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Shaw Industries Inc. announced an agreement in principle for the purchase of WestPoint Pepperell's c

Researchers say they may have found a non-toxic treatment for a type of pneumonia that has become th

Japanese, French Firms To Produce MonosilaneDenki Kagaku Kogyo K.K. of Japan and L'Air Liqui

Repligen Corp., Sandoz Ltd. and its U.S. subsidiary, Sandoz Chemicals Corp., announced the formation

Low temperature bleach and bleach activators in household laundry detergents in West Europe are fore

The Coast Guard has opened an inquiry into a tanker collision that sent one ship to the bottom and p

Scientists at EPA's Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory in Las Vegas, in cooperation with Fl

The government-appointed receiver of Scindia Steam Navigation Co. has given 27-day notice to auction

The International Maritime Organization has started developing a new code of safe practice for stowi

A California firm has been awarded a $26.3 million Navy contract to begin construction on an aircraf

The House again has acted favorably on legislation to establish a National Oceans Policy Commission

Lloyd's Register of Shipping has developed a marine accident recorder similar to an aircraft's black

Reports that Deputy Transportation Secretary James Burnley may be named to replace Elizabeth Dole as

Mexico's minimum wage went up 25 percent Wednesday with workers complaining the increase doesn't mat

Top Stories U.S. lending agencies are providing China with needed capital for business development

When the personal savings rate in the United States fell to just 1.8 percent in August, it resurrect

Xerox Corp., after four years of negotiations, concluded a US$30 million contract with Chinese inves

Treasury Secretary James Baker's proposal for industrial nations to consider commodity price trends

As China prepares to celebrate its big national holiday today, the nation also looks ahead to a cruc

Italian auto giant Fiat, citing favorable market conditions and its own improved productivity and te

The finance minister of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Abalkhail, on Wednesday urged the United States not t

Finance officials and bank executives from the world's most debt-ridden countries generally oppose s

Manville Corp., in an attempt to avoid a repeat of its costly experience with asbestos, has launched

Kaiser Health Plan has agreed to a settlement of the first class action law suit in the nation to ch

A person robbed and injured in his car while asking for directions is eligible for personal injury b

Nigel Lawson, Britain's chancellor of the exchequer, proposed Wednesday a revised system for monitor

Raw steel output in the United States in August totaled 7.494 million net tons, up 170,000 tons from

The Supreme Court of the County of New York ruled that a rental car company's collision damage waive

The financially troubled Insurance Exchange of the Americas will try to reopen some time this month

In the annals of U.S. social policy, 1987 may be a watershed for at least two reasons. It wi

Electric utilities weren't alone in increasing their use of fuel oil last year. Industrial a

Index of Prices Rises For Farm ProductsThe index of prices received by U.S. farmers for thei

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

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

Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III proposed a new fund to help cushion heavily indebted developin

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

Dart Line said Wednesday it is resigning from the westbound rate-setting conference on the North Atl

Honda Motor Co. never had plans to build a motorcycle plant in Vietnam, contrary to statements by U.

Canadian policy on regional subsidies emerged Wednesday as a major sticking point in bilateral discu

Credit Guarantees For S. Korea SwitchedThe U.S. Department of Agriculture has switched $10 m