Latest news

The European Community commission has prepared a legal opinion accusing West Germany of violating th

The Commodity Credit Corp. has put into effect new rules for determining how U.S.-flag vessels quali

MERGER TALKS between the National Maritime Union and the Seafarers International Union have been put

China intends to boost exports of processed chemicals this year in hopes of reducing a yawning $270

GENERAL NEWSEconomic activity is refocusing to the suburbs as businesses relocate away

A purchasing team from Seoul says it has bought enough U.S. wheat, corn and soybeans to supply South

Wednesday, Feb. 25, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The parent company of Petro-Lewis is selling off another $188.2 million worth of the Denver-based co

Jacques Friedmann, one-time chairman of Compagnie General Maritime, France's state-owned shipping li

Government and school officials from towns around Chicago's O'Hare Airport gave members of Congress

The Swiss company Viso claims to be the only producer of medical stockings containing 71 percent, 75

Economic activity is refocusing to the suburbs as businesses relocate awayfrom many city cen

Catastrophic Premiums To Increase, CBO SaysThe House Ways and Means Committee released a Con

A panel of medical experts rejected mandatory AIDS testing for marriage license applicants and hospi

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

Besides a good-sized payoff for Rainier Bancorporation shareholders, the company's merger with Secur

China's Grain Exports Expected to DeclineChina's grain exports will drop to 5.5 million metr

Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III said the United States reached a tentative understanding with

3rd Wire-Tokyo Expo Set for April 1-4Held for the third time in succession, Wire-Tokyo '87 w

Rep. Jack Kemp, R-N.Y., called major pending trade legislation protectionist poison and urged trade

Cargoes of animal fodder, hazelnuts and herbs from Turkey have been rejected at ports in Egypt and t

Nearly one out of five seagoing jobs in the U.S. merchant marine are on ships op erated by or charte

Longshore gangs working container-carrying feeder barges between New York and Boston have been reduc

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

The Soviet Union is buying U.S. grain after a nine-month layoff, but Agriculture Department official

India's Food Output Expected to IncreaseIndia's food output during the 1986-87 agricultural

Catalyst Resources Sets 4 percent-8 percent Price IncreasesCatalyst Resources Inc. announced

The man set to play a leading role in framing aviation legislation the next two years says his mind

Eighteen crewmen apparently died when the small Philippine-flag cargo ship Balsa 24 capsized in a vi

GENERAL NEWSEconomic activity is refocusing to the suburbs as businesses relocate away

Gains by pharmaceutical and high technology issues helped the stock market test its recent record hi

A state senator from Los Angeles is proposing a 15-cent increase in the cigarette tax to pay for hea

Mounting highway insurance losses tied to severe winter weather will cut Preston Corp.'s first quart

Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Hanford Dole again called for legislation giving the Federal R

No Mubarak Visit CAIRO, Egypt - President Hosni Mubarak has rejected a U.S. suggestion that

Ford Motor Co. has high hopes for its new imported models, the Mercury Tracer, Merkur Scorpio and Fo

Hampden Oil Co., which bought Ultramar Petroleum Co.'s Connecticut River Division last fall, is clos

Fifteen years after Richard Nixon's electrifying visit, China and the United States remain divided o

Looking to market power generators, oil and gas field equipment, or computer systems? Consider Mexic

Dragon Airlines Ltd., a commercial carrier established two years ago, was granted permission by Hong