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The government presented Congress with a preliminary 1988 budget based on oil income of $9.1 billion

Kuwait will resume exports of liquefied petroleum gas to Japan this month with a shipment of 45,000

To bolster the profile of the Alaskan natural gas pipeline project, the Resource Development Council

GENERAL NEWS Superconductor market is pegged to grow with advances in the technology. Page 2

The Maritime Administration for the first time has agreed to permit underwriters other than U.S. or

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

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

National Research Council's Transportation Research Board. 12th annual summer conference on ports, w

Symposium Scheduled July 26-28 in ChicagoPublic policy on rail rationalization and the futur

Sea-Land Corp.'s improved second quarter performance is principally theresult of higher rates and gr

July 2 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High Low

Yes, New York City has the bananas. But not much else. Bananas and other tropical fruits are

House Rules Committee Chairman Claude Pepper, D-Fla., will force the House to vote on long-term care

A few oil-rig roughnecks thrown out of work by the depression in the industry are back on the job, e

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began work this week on a $45 million project to deepen the Mississ

The California wine industry is in one of the most turbulent periods in its history, with jug wines

Residents of the District of Columbia drink wine at more than three times the national rate, while A

A new institution to finance trade in the Caribbean Economic Community is expected to be launched in

A federal appeals court ordered a lower court to reconsider Coca-Cola Co.' sobjections to Procter &

The ongoing semiconductor conflict between the United States and Japan is proving a boon to South Ko

Unlike the U.S. Treasury securities market, where several brokerage companies compete for trades bet

UK Official Reserves Declined in JuneLONDON - Britain's official reserves declined an underl

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

Benzene Output Up, Xylene Off in QuarterProduction of benzene and toluene rose in the first

A state judge has ruled that the airlines which refused to pay Chicago's new fuel taxes while unsucc

WASHINGTON For the week ended June 20 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads

Printed-Circuit Board Assembly Time CutA British company has developed two machines that red

The USS Nimitz, flagship of the nation's nuclear-powered fleet, steams through Puget Sound to ancho

Oakland Port Director Wins Transport AwardWalter A. Abernathy, executive director of the por

The Miami insurance exchange will work very hard" to gain investor confidence now that a potential p

As the Japanese begin to trade foreign futures contracts on a large scale, a more important phenomen

IT WAS A TIME FOR TRIBUTE at the Joint Economic Committee, where Sen. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md., this wee

The Federal Emergency Management Agency staff is preparing a report that says the Pilgrim nuclear pl

The Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia upheld a Delaware law that has been used to stop

To boost coal output, Nigeria - Africa's largest oil producer - has opened coal mining to private o

A wave of unresolved strikes and other labor unrest may derail the Philippines' incipient economic r

The Communist Party this fall will institute democratic-minded reforms, such as decentralization of

Stock prices rose sharply Thursday, as the dollar firmed and bond prices advanced. Analysts

Crosfield Chemicals Inc. has acquired the metasilicate assets of Stauffer Chemical Co., which was re

Australia's transport giant TNT hopes to improve its U.S. operations following the purchase by Austr