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John F. "Jack" Sandner, chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), has been re-elected to se

The award of a $290.9 million Navy contract to National Steel & Shipbuilding Co. illustrates once ag

Mayors representing communities on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River are to attend a two-day co

A consultant predicts the shakeout in container shipping will end by 1990, with a few large firms d

Permitting naval ships to chase and intercept hijacked vessels could deter terrorist incidents like

Illinois Treasurer Jerome Cosentino says he will continue waging war on high bank-credit-card intere

Consumer prices rose by 2.6 percent in 1986 in the New York metropolitan area, the smallest yearly a

Gov. Thomas H. Kean has conditionally vetoed a bill designed to protect tavern owners from lawsuits

A coalition of business groups is preparing a scaled-down federal product liability law reform propo

INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATES Canada U.K. Germany Holland SwitzerlandDa

Lloyd's of London should change the makeup of its ruling council to include more outside members in

Creditor governments of the Philippines have agreed to reschedule a large portion of the country's e

Enzon Inc. and Eastman Kodak Co. announced they have signed an agreement whereby Kodak has agreed to

The price of oil should bounce back to at least $28 a barrel by the end of this year, predicts Arma

Pfizer Inc. reported net income for the 1986 fourth quarter was $158.4 million, up from $139.3 milli

The U.S. dollar firmed slightly Friday against the deutsche mark and yen, although prices slipped so

The Engineering Thermoplastics Department of The Dow Chemical Co. announced that effective Feb. 1, 1

The market for imported gum rosin is reported to be drifting up due to declining tall oil rosin sto

Monsanto Co. announced an agreement with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. to work together to develop

The Reagan administration's secret sales of weapons to Iran could lead to increased U.S. dependence

Emery Chemicals announced the completion of the final phase of the $4.5 million expansion of its Mau

Two members of the House Ways and Means Committee, Reps. Bill Frenzel, R- Minn., and Sam Gibbons, D-

Japanese production of four-wheeled vehicles dropped slightly in 1986 compared with the previous yea

Taiwan's Assets Drop In Offshore Bank UnitsTAIPEI, Taiwan - Assets of Taiwan's 15 offshore b

Spending for research and development in the biotechnology industry will continue at high levels in

Sooner or later, the world will run on hydrogen. That's the forecast, at least, of a small b

The drop in the price of crude allowed Israel to cut its 1986 fuel bill to $580 million, about half

Most energy researchers say flatly that hydrogen will be too expensive to compete with fossil fuels

The Newport Electric Co. has staved off a takeover bid and created a holding company, NECO Enterpris

Two new U.S. coking coal producers have broken into the promising Brazilian market with an offer tha

Two Accused in Sale Of Copters Out on BailTwo brothers accused of illegally selling helicopt

Potomac Electric Sales Increased 5.3 percent in 1986Potomac Electric Power Co.'s 1986 kilowa

The Energy Department received ideas for 137 clean coal-burning demonstration projects in response t

The National Freight Consortium, Britain's largest road distribution group, announced record 1985-86

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. signed a $100 million joint-venture agreement with the Thapar industri

A Japanese company planning to build the country's first nuclear fuel reprocessing plant for commer

Hollings to Address Carriers ConferenceSen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., will be the keynote spe

Direct contracted foreign investment in China plunged 50 percent last year to $3.3 billion, down fro

California Governor George Deukmejian said that if Japan did not reduce its trade surplus with the s

CONSUMER TIP: Frank Lorenzo, Texas Air chief, unveiled the new look for Continental Airlines at a me