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Many banks are keeping their board members much better informed about their managements' decisions a

June 11, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Energy-short Taiwan reports new success in exploration abroad, with an oil strike in Ecuador.

Finding a way to cope with the financial problems facing the steel industry is the key to passing pe

The ministerial council of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries has approved a bud

Kuwait plans to ask other OPEC member countries to fulfill an accord on production increases without

Consumers Power Co. said it hopes to tie new contracts for natural gas supplies for the Midland plan

Amoco Canada Petroleum Co. will spend $45.8 million expanding enhanced oil recovery operations in th

There is "clear evidence" that the Reagan administration has threatened military intervention in the

At the age of 10, the trans-Alaska oil pipeline still has many years of life, industry officials agr

Husky Denies Reports It 'Dumped' UpgraderCALGARY, Alberta - Husky Oil Ltd. contradicted pres

New York State Electric and Gas Corp. will make more money than is ''reasonable" in 1987 and should

Forget all this worry about another oil crisis, about the United States being brought to its knees b

While the United States, Japan and other nations wage trade battles over silicon, U.S. companies are

Week of April 12-April 18, 1987 This is a compilation of U.S. coal exports for the week. It

The federal government has no idea if people who live near nuclear power plants actually know what t

Sen. Paul Trible, R-Va., dismissed charges that his bill to impose trade sanctions against Romania f

Communist Party economics chief Lev Zaikov paid a surprise visit last week to a U.S. construction e

Group Blasts DOE For Unpaid TVA BillsNASHVILLE, Tenn. - Industrial electricity customers of

THE END OF THE VOLCKER ERA not only removes a towering manager of U.S. economic policy, it also take

Business executives are more optimistic about prospects for sales and profits in the third quarter t

Consumer confidence and buying plans rose in May, the Conference Board said. The board's ind

China and the United States have reached a compromise agreement on import quota allocations on women

Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said compared with last year'

Clayton Yeutter, the U.S. trade representative, foresees a less than a 50 percent chance that the Un

Labor Secretary William E. Brock indicated he might accept a moderate increase in the general minimu

'Money' and 'trade' will be the buzzwords among business executives and government officials from No

Several major truck lines, including Roadway Express, will not accept a collec tive freight rate inc

70 percent of Controllers Vote in Favor of UnionAfter six years without a union, the nation'

The long used, and often abused, loyalty contracts tying shippers to ocean carriers may make a comeb

The International Trade Commission rejected an application by Societe Generale de Surveillance for a

Japanese Food Agency Buys Wheat From USThe Japanese Food Agency bought six cargoes of U.S. w

GENERAL NEWS The Semiconductor group, Sematech, unveils plans for making the United States t

'We Would Return' To China, Reed SaysHONG KONG - Citicorp Chairman John S. Reed said his ins

The London Commodity Exchange is changing its name and embarking on a drive to attract more members

Mexico has nearly doubled its foreign reserve holdings to $13 billion in six months and commercial b

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

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

Wed., June 10, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Brazil may have to ask the International Monetary Fund to allow the coun try to suspend some $1.11 b