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Thai Airways International has agreed to make payments to 173 Japanese passengers on a jetliner tha

Exporters and investors hoping for a bonanza in China are getting further conflicting signals about

The AFL-CIO is making new import restrictions - already its top priority in Congress this year - the

Wang Laboratories Inc. announced Tuesday it is selling the company's computer manufacturing plant in

The country may not be ready to roll the words "national health insurance" off its collective tongue

Stocks Soar to Record NEW YORK - Stocks soared in heavy trading Tuesday, as investors came b

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

Ford Motor Co., the nation's No. 2 automaker, reports nearly $3.3 billion in 1986 profits, surpassin

Two groups that represent shipping interests on the Gulf of Mexico have elected new officers.

Brazil's largest port, Santos, was paralyzed Tuesday when 7,000 port and crane operators went on str

Prospects for Maryland's coal mining industry, in the midst of a deeprecession, could improve if th

Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, told a conference of

The Eurotunnel consortium that plans to build a rail tunnel under the English Channel but has had pr

National Economy Minister Costas Simitis said his 16-month-old austerity program has managed to shri

Japan Seen Dumping Pipe Fittings in USThe Commerce Department's International Trade Administ

Representatives of the U.S. petrochemical industry sent a joint letter to President Reagan strongly

Richard J. Quegan, general manager of the Marine Department of Texaco Inc., White Plains, N.Y., is t

Columbus Lines' entry into the U.S./South American trade would continue a service that has a pedigr

Balboa Must Justify Auto Rate IncreaseBalboa Insurance Co. is being asked to justify a 51.1

The Brunei government is certain that all of Brunei Shell's immediate customers have complied with c

Consolidated Natural Gas Co. reported fourth quarter net income of $54.5 million, or 66 cents a shar

After supporting it with subsidies of US$12.5 million over the past five years, Barbados will suspe

OPEC's attempt to stabilize oil prices at $18 a barrel is floundering as several of its members viol

U.S. soybean producers urged the Reagan administration to retaliate against any tax the European Com

A congressional panel opened an investigation this week into the insolvency of Mission Insurance Co.

Stocks soared into record territory in heavy trading Tuesday, as investors came back from the three-

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans to ask the U.S. Department of Commerce to expand

Simplified documentation may be approved for intermodal shipments from India, replacing what is seen

Larger-than-expected Soviet purchases could help raise total U.K. grain exports to a record 10.5 mil

The Indian government is backing the idea of joint hydrocarbon ventures with Arab oil producers as p

Egypt Announces Cuts In Crude Oil PricesEgypt is dropping its crude oil prices by an average

February 17, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

Taiwan set up a special task force to prepare for a resumption of negotiations with the United State

Video piracy in Japan is spreading like a forest fire" and costing the U.S. film industry unacceptab

European Community foreign ministers have instructed the member nations' permanent representatives t

The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee proposed legislation to cut back on non-bank banks and

Opponents are lining up to battle the plans of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. and Farrell Lines Inc. to o

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

Burlington Starts Expediter TrainsFORT WORTH, Texas - Burlington Northern Railroad said it s

Dow Hikes Price of Magnum ABSMIDLAND, Mich. - The Dow Chemical Co. announced that effective