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Japan's trade surplus in February climbed to $7.13 billion from $4.29 billion in January and $3.94 b

Fluor Corp. Gets Boost From SDI ContractIRVINE, Calif. - Fluor Corp. says it has won a $648

Bush Boake Allen plans a $6 million investment in an aroma production facility at its Widnes, Englan

Air Products and Chemicals Inc. will increase the price of its redispersible spray-dry vinyl acetate

SOME CUSTOMS BROKERS AND FORWARDERS were red-faced last week when they were praised by the U.S. Cust

Marble: Italian Culture, Technology & Design. A nine-day exhibit and four seminars geared for stone

Rival private carrier trucking associations will consider a possible merger that could lead to a new

The average large" product liability insurance payment climbed 150.5 percent over 10 years when the

The U.S. dollar declined broadly against all key currencies except sterling and the Canadian dollar

Brazilian Dumping WASHINGTON - Citrosuco Paulista and other Brazilian frozen orange juice co

A consortium discovered oil and gas fields in North Yemen, long one of the Arab world's most impove

When the owners of the Seabrook, N.H., nuclear power plant recently proposedshrinking the pl

An Atlantic Richfield Co. subsidiary signed what it calls "a far-reaching agreement" with a unit of

Marlin Marine Services Inc. has moved its Baltimore receiving terminal to larger quarters. Robert H.

Jardine Shipping Agencies and Norton Lilly International announced the signing of a reciprocal agree

Officials of Mack Trucks Inc. said the decision by the Renault group to sell its share of American M

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

AIG Taps C.M. ReidTo Head UnitAmerican International Group Inc. appointed Charles M.

The U.S. paper and pulp industry is poised for another growth year but looming threats from abroad a

Stocks plunged at the opening bell Monday and remained depressed throughout the session. The

Reichhold Hikes Prices Of Waferboard ResinsReichhold Ltd., a subsidiary of Reichhold Chemica

Brown Improves Quarterly NetBrown Transport Co.'s fourth quarter earnings rose to $1.4 milli

USAir Group appears well on its way to joining the ranks of the megacarriers with its proposed acqui

The Federal Aviation Administration said the number of passengers carried by the nation's major air

U.S. consumers took on $536 billion more in consumer installment credit than they paid off in Januar

GTE Venture With Fujitsu Taps Toomey TEMPE, Ariz. - John W. Toomey, a 23-year management exe

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

Study Shows Decline In Rail Coal RatesRailroad coal rates are at the lowest level since 1981

GTE, Fujitsu America Form Joint VentureJournal of Commerce StaffSAN JOSE, Calif. - F

The American Petroleum Institute warned that a sustained low cost of oil will bring the U.S. energy

Chevron Says Deadline For Careco Deal PassedSAN FRANCISCO - Chevron Corp. said the deadline

The insurance, petroleum and chemical industries are sounding the same theme before Congress.

The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation Inc. said it got socked with a whopping $4.8 million b

The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce committee urged rail shippers and labor unions to forg

Political relations between Japan and China are cooling, and that will result in a slowdown of trade

March 9, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

A Maritime Administration revision of its periodic report on Foreign Flag Merchant Ships Owned by U.

At least three carriers in the U.S. mainland-Hawaii trade oppose a bid by American President Lines L

Maritime labor unions are likely to make an effort to bring certain foreign- flag ships under severa

Combustion Engineering Inc. (C-E) received a $2 million contract from Honam Ethylene Co. (HEC), Seou