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

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

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

NASA, 35th annual experimental aircraft association fly-in convention, July 31-Aug. 7, Oshkosh, Wis.

Roland F. Marston, chairman of the State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., died at the age of 63

CNW Income Fell In Second QuarterCNW Corp. reported second quarter net income decreased to $

965.0 (July 29) Previous day - 973.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in Lo

Crude oil prices edged up in quiet trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange Wednesday, following

San Joaquin Valley officials get complaints each fall about the stench from defoliants that are spra

These days classy grape names such as Chardonnay and merlot dot Italian wine lists and designer Ital

Union leaders at Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. reacted with a mixture of gloom and defiance to announce

Some 5,300 employees at Yugoslavia's largest port of Rijeka went back to work Tuesday after a five-d

M.A. Hanna Co., which recently announced a tender offer to acquire all outstanding stock of Day Inte

Sun Energy Reports Slight Dip in EarningsRADNOR, Pa. - Sun Energy Partners L.P. reported ear

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

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

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

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

American Life Gets Go-ahead in S. KoreaSEOUL, South Korea - American Life Insurance Co. has

Primerica Corp. said its earnings from continuing operations rose strongly for the second quarter.

A three-week-old drought has raised fears of heavy damage to Thailand's corn crop, the Bangkok Post

Foreign Producers Of Granite TargetedA group of U.S. granite producers and fabricators asked

The European Community Commission Wednesday called off an investigation into the financing of a $1 b

Shutdown of Transtar Not Sign of InsolvencySouthwest Airlines, which said its Transtar Airli

A judge has ordered the British ferry company Townsend Thoresen to pay 400,000 (US$640,000) in legal

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

Wed., July 29, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Merck & Co. plans to purchase up to $1 billion of the company's stock is indicative of the pharmaceu

Diamond Alaska Coal Co.'s effort to win a coal supply contract from South Korea's national utility c

A federal judge has dismissed a suit filed by a dissident ranch heir against Exxon Corp. and the Kin

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

Air freight imports to Taiwan increased almost 50 percent in the first six months of this year compa

Judge Orders Trial Over Disputed DecimalNEW YORK - United States Lines won the opening round

The Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp. was slapped with a proposed $615,000 fine Wedne

It's easy for either Iran or Iraq to lay underwater mines throughout the shallow Persian Gulf. And i

The timing of rival toy exhibitions to be held in Hong Kong is likely to cause confusion and logisti

It's barely two weeks old, but the fledging Red River Valley and Western Railroad is looking to grow

Airbus Industrie has placed more than $2 billion worth of purchase orders for aircraft engines made

West Germany is bullish on Venezuela despite this South American democracy's multiple economic diffi

A British-made lightweight concrete mixer features a new design that replaces the familiar heavy ste