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Profit Jumps At St. Paul Cos.ST. PAUL, Minn. - St. Paul Cos. reported second quarter operati

China's trains have carried at least 3.5 million passengers more than usual in July, and officials h

For the week ended July 18 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 99

The Australian Railway Industry Committee is helping to boost exports of Australian railroad product

Iran conducted maneuvers in the Persian Gulf this month with 20 naval vessels, combat aircraft and a

The United Auto Workers has told General Motors Corp. it wants no further cuts in the number of GM w

The Japanese government has drafted a trade bill to tighten export controls following criticism of T

One out of 10 U.S. hospitals is likely to close by 1995 because of declining admissions and shorter

The greater the perceived economic instability of a country, the lower the value of its commercial d

Trade-Industry Minister Rha Woong-bae warned that spreading labor disputes may cloud South Korea's b

McLennan Marine Ltd., a British company, has developed a modular intensified marine night vision sys

Current Textile Quotas: Where the Average Recent Utilization RateIndicates Full Quota Utiliz

Trans-Atlantic negotiations to resolve a dispute over the import of heavily subsidized European past

In an effort to move cargo faster, the shipping community and the Port Authority of New York and New

It seems that for every answer coming out of Nissan Diesel Motor Co. Ltd. in Tokyo these days, there

Agip Miniere, the new ENI-group mining company, is eager to expand its research and development and

Visual Technology Signs New DistributorsLOWELL, Mass. - Visual Technology Inc. announced the

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

Who is escorting whom in the Persian Gulf? - Robert Byrd, Senate majority leader Saying that

The Bonn government said Wednesday it would refuse to send West German ships into the Persian Gulf,

Hercules Inc. announced that its Brazilian subsidiary, Hercules do Brasil, has begun an $11 million

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

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

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

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

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

Auto insurance rates will have to rise an estimated 10 percent in states that have adopted the new 6

The French government has been pressuring some oil companies to buy less Iranian crude oil, industry

The European Community Commission Wednesday unveiled a plan to curb the growth of farm spending and

South Korean manufacturers say they have agreed among themselves to ease trade frictions with the Un

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

Cielewich to Retire From Marine MidlandMarine Midland Bank (Delaware), N.A., announced that

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

The House and Senate Banking Committee chairmen are awaiting the final wordfrom President Re

The International Association of Independent Tanker Owners called on major world powers to form a mu

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