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GENERAL NEWSThe head of the Congressional Budget Office said cutting budget deficits enough

Ore. Officials Propose Accident Fund ReformSALEM, Ore. - Two Oregon lawmakers are proposing

A state regulation designed to reduce insurance fraud isn't working and should be repealed to reduce

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

American Hoechst Corp. extended the expiration date of its tender offer to 5 p.m., New York time, on

Norwegian-America Line has sold its two car carriers to two limited partnership (K/S) companies. Nos

Mainland Chinese interests will acquire 12.5 percent of Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. in a HK$2 billio

The government priced shares in British Airways PLC at 125 pence (US$1.90) each, a figure at the low

Mexico signed a fresh contract to supply 180,000 barrels of crude oil a day to Japan, the government

U.S. automakers who import parts from Brazil are shrugging off the loss of Generalized System of Pre

Navy Housing to Move Through Houston PortHouston has been designated the load port on a year

Three more nuclear submarines will be decommissioned at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in 1987 and 1

Despite a mammoth October earth slide, the Panama Canal had its best revenue quarter ever in the clo

Visiting U.S. negotiators pressed Japanese officials Tuesday to stop discriminating against foreign-

Reagan Names Kingon Representative to ECAlbert H. Kingon, secretary of the White House Cabin

Norfolk Southern Corp., flush with cash from its failed bid to acquire Conrail and coming off record

Major U.S. companies are searching for ways to cut the soaring cost of health benefits for fast-risi

Some computer companies ship to Europe by land, sea and air, but they won't go near the water.

Borden Inc. reported record earnings for the fourth quarter and full year of 1986. Net incom

Tues., Jan. 27, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

A U.S.-Japanese defense study concluded that Japan would probably lose control of its sea lanes in l

In a riotous meeting at which union leaders were hooted down, dockworkers in Italy's largest port an

U.S. and European Community officials resumed talks toward trying to avert potentially serious trade

The Supreme Court agreed to determine if foreign commodities brokers can be called into U.S. federal

Reagan Trips Weighed WASHINGTON - Visits by President Ronald Reagan to Rome and West Berlin

The pilot of a Midway Airlines jet took evasive action after an approaching American Airlines plane

Trouble on the British Telecom telephone network, where 110,000 engineers are on indefinite strike,

Washington state senators today will reconsider legislation that could put unemployment benefits in

Sales at large Japanese retail stores totaled 2.13 trillion yen in December, up 1.4 percent from a

Ohio Casualty Corp. reported fourth quarter operating income rose to $23.3 million, or $1.03 a share

Insurance industry and state officials say they hope a request for a 30.4 percent rate increase on w

In five years, the Japanese will be producing almost as many automobiles in the United States as the

The U.S. cotton industry may have more difficulty keeping the U.S. cotton program intact in the next

Hercules Inc. reported fourth quarter net income of $38.9 million, or 69 cents a share, up from net

Air France to Begin Paris-San Francisco RunAir France will begin cargo service between Paris

The continuing sharp rise in imports of apparel and textiles in the face of quota agreements is one

Recent trends in auto industry production could hurt the U.S. plastics industry in the years ahead.<

The U.S. Commerce Department's office of chemicals is involved in helping the U.S. chemical industry

Commissions Approve Kern River ProjectThe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Calif

Shell's Income Drops SharplyShell Oil Co. reported earnings of $254 million in the fourth qu