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Jamaica is divesting its cement plant as part of a program to reduce government involvement in the e

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

Stocks rose slightly in quiet trading Thursday, with the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials edging

The Reagan administration sent Congress legislation to create a comprehensive new tariff classificat

The government is seeking the extradition of a former bank executive now in the United States to fac

The AIDS virus has sent another jolt into the way life insurance companies conduct business followin

The board of Atlantic Richfield Co., Los Angeles, will meet Monday to consider the sale of nearly 20

If ports and marine terminals don't use their antitrust immunity for pricing discussions, they're li

The world's largest wind tunnel is back in business in a cavernous structure at NASA's Ames Research

Two leading Japanese electronics makers said Thursday they will not divert personal computer exports

Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland pledged to President Reagan that her country would ta

Week of April 19-April 25, 1987 This is a compilation of U.S. coal exports for the week. It

Port Everglades, 1995 or thereabouts: One of the dominant gateways to Latin America and the

The U.S.-built and operated Panama Canal remains a neutral stretch where U.S. and Soviet warships pa

948.5 (June 18) Previous day - 960.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in Lo

Two government ministries are drawing up a compromise plan for cargo sup port to domestic shipping

NEW YORK MARINERS out for their monthly luncheon meetings at Harry's at Hanover Square in lower Man

E.S. Overman Retiring As Chief of InstitutesMALVERN, Pa. - Edwin S. Overman is retiring toda

Commerce Alters Anti-Dumping FindingsThe Commerce Department partly revoked anti-dumping fin

U.S. Senator Jake Garn of Utah is proposing a ban on all imports from the Japanese company Toshiba C

Ultrasonic Device Spots Electrical Faults EarlyAn ultrasonic device for the early detection

GENERAL NEWS The Reagan administration made clear that the Democrats' long-sought budget com

AFTER UNINSPIRING WEEKS OF DELAY, Democrats in Congress at last agreed on a budget. But even when th

The World Bank is trying to encourage U.S. firms to compete more aggressively for projects it funds

The shipping industry is in trouble not because of overcapacity but because it doesn't know how to p

USAir, Piedmont Seek Expedited Merger OKWith the comment period closed, USAir and Piedmont A

Allegheny International Sells 3 Industrial UnitsAllegheny International Inc. sold three of i

Allegheny & Western Energy Corp., Charleston, W.Va., announced Thursday that it is forming a new sub

A coalition of coal companies, states and others opposed to the transmission of Canadian-generated p

United States Naval Institute. Seminar on the decline of the U.S. merchant marine. June 25 at the B

Legislation passed by the New York State Senate regarding hazardous waste liability may encourage i

A mortgage banking and real estate firm is expanding into the property and casualtyinsurance agency

Heavy Construction Declines in CaliforniaSACRAMENTO, Calif. - Declines in non-residential an

ISFA Corp. named BankAmerica's former president, Thomas A. Cooper, as chairman and chief executive o

A union representing 40,000 hairdressers urged the Food and Drug Administration Monday to ban the u

President Reagan's budget chief, James Miller, sat in his office on a hot June day and bitterly reca

The Prudential Insurance Co. of America is telling a bankruptcy court that it's all a clerical error

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

Foreign bankers and economists seem less concerned than Chinese officials over the fact that China h

A 20 percent failure rate in tests of airport security screening led one House member to threaten co