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A textile-footwear import quotas bill cleared the House Ways and Means trade subcommittee. T

France demanded an explanation from Iran for a predawn attack Monday against a French containership

As troops patrolled city streets still smoldering from recent protests, the 900-foot U.S. oil tanker

Steel production fell to 1.649 million tons in the week ended July 11, a decrease of 2.7 percent fro

British Trade Mission Arriving in ArgentinaA British trade mission will arrive in Argentina

Officials of this southeastern city are negotiating with companies in Singapore and Sweden at least

A proposal prohibiting the conversion of any part of Brazil's $110.6 billion international debt int

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently granted the City of New York's Department of Envir

TECO Transport & Trade Corp. of Tampa Fla., says it has screened about 6,000 tons of stoker coal as

The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved a Federal Trade Commission bill transferring author

Homework payed off Tuesday for senators pushing for airline consumer protection when the Senate Comm

U.S. President Reagan is hopeful of early passage of a United Nations Security Council cease-fire re

Rapidly growing full truckload carriers will boost their earnings substantially this year and outper

A federal court here awarded more than $1 million to a Los Angeles law firm in a dispute with its in

Florida's medical malpractice crisis may be the forerunner of problems facing other states where mal

An employee wellness program that emphasizes positive reinforcement and regular monitoring of person

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

GENERAL NEWS IBM second-quarter earnings were lower, but better than expected. Page 2AA Hou

"I am a firm believer in interdependence," declared Paulo Didier Viana, president and founder of Bra

Thousands of small exporters are missing out on millions of dollars in U.S. tax breaks available und

Efforts touting the advantages of burning certain types of high quality U.S. coal may pay off in mor

The only two U.S. exhibitors at the 1987 Hong Kong International Garment and Jewelry Expo are going

Farm ministers of the European Community agreed on a funding plan to keep the trading bloc's farm su

International Business Machines Corp.'s second-quarter profit fell 9.8 percent from last year, but t

Xerox Financial Buys Wall Street FirmSTAMFORD, Conn. - Xerox Financial Services Inc. agreed

Changes in maritime business threaten to squeeze out the traditional ship agent, snapping a fundamen

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

Clause Could Speed Home Group PurchaseThe Home Group Inc. announced it has been granted earl

Six months after tax reforms placed new restrictions on 401(k) sav ingsplans, the popular ac

After months of haggling, Bank of America is selling its Singapore Visa card unit to Chase Manhattan

Energynorth Inc. subsidiaries Concord Natural Gas Corp., Gas Service Inc. and Manchester Gas Co. iss

Japanese Firm to Build Actuators for MD-11sLONG BEACH, Calif. - McDonnell Douglas has chosen

Conn. Utilities Expect To Meet Power DemandGREENWICH, Conn. - Connecticut's electric utiliti

Japan may raise its beef import quota by up to 20,000 metric tons annually over the next four years,

The Senate voted Tuesday to strike language from the omnibus trade bill that would have reorganized

A gear was improperly installed on the Trident nuclear-powered submarine USS Nevada during routine m

Two Kuwaiti tankers will hoist U.S. flags July 18-20 and cruise into the Persian Gulf under U.S. Na

Ford Plans to Expand Louisville Truck PlantFord Motor Co. said it plans to spend more than $

The U.S. dollar rose against major currencies Tuesday on a rumor today's U.S. trade data for May wou

Compagnie Generale Maritime, the French shipping line, has bought control ling interest in a French