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Fednav Ltd., Montreal, appointed Clyde Jacobs, a former U.S. merchant seaman, president of Pacific C

Legislation providing sweeping changes in New Jersey's product liability laws has been passed by the

State insurance regulators around the country say they are caught between insurers who want to test

Casper knows about the best of times and the worst of times. The best of times come when oil

Forecasts of Soviet sugar production for the 1986-87 year (September-August) were lowered to 8.7 mil

Two of Hong Kong's major producers of electronic toys and games plan to expand their interests in th

The Australian Customs Service will implement a new management system on Sept. 1 to give it an impro

The British Steel Corp. reported record net profits Tuesday of 178 million ($288.4 million) for the

A freight handlers union, threatened with competition making inroads at the port of New Orleans, has

Chrysler Corp. turned an indictment on odometer-fraud charges to its advantage, and probably won't s

Almost a third of the manufacturers in the United States said they expect to increase the share of t

Air and ocean carriers in the trans-Pacific trades confirm that a trend toward increased U.S. export

Ryder Truck Rental Inc. said it will reorganize its contract carrier freight- hauling companies und

Medical officials said Monday they do not believe a medical malpractice insurance crunch was to blam

An allegation of fraudulent unemployment insurance claims led the Labor Department to an investigati

In what would be a first in the world equity markets, the European Options Exchange in Amsterdam is

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

A new Swedish center for biotechnological research will be built adjacent to the Huddinge Hospital n

The most dangerous form of dioxin has accumulated in the sandy delta of the Niagara River in concent

A tug of war on the waterfront between port and real estate interests is straining one of New Englan

Transcontinental Pipeline Co. was ordered to pay $17.3 million to one of its wellhead producers in a

Georgia Power Co. is paying $35 million to buy its way out of a long-term coal supply contract with

At least 2.2 million Japanese workers in the manufacturing sector will lose their jobs over the next

Spurred by recent U.S. advances in superconductivity, Japanese researchers have accelerated their ow

Japanese Will Import US-Made Audio ItemsIRVINE, Calif. - Multiphonic Corp., a manufacturer o

Jacques Delors, the president of the European Community Commission, said he will propose a plan by t

* The importing company or manufacturer must check with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to det

A simmering antitrust battle is moving to the front burner on Capitol Hill, and the man who may cont

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey should conduct a study assessing the problem of increa

With Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker's term drawing to a close, the Fed's policy-setting

With high unemployment levels and low growth rates in the industrialized world, it does not seem the

Illinois is taking a fresh look" at insurance policy forms being used by medical malpractice insurer

Whale Oil Co. will shift its focus to heating equipment when the sale of its fuel oil distribution b

Price Dispute Stalls Finnish-Soviet TalksHELSINKI, Finland - Finland's state oil trading fir

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will face a number of obstacles to its objective o

Six former top officials and technicians at the Chernobyl power plant went on trial Tuesday charged

Trade representatives from Taiwan say they won't buy U.S. barley but willpurchase grain from

Companies that import chemicals into the United States for commercial use without first ensuring ful

A British company has designed a unit that allows a car or van to provide stable direct-current elec

GENERAL NEWS The absence of an investment treaty with the United States was reported partly