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The chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission said it is not necessarily completely satisfied with

Singapore's Economy Grew 1.9 percent in 1986Singapore's economy grew by an estimated 1.9 per

Exports and re-exports here in January were slower than in December, but boomed compared with a year

Daewoo Motor Corp., one of South Korea's largest automobile producers, will greatly increase the val

A company that was low bidder on a major dredging job at Hampton Roads, Va., has won a $53.9 million

A story on these pages Feb. 27 reported that decreases in the port of New Orleans' pricing take effe

The Massachusetts attorney general has recommended a 1 percent increase in 1987 automobile insurance

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

The U.S. will continue to be confronted with increasing supplies of palm oil at least until 1990, de

One of the biggest natural gas discoveries in recent years has been found in southern Louisiana near

Renault Vehicules Industriels, the truck and public transport division of France's state-controlled

Soviet Union Opens Siberian Air SpaceTHE HAGUE, Netherlands - The Soviet Union Friday opened

It's a far cry from the delicacy of traditional Kabuki dance forms, but Japanese have taken to the t

The St. Lawrence Seaway is holding its own in the face of dramatic worldwide market changes, U.S. an

U.S. companies are rushing to buy themselves back. Scores of publicly held businesses are re

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

New Board Elected At Canadian PlatinumCALGARY, Alberta - Canadian Platinum Refineries Inc. a

The U.S. sugar program was under fire at the International Sweetener Colloquium last week, but the c

European oil prices maintained their uneasy recovery in thin trading as refiners were lured back to

Occidental Chemical Corp. has announced a $10 a ton increase in its off- schedule price for chlorine

The state Public Service Commission is considering suspending a $326.5 million rate hike granted Mis

Events this week could signal the fate of the proposed merger of the Santa Fe and the Southern Pacif

When the auto workers' union and Ford Motor Co. pleaded for sanctions against foreign auto imports i

A federal judge, in a decision that is believed to be the first of its kind in U.S. District Court,

India's engineering companies are ready to claim sizeble space" in the U.S. market, the country's tr

Fresh light on the power struggle inside the Chinese Communist Party may be shed when Secretary of S

Claiming protectionism hurts California, the state's World Trade Commission called on Congress to pu

Carrier Wins Order From Saudi ArabiaSYRACUSE, N.Y. - Carrier Corp. signed a $16.7 million sa

The Pentagon, after years of study and a good bit of controversy, has begun overhauling its health-c

With the stock market trading around record levels in the popular averages, Wall Street analysts, li

China's banking reforms are continuing with a decision to allow six more banks to issue bonds abroad

Congress Asked to Add Trucking to Drug BillThe Private Truck Council of America has called o

The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad and Archer Daniels Midland Co. signed grain transportation contra

Automated System Secures GarmentsA new automated system for cloakrooms that provides maximum

If you think your taxes are high, consider the case of Swiss pensioner Jean Zatter and his wife.

Rudolph Penner has had his going-away party but leaves the top job at the Congressional Budget Offic

Spending cutbacks by U.S. automakers will put the brakes on the domestic robot industry for the next

Fears that Congress will enact tariff legislation similar to Smoot-Hawley are largely unfounded, con

Potlatch Corp. said it will spend $45.5 million to modernize two of its wood pulp and paper mills.

Hong Kong buyers boarded California's floating agricultural exhibition to sample wines, avocados and