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Japan's Steel Output Down 6.7 percent For YearJapan's 1986 crude steel output was down 6.7 p

Michigan has ruled that a new form for liability insurance be limited to the sort of risks that are

The Federal Maritime Commission yielded to industry requests and extended for another month the comm

Norsk Hydro Expects Poor Results for '86OSLO, Norway -- State-owned Norsk Hydro, one of Norw

Japan posted a trade surplus of $8.7 billion in December, resulting in an overall historic record su

National Starch and Chemical Corp. will increase prices on p-aminobenzoic acid U.S.P. and technical

The U.S. dollar is expected to remain stable against the other major currencies this week as the fo

Israel Seeks $3.9 Billion In US Economic AidIsrael formally requested $3.9 billion in U.S. e

New York insurance regulators plan new restrictive amendments to a controversial liability policy fo

A federal judge has ruled that a 40-year-old former Norwalk insurance salesman was denied three prom

Trenwick Group Inc. said it completed the acquisition of a syndicate on the New York Insurance Excha

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

San Francisco International Airport is asking a federal court to release $8 million it says it's owe

Part of the plutonium production complex at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation would collapse during a

The dismissal of Hu Yaobang as China's Communist Party chief left analysts divided as to its impact

Strong industrial production figures for December drew cheers and notes of caution as analysts conti

Agriculture Secretary Richard E. Lyng says he understands how farmers are frustrated by the Soviet U

Duluth-Superior Port Boosts Cargo VolumeThe port of Duluth-Superior handled 27.3 million met

Sometimes house doors in parts of Ohio, Illinois and other states don't open properly. Some houses

AN HONOR FOR MRS. DOLE: Secretary of Transportation Elizabeth Hanford Dole was honored as the first

A first agreement in national labor negotiations was reached Friday, Danish radio reported.

Canada's federal labor minister, Pierre Cadieux, ordered union and management officials to return to

Wilh. Wilhelmsen A/S, one of the major Norwegian shipowners, appears to be in no hurry to flag-out s

GENERAL NEWSContinuing debate over economic outlook colors views of strong industrial produc

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

Airbus, Europe's biggest commercial aircraft manufacturer, flew into Latin America with hoopla and s

Heathrow Airport's role as a drugs transshipment point between Asia and the United States is highlig

Options Trading Begins On Australian DollarPHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia Stock Exchange M

Sky Express, Inc., a ground transportation company providing pick-up and delivery of packages for a

More Uranium Missing At Browns Ferry PlantATHENS, Ala. - Officials at the Browns Ferry Nucle

Third World nations like China, India and South Korea are expected to improve their slice of world s

The European Commission said it will spend 726,698 ECUs ($814,000) to prepare development schemes in

Coast Guard officials were "unofficially" miffed after the Navy omitted their organization from a pr

A group of independent oil companies and investors plans to drill an exploratory well on the North S

Japan posted a trade surplus of $8.7 billion in December, resulting in an overall historic record su

First it was Coke, then concrete, now communications as Atlanta plants its flag more firmly on Chine

Thailand exported 4.3 million tons of rice in 1986, up 7.5 percent from the previous year, an offici

The Southland Energy Corp. announced that it has sold its 600,000 shares of Marine Transport Lines

The Food Security Act of 1985, intended to be a blueprint for federal agriculture programs for at le

Applied Industrial Materials Corp. announced plans to shut down its Kimball, Tenn., ferrosilicon man