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In the July 8 Journal of Commerce story on a proposed new auto insurer in Massachusetts, state Deput

Fifteen insurance companies filed a civil action Thursday against the Massachusetts Insurance Depart

The Interior Department has published new rules requiring new environmental impact statements on mos

Two remote-controlled machines have nearly completed removal of sediment from the reactor containmen

A natural gas pipeline company serving the area put too much of a safety additive into its pipelines

The long slump appears to be over for most of the U.S. mining industry, but a trade association offi

A thick cloud of coal ash left up to a quarter of an inch of soot in some areas Wednesday night aft

Cumberland Farms Inc. is seeking $6 million for a former Gulf Oil Corp. storage depot in East Provid

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

NY Assembly Passes Power Authority BillALBANY, N.Y. - Legislation to indemnify the nine memb

Consolidation Coal Co., one of several U.S. companies to stop selling coking coal to Japan's steel m

Further acid rain legislation would be a tragic mistake," Robert J. McWhorter, senior vice president

The South Bend Foreign Trade Zone in Indiana is off to a slow start after a year of operating, but b

Tiffany to Establish Shop in West GermanyTiffany & Co. announced it plans to establish a sho

China has embarked on an ambitious program to boost livestock production, which could have a signifi

A mammoth conference on North-South economic relations, comprising more than 3,000 delegates from 15

A federal judge refused to drop charges against a Scottish businessman charged in a plot to export o

Union Bank of Switzerland, one of the big three Swiss banks, is bidding to acquire the Hill Samuel G

Although trade finance is generally secured by the goods being imported or exported, several types o

US Sprint Communications Co. named Robert H. Snedaker president Thursday, as the money-losing long-

The Labor Party government of Prime Minister Robert J. Hawke will probably be returned to office for

In what one member calls a crucial" meeting, economic leaders of the six major countries of Southeas

A pilot project to automate entry summaries will be launched at the port of Seattle on Aug. 3 by U.S

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

On a moonless night, across the dangerous waters of the Persian Gulf, wooden dhows move quietly towa

Current Textile Quotas Where the Average Recent Utilization Rate Indicates Full QuotaUtiliza

Canadian commercial fishermen will harvest more salmon return ing to two northwestern British Columb

Three Charged in Scam To Cheat InvestorsFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Three people who allegedly h

A compact, digital-display temperature controller from Britain can be used with thermocouples or res

The average life expectancy of Japanese rose to 75.23 years for men and 80.93 years for women in 198

A senior European official described as disappointing the trade policy talks he held here this week

US Shaves Estimate Of Winter Wheat CropThe Agriculture Department Thursday estimated 1987 wi

Tupperware Home Parties Inc. of Orlando, Fla., confirmed that its items sold in the United States ar

GENERAL NEWS To the average person in a middle-class industrial town, trade discussions have

This Democratic city that received a Republican president on Wednesday is trying to climb out of eco

The Senate voted Thursday to mandate that employers give advance notification of plant closing or ma

The foreign exchange markets were rattled Thursday by rumors the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in

A presidential visit had residents of this beleaguered manufacturing city feeling proud for the mome

Roger Cornwell, a veteran British shipping executive, will be named president of Trans Freight Lines

Haiti's prolonged and bloody general strikes have paralyzed some U.S. offshore manufacturing operati