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An official of Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry denied press reports that it has

BP America Inc. has combined financial trading activities for the former BP North America Inc. and T

The charge before the prosecutor was simple enough: trespassing, for participation in a mass demonst

Supplies of key petroleum products are following normal seasonal patterns with gasoline stocks decli

Units of Bristol-Meyers Co. and Tenneco Inc. are the first two companies to win approval to open for

Munich Re AG, the world's largest reinsurance company, reported that it expects a parent company pro

Brazil is miscast as a villain in U.S. trade debates, but it will still make heroic efforts to resol

President Alan Garcia's decision to nationalize the financial system and close down private foreign

Domestic sugar and sweetener producers said they will push for free world trade in sugar. As

The House Wednesday turned back attempts to remove limits on liability for the nuclear utility indus

AVIATION Air freight imports to Taiwan increased almost 50 percent in the first six months o

CSX Transportation claims it will become the first major railroad to dispatch all its trains from on

Rear Adm. Paul L. Krinsky is the new superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Poi

The House Rules Committee could be asked as early as today to clear the way for the conference repor

Brazilian President Jose Sarney's announcement that Brazil may resume international debt payments in

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

A report by the Agriculture Department's Foreign Agricultural Service says a growing world demand fo

July 29, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The outlook for coal use, especially in the Northeastern United States, will be "much better" in the

Six former top officials and technicians at the Chernobyl power plant were found guilty of gross neg

Diamond Alaska Coal Co. is offering a package deal to South Korea's national utility company in a bi

A top U.S. spokesman on farm trade says President Reagan's administration wants Japanese consumers t

Middle South Earnings Fell 9.5 percent in QuarterMiddle South Utilities Inc. reported second

Northern States Power Co. in Minnesota won a price concession under an existing contract with a Mont

U.S. companies are well behind their Japanese and European counterparts when it comes to planning an

A new Boston Edison Co. conservation program that pays commercial customers to curtail their electri

Both Taiwan's government and financial community are struggling with the problem of how and where to

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

Medium-sized Japanese companies are rushing to issue privately placed bonds in a bid to raise funds

Hoechst Celanese Corp. has announced an initial public offering of 1,000,000 shares of Celgene Corp.

The port of New Orleans, in settling a $6.9 million debt with financially troubled Todd Shipyards Co

Arco Chemical Co., the Philadelphia-based subsidiary of Atlantic Richfield Co., has confirmed plans

In the latest round of threats by the Philippine government to deal with foreign creditors, a Filipi

Port of Chicago officials are optimistic that new leases for warehouse space and other real estate l

American President Launches Asia ServiceLAS VEGAS, Nev. - American President Lines has begun

The port of Los Angeles has filled four management positions - director of commerce, director of ope

Far Eastern owners expanded their containership fleets significantly in 1986, according to an annual

Are harbor ferries the wave of the future for truckers as Boston highways become congested by constr

Jack Abram, chief executive officer of Topgallant Group Inc., says the line wants to discuss with th

Bulk cargo handled at the port of Providence increased some 125,000 tons in the 1987 fiscal year end