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The government's unwillingness to underwrite the U.S. Landsat system of Earth-viewing satellites may

The Chicago Board Options Exchange named Stephan Schoess to a new position intended to encourage Eur

The World Bank will lend between $17 billion and $19 billion to the developing world in its fiscal 1

Reagan to Address Opening Session at UNPresident Reagan will address the opening session of

The outgoing chief White House economist stressed that U.S. policies are geared to providing growth

Impact '88 may sound like a cutesy name for a major air-safety initiative. But representatives of th

After almost 20 years of operating as one of the most secretive companies in the shipping business,

Taiwanese are pestering travel agents for airline tickets to nearby Hong Kong, inundating brokers wi

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

Few seats go empty at Worlds of Wonder Inc.'s Fremont headquarters. But these days, followin

Fri., Sept. 18, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Demolition to make way for construction of the world's tallest building is under way in Australia.

Companies large and small are taking advantage of a little-known clause in the law that created the

Senate Republicans applauded hearings in the Senate Commerce Committee on product liability law refo

The maximum benefits under temporary disability, worker's compensation and unemployment insurance wi

Falling commodity prices, rising debt, undependable weather conditions and political tensions combin

With conflict over hospital cost containment threatening to scuttle Gov. Michael Dukakis' universal

The United States is losing its competitive edge in the world, and basic values such as the work eth

More than 700 executives, most paying $850 for the privilege, learned that the foreigners are coming

Soaring insurance premiums and weak demand from shippers are leading to a consolidation in the barge

The sunshine streaming in from the western sky casts a golden glow along 4th Avenue, making the flow

New Managing Agency Opens Houston OfficeAtlantic Insurance Services, a newly formed managing

Governmental Affairs Conference of the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America.

A federal court jury has awarded $50,000 in damages to four gasoline dealers and the wife of a fifth

The government is offering special incentives to private British investors to buy British Petroleum

Independent truckers told the Pennsylvania Supreme Court they risk losing millions of dollars in tax

Key Swiss Road Open After Flood DamageALTDORF, Switzerland - The Gotthard route, Switzerland

Two Firms Join Forces To Develop Okla. Gas.Natural Gas Clearinghouse Inc. and Ward Gas Marke

A currency surcharge on cargo fees for goods moving to Taiwan will rise from its current 5 percent l

The owners of TNT Pilot Inc. are negotiating to sell a majority interest in the struggling truck lin

The government has spent more than $300 million on acid rain research in the 1980s, but it hasn't an

South Africa's efforts to supply the cheapest coal in the European markets, already undermined by wa

The nation's largest shipping lobby is heartened that the Canadian transportation sectors will be de

After years of trying, the United Auto Workers are finally taking home something called job security

A contract to ship zinc-lead concentrate from Alaska to British Columbia seems likely to go to an ex

Southern Company Services Inc. said it bought 200,000 tons of steam coal on the spotmarket for Missi

Tennessee Valley Authority issued three spot market contracts covering deliveries ofonly 6,500 tons

Commissioner Thomas C. Jorling announced a major reorganization of New York's Department of Environm

PacifiCorp, Utah Power Seek Merger ApprovalPORTLAND, Ore. - PacifiCorp and Utah Power & Ligh

The National Maritime Union and Marine Engineers Beneficial Association District 1, two seagoing uni