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Congress cannot prevent a 39 percent increase in Medicare premiums without adding billions of dollar

The House Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism and Hazardous Materials opened an investigation in

The Maritime Administration disclosed its expected decision to charter to Kuwaiti the U.S. governmen

Computer Program Aids Small TruckersSmall and medium trucking companies will get a new tool

Kidder to Expand Currency OperationNEW YORK - Kidder, Peabody & Co. said it plans to establi

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday on an absence of selling rather than any buying interest, traders said

Canadian-U.S. discussions on a proposed free trade agreement were inconclusive again Thursday.

October 1, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

A subsidiary of Dominion Resources Inc. agreed to buy a 50 percent interest in a 192-megawatt hydroe

The U.S. Supreme Court will confront several transportation-related cases in its new term, including

A businessman claiming to represent high-ranking Chinese diplomats illegally tried to export TOW and

Encore Computer Corp. signed a $3 million, three-year agreement with CCS Pte Ltd. of Singapore to be

A.L. Laboratories Inc. announced that it has agreed to acquire Barre-National Inc., the leading U.S.

Spain took over from Australia as the country with the worst record for industrial disputes affectin

Saint John Port Days. Sponsored by the Saint John, New Brunswick, Port Development Commission. Oct.

Liability insurance is costing more and covering less, according to an insurance law researcher.

Omnibus legislation that changes how victims are paid damages in personal injury cases was signed la

Opponents of Gov. George Deukmejian's plan to abolish Cal-OSHA won a tactical victory in federal cou

World Bank President Barber Conable pledged full support Thursday to proposals from Treasury Secreta

House Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell, D-Mich., who had earlier opposed the secondary marke

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

Hard as it may be to re-establish the competitiveness of U.S. goods in world markets, it will be eve

Economists disagreed sharply over the merits of Treasury Secretary James Baker's proposal that the p

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

Japanese government bond prices rallied sharply early Wednesday afternoon and then fell back just as

New England Association of Rail Shippers, seminar and conference, Oct. 1-2, The Mount Washington Hot

The U.S. market for flame retardant chemicals is projected to reach 586 million pounds in 1991, valu

The number of working oil and gas drilling rigs in the United States slipped by seven last week to 1

Crude oil imports soared last week by a million barrels a day, the delayed effect of overproduction

U.S. exporters increasingly are turning to forfaiting as a means of financing trade, according to AB

Arlington Glass Co., Poughkeepsie, N.Y., was convicted by a Putnam County jury recently of felony co

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

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

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

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

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

While states, cities and development agencies are seeing the dark side of protectionism and trade te

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has found only minimal safety violations at a New Jersey nuclear p