsylvania automobile owners pay to the state's Catastrophic Loss Trust Fund wil

Prudential Insurance Co. of America said it obtained a $35 million line of credit from a group of ba

Philadelphia Exchange Plans Evening TradingIn an effort to generate more business from Tokyo

Gold is expected to rise to US$440 through April and to move to a high of $480 by mid-year, analyst

Mexico's Oil Policy Focuses on FlexibilityMexico's oil strategy is focusing on a "highly fle

Stanford Erickson was named editor of The Journal of Commerce, Don C. Becker, publisher and presiden

The Japanese government may appeal to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade if the United State

Amoco Unit to Expand Carpet Yarn CapacityAmoco Fabrics Co., a subsidiary of Amoco Chemicals

Reichhold Chemicals Inc. said it is considering the sale of its shares in Reichhold Chemie AG, a Eur

A Japanese chemical company said that it has developed a membrane-like material that can filter out

Forthcoming Figures WASHINGTON - The Commerce Department issues its monthly report on single

The Burlington Northern and the Kansas City Southern railroads remain opposed to the proposed merger

After a year in which its oil-based economy declined rapidly, Trinidad and Tobago is hoping for stab

In a pricey preview of summertime delicacies, cherries showed up at a market in downtown Tokyo last

India and Uruguay have drafted a trade and economic cooperation agreement that is expected to be sig

James E. Devine IV has been named vice president, Pacific, for the Transax/ RATES and PIERS subsidia

Sea-Land Corp. will pay $125 million for the Hawaii-Guam leg of United States Lines' trans-Pacific s

Insurance market conditions continued to deteriorate last year although signs of improvement began a

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

Corporate America's restructuring wave seems made to order for Clayton & Dubilier Inc. A maj

Tokyo Stocks Soar To All-Time HighStocks soared to a record high on record volume Friday, as

Some 13,000 gallons of motor oil escaped last week from a pipeline of a company in Southern Moravia

Utah Power & Light Co. plans to reduce its Utah retail rates by $60 million over seven years in an e

Japan's balance of payments surplus in February rose to US$7.38 billion, the ninth-largest monthly t