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The Supreme Court authorized the use of warrantless searches of businesses reg ulated by state and l

GENERAL NEWS Congress this week should pass next fiscal year's budget plan even though the p

The Democrat-controlled Congress this week is expected finally to pass its budget blueprint for fisc

Russ Banham has joined The Journal of Commerce, a Knight-Ridder newspaper, as insurance editor, repl

India: Update 1987, Investment Opportunities for U.S. Companies. Seminar sponsored by the Trade Deve

Report Due Out Today On World AgricultureThe U.S. Department of Agriculture will issue its r

Judge Howard C. Buschman III leaned well forward and held his temple with his left hand, obviously m

In the last few weeks, the nation's biggest banks have added more than $12 billion in reserves to co

Japan's top economic planning official said he is confident in attaining the nation's goal of 3.5 pe

Direct foreign investment in Japan has increased in recent years but is smaller and growing far more

Free Trade Talks Resume in OttawaThe U.S.-Canada negotiations on a proposed free trade agree

Canadian business circles responded generally favorably to the tax reform proposals unveiled by Fina

Trade enhancement through the standardization and simplification of customs procedures will be one o

North Sea oil prices held steady on the European spot market last week, with Brent for July delivery

Utilities are stocking up on coal to meet the summer peak demand for air- conditioning. Othe

The Brazilian government promises shortly to disclose a new, more liberal industrial policy free of

The second week of June saw gasoline prices slow their seasonal spiral, according to the state Energ

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate said that the country's proven oil and gas reserves were higher

Friday, just four trading days before the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' talks start

Major Refiners Hike Crude Buying PricesA number of major oil refiners announced last week th

June 19, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The Quebec government says it is confident that electric power sales to the United States by Hydro-Q

Unocal Corp. says it won't install fluidized bed combustion technology at its Parachute Creek Oil Sh

Cockerill, the Belgian steel company interested in buying about a half-million tons of spot coking c

BP Canada Envisions Wolf Lake ExpansionCALGARY, Alberta - BP Canada, in partnership with Pet

Consumers Power Co. will stop taking coal deliveries from Peabody Coal Co. next month, and will star

New England could face electricity shortages as early as 1990 if a decision blocking proposed Canadi

U.S. coal production of 498 million metric tons of oil equivalent (mtoe) last year represented 21.2

Boston Edison Gets Peak Demand HelpBoston Edison Co. will be able to reduce its load by up t

New Policy on Exports To Syria in EffectThe Commerce Department is requiring validated licen

U.S. inventors will find it easier to patent their inventions in some foreign countries after July 1

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

Small U.S. companies can export profitably if they are willing to weather some initial frustration,

It is so basic in concept that every schoolkid understands it instinctively, but it is often ignored

U.S. textile companies could be selling more in Hong Kong if they put their minds to it, a new repor

U.S. companies have difficulty exporting because they don't let locals do the marketing abroad, acco

Duty to Be Assessed On Argentine WoolA 6.23 percent countervailing duty will be assessed by

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

Heavy-Duty Drain Rids Equipment of FluidsA heavy-duty drain from Britain for use on compress

The U.S. trade representative's office is urging importers to support legislation to adopt the Harmo