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Alaska Gov. Steve Cowper called late last week for a delay of at least seven years in petroleum deve

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC's acquisition of the Stauffer Chemical Co. is aimed at greatly impr

Canada's Pacific Coast ports have set a grain-loading record with two months remaining in the curren

The U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a National Labor Relations Board order that Baker-W

Lexmar Inc., a Greenwich, Conn., ship agent that recently purchased 32 Spanish vessels for $70 milli

Nicaragua is actively seeking greater economic aid from several Latin American countries in the wake

Congress is showing increasing concern over Western bank lending to the Soviet Union. Rep. J

The airlines' new deep discount fares are saving travelers hundreds ofdollars, but for some

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

The navigator of a Soviet fishing trawler working off the Oregon Coast will not soon forget this sma

Resolving conflicts between natural gas producers and interstate pipelines over take-or-pay contract

Tort reform, banks in insurance, risk retention and other legislative topics will be discussed June

The two senators leading the way on financial guarantee insurance legislation for New York state app

Public alarm over the shipment of 160 million cigarettes with high herbicide levels to Japan could j

South Korea Outlines Excise Tax ReductionsSEOUL, South Korea - The government will cut by an

Supercomputer Talks Held Achieving LittleA round of supercomputer negotiations between Japan

Marad Nod Sought On Foreign TankerTwo subsidized U.S.-flag bulk carrier companies asked the

The port of Baltimore's 50-foot channel project, which has been mired in controversy for the past 20

An increasingly dangerous investment climate is frightening multinational companies and turning off

The pattern of seaborne fertilizer trade is set to change as the movement of finished fertilizers gr

Mine owners reached a wage agreement with white miners late last week, averting what could have been

Miners staged a brief walkout at the Labin coal mine, site of a recent 33-day strike, after failing

The suggestion that Brazil may stop its international debt moratorium by paying half of the interest

The U.S. dollar was broadly lower Friday, although it moved up from its lows of the day on short cov

Major European airlines expect a 40 percent higher profit this year after a traumatic" year in 1986,

Self-insurance groups operating under new federal law would be regulated in New York state generally

A lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Pennsylvania's ban against banks being affiliated wit

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

A consortium of five New England states has taken the first steps toward untangling the snarl of reg

There was a 27.8 percent decline in the amount of hazardous waste generated by a representative port

The United States Treasury from now on should issue government bonds denominated in the deutsche mar

GENERAL NEWS The government's employment figures for May reflect little progress for U.S. ec

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

With eastbound cargo traffic out of the United States growing thanks to the declining value of the d

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader is backing legislators who want to remove the insurance industry's exe

Sinclair Oil Corp. is expanding its point-of-sale debit card program to 2,000 retail outlets in 23 s

NY Begins Leasing For Oil ExplorationALBANY, N.Y. - New York state has begun leasing the fir

The struggling state-owned Philippines' copper smelter plans to importconcentrates from Papu

Japan agreed to relax inspection procedures on automobiles imported from Europe following seven days

The United States has every right to hold the Japanese to their promise toallow U.S. chip ma