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The effect of any U.S. embargo of Iranian crude oil and other products is likely to be only symbolic

The Canadian government will soon announce its opposition to the proposed sale of massive quantities

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. on Wednesday said its earnings declined 2 percent in the third quarte

The first-ever business mission from the city-state of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates arrives in

The House-Senate conference on the omnibus trade bill agreed Thursday to extend presidential negotia

Icahn Has Plans to Buy TWA Stock on MarketAlthough he has withdrawn his going-private propos

The port of Seattle set a monthly record in August when it handled 91,368 cargo containers.

Monsanto Co. and Clemson University have received U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approval for

Agreements covering most of the railroad industry's 350,000 craft workers will expire in July, setti

North Korea on Wednesday freed 11 Japanese fishermen and a fishing boat detained since Sept. 11 for

Switzerland to Allow Faster Money GrowthBERNE, Switzerland - Switzerland's money supply will

Panic stock selling in Asia evaporated Wednesday almost as fast as it took hold, and officials hint

It takes a pound of potash to fertilize a bushel of corn, but determining the appropriate price of p

Traditional Exports Canned ham, fish and fish products, nails and screws, furniture, glasswa

American Railroad Conference and Exhibition on Local and Regional Railroads, Oct. 25-27, J.W. Marrio

The on-time performance for NJ Transit rush-hour commuter trains slipped from 88 percent in August t

A new survey of New York's highways indicates that 64 percent of motorists are using their seat belt

They were lighter, they were cheaper, and just a year ago, they were going to stand the heavy truck

Hoechst Expands HDPE CapacitySOMERVILLE, N.J. - Hoechst Celanese Corp. announced plans to ex

October 21, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

South Korea is trying to overtake Japan as the world's largest shipbuilder and is making strong prog

Two Sea-Land Corp. trucking subsidiaries formally will become a part of CSX Corp.'s new intermodal s

The United States will begin using new quota categories contained in the Harmonized System on Jan. 1

Wed., Oct. 21, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

US May Loosen Some Export ControlsThe United States may loosen its strategic controls on exp

Robert M. Solow, who was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, says factors underly

* Stock index futures and options may be criticized in the wake of the market tumult. * The

Writing in the days when a barrel of oil could command more than $30, the authors of the Windfall Pr

US Boosts Share Of Information MarketThe U.S. share of the business, world computer and tele

Soviets Purchase Corn From USThe Soviet Union has bought 125,000 metric tons of U.S. corn -

Promises by Japanese authorities to outlaw insider trading appear to be little more than lip service

U.S. maritime-industry unions haven't had it so bad since the Depression days of the mid-1930s.<

The port of Galveston has decided to sell its switching railroad to a private company that will leas

The Coalition for Reliable Energy, a New England-based pro-nuclear group, Wednesday unveiled plans t

New Container Crane Operating in CharlestonCHARLESTON, S.C. - A new $1 million traveling bri

POLITICAL TURF BATTLES between the city and county governments delayed construction of the port of M

Mitsubishi Makes Millionth FE TruckBRIDGEPORT, N.J. - Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America Inc.

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

Almost half the people surveyed by the American Medical Association thought it very likely" that AID

Workers owed profit-sharing money promised when they gave millions of dollars in concessions to Amer