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Pratt & Lambert Inc. announced 1986 fourth quarter net income of $2.1 million, up from $1.1 million

The Food and Drug Administration approved the manufacture of clonidine-HCL and chlorthalidone, the g

Japanese buyers of Toyotas modified into convertibles in the United States will save a lot of money

The growing use of amorphous engineering plastics in U.S. auto manufacturing and other industries ha

Increased gains in the sulfuric acid market look promising for producers of by-product acid over vol

Four Western states will consider banning a commonly used ship paint said to be toxic to many types

Talk about the U.S. dollar's weakness to a European ship agent specializing in the North Atlantic tr

Canadian seamen on the Great Lakes are heading for a strike next June unless there are drastic chang

Dynamit Nobel Chemicals plans a $12 million doubling of its cyanoacetate production capacity and exp

With more than a year to go until New Hampshire's critical first-in-the- nation presidential primary

Rescue workers early Thursday freed a miner who had been trapped for more than 10 hours beneath abou

The New York State Public Service Commission approved the Long Island Lighting Co.'s two-year, $20 m

South Korea is sending a 40-member buying mission to the United States next week but the visit may

Babcock and Wilcox Wins DOE ContractsBabcock and Wilcox, a major operating unit of McDermott

A report on longshoremen's container-handling rules at the port of Vancouver is likely to be complet

The U.S. government still hasn't decided how to handle the refunding, due to begin April 1, of the U

As expected, Reagan administration legislative proposals sent to Congress Thursday would sharply inc

Hanjin Container Lines confirmed that the Hanjin Incheon is "presumed lost at sea," and the South Ko

Nationwide Suspends Auto Rate Hike in Pa.COLUMBUS, Ohio - Nationwide Insurance said it is su

Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. said that it had changed its relationship with most of its agents, ad

THE INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS of Texas in Austin is advising members to be prepared just in case

Ten syndicates on the Miami insurance exchange have agreed to file for voluntary rehabilitation in a

The Bank of Japan has decided to lower its official discount rate by half a percentage point effecti

Making use of a new tax treaty with the United States, Barbados is hoping to host up to 200 U.S.-ow

Restrictions on issuance of Euroyen bonds will be eased over the next few months, possibly as soon a

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

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

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

The U.S. dollar edged upward Thursday, rising on reports of a Group of Seven meeting and revised gro

Venezuela Seeks to Cut Foreign Debt PaymentsCARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's chief negotiato

President Reagan announced plans to nominate Ronald Cass, a Boston University law professor, to the

Inflationary pressures from the dollar's decline can be kept from spreading throughout the economy,

Insurance stocks moved higher but oil issues gave ground Thursday as the stock market struggled to p

By the year 2010, cars may travel routinely at 130 miles an hour over long hauls without need for a

The investment concern that acquired Lear Siegler Inc. for $2.1 billion said it will sell six of the

The first shipments of U.S. cigarettes, beer and wine are en route to Taiwan under a market-opening

Medi-Cal Proposal Reaches AssemblyAn $18.7 million bill to prevent a 10 percent cut in fees

The United States shouldn't blame its trade problems on other countries, the European Community's am

A judge is considering whether a West German industrialist manipulated invoices for $6 million worth

Japan may be underestimating the determination of Congress to correct the massive trade imbalance, R