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Generic prescription drugs offer substantial savings over their name-brand counterparts, but some ph

Procter & Gamble Income Up 30 percentThe Procter & Gamble Co. announced third quarter net in

Jim Walter Resources Inc., Island Creek Coal Sales Co. and U.S. Steel Mining Corp. are likely to bat

The largest spot market contract awarded by the Tennessee Valley Authority during the week of Oct. 1

The New York Public Service Commission has approved plans for a 79-megawatt cogeneration plant that

Stock prices bobbed and weaved Friday, closing a week of staggering losses with a fractional gain in

Major European coal importers are involved in contract negotiations that are likely to result in the

Potomac Earnings Rose $8 Million in QuarterPotomac Electric Power Co. earned $109.7 million,

Royce Associates Inc., makers of specialty chemical products, has a special knack for saving on its

California should support the use of natural gas instead of oil to reduce the state's growing vulner

El Paso Electric Co. said that it had reached a compromise with the staff of the Texas Public Utilit

October 23, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

Oil prices were falling in Europe by the end of last week - after a brief rally that followed the Ir

OPEC ministers will discuss raising the oil cartel's average price of $18 a barrel by as much as $2

Teamsters Union Seeks To Rejoin AFL-CIOThe Teamsters union, expelled from the AFL-CIO 30 yea

High-tech "spiralveyor" cargo-handling systems like the one planned in Houston may be built on the E

The president of the Seafarers International Union claims provisions in the proposed U.S.-Canada Fre

A top U.S. Postal Service official assured Congress last week that despite a continuing federal inve

A high official of Renault Vehicules Industriels said the company decided to proceed with its buy-ba

As the Kinsman Independent took on fuel for yet another voyage through the Great Lakes, the ancient,

Oct. 23 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchangeprev.Close High Low

1144.5 (Oct. 23) Previous day - 1136.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

The Maritime Administration has released a series of nine technical reports examining aspects of the

Bremen has its back to the wall. Its 16 percent unemployment rate is double the national ave

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

Major U.K. banks cut their base lending rates to 9.5 percent from 10 percent Friday after the Bank o

Ohio Casualty Corp. reported that operating income for the third quarter ending Sept. 30 increased t

Until last week, Saxpy Computer Corp. of Sunnyvale, Calif., was a tiny 75- employee company that lab

The Philippines' major revisions to its program for the conversion of debt into equity are helping t

The trade community, though still reeling from the rapidity with which the Customs Service introduce

EC to Probe Dumping Of Japan ExcavatorsBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community said it is

Imports of meat from animals implanted with growth promoters over the last two years may be allowed

US-Soviet Corn Deal Is 3rd Within a WeekThe Soviet Union has purchased an additional 100,000

U.S. trade sanctions against China for allegedly selling arms to Iran add a new element of discord i

The Mexican government's policy of devaluing the country's peso to help reduce the nation's worrisom

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

Vitro, Mexico's biggest glass manufacturer, was one of the first to recover after the country's stoc

Congress has greatly improved the chances of implementing the Harmonized Commodity Description and C

The U.S. Customs Service's acceptance of coffee with or without International Coffee Organization ce

Business and consumer groups are mounting a campaign against a Senate trade bill amendment that they