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Chevron Chemical Co. announced plans to shut down and mothball its ammonia fertilizer plant at Pasc

South Korea's Yukong Ltd. has chosen the M.W. Kellogg Co., an engineering contractor, to design and

The wintertime doldrums disappeared from this quiet farm town after a small army of well drillers ro

Miles Laboratories Inc. is introducing a new Extra Strength Alka-Seltzer that combines more aspirin

Sales of basic oleochemicals in EC countries will grow an average 2.5 percent per annum from 1985's

Du Pont Critical Care reported that the Food and Drug Administration approved introduction of Brevib

Fertilzer ConsumptionFalls 6 percentDomestic consumption of fertilizer products was

The Procter & Gamble Co. plans to consolidate all of its Richardson-Vicks operations in Connecticut

Canadians OptimisticFor 1987The plastics industry of Canada had a good year in 1986

Scientists have shown for the first time that certain bacteria can be used to transfer foreign genes

Some of the planned changes in the London Metal Exchange's trading practices look unlikely to be in

Aetna Life & Casualty Co. is moving full force into the tight directors and officers liability marke

A controversial federal farm loan program has succeeded in paring huge surpluses of rice and cotton,

The Brazilian 1986-87 (October-September) soybean crop should be about 16 million metric tons, base

A consensus could build that too much is being spent on federal agricultural programs and a ceiling

Farm Machinery Output Hit Record Low in '86The production of tractors and other farm machine

A national consumer group has sided with the Reagan administration against any move in Congress to l

Ocean carriers aren't the only ones feeling the pain of the worldwide shipping slump. The Am

American Transport Line's decision to start a container service to South America could have signific

Leif Lidholm is in a most envious and unusual position. After a quarter-century of maritime

Current problems with the acceptance of EC powdered milk by Brazilian consumers due to radiation lev

Senior officials of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade are confident that the looming trade

Cold Wave Continues LONDON - The death toll from Europe's arctic cold wave climbed to 200 Th

The government's economic report for 1987 says the nation's economy will expand this year "about 2.5

After what government officials describe as "10 months of hard bargaining," the International Moneta

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

A proposal to combine the international routes of Scandinavian Airline System and Sabena Belgian Wo

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

The Air Transportation Association began its expected drive to restructure the Federal Aviation Adm

Two of Europe's largest airlines, Air France and Lufthansa German Airlines, have place separate orde

Nakasone in Poland WARSAW, Poland - Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone of Japan was to begin a

Sears, Roebuck & Co. and the C.P. Group of Bangkok, Thailand said Sears World Trade Inc. reached agr

Massachusetts doctors are upset with new state rules - said to be the nation's toughest - aimed at

Most corporate credit rating changes will be downgrades this year, repeating what happened in 1986,

With harvesting of the 1986-87 Australian crop nearing completion, wheat producers in this country

Hong Kong Bank Cuts Prime RateHONG KONG The Hang Seng Bank said it lowered its prime lendin

The average U.S. factory worker earned as much as $9 for every dollar paid a worker in South Korea i

The Bundesbank seems unlikely to agree to an early cut in West German interest rates, despite growin

The insurance industry is hopping mad at the Department of Transportation for denying a petition aim

When it comes to avoiding the budget knife, the old Agricultural Conservation Program is a prime lea