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Japan's largest shipping firms, hit by the yen's rise and strong competition in fiscal 1986, suffere

New York P/C Group Broadens MembershipThe New York Cooperative Insurance Association, which

The Navy is planning for wars past, not a realistic future, a national defense scholar argues.

Nearly 400 people died on the nation's highways during the Memorial Day weekend, but the toll was lo

A bill to provide new Medicare benefits financed by income-related premiums appeared to be on a fast

Marad Authorizes Exxon Ship SwapThe Maritime Adminstration agreed to allow the Exxon Shippin

Home Insurance Co., a unit of Home Group Inc., New York, was incorrectly included in an April 30 art

James P. Corcoran and financial guarantee insurers are still at odds over how companies should be or

The Independent Insurance Agency System is at an important crossroads" with a dramatic uptick in age

The major petroleum suppliers believe their marketers are doing a good job, but there will be fewer

The average price of gasoline should climb back over the $1-a-gallon mark this summer, slowing the g

China continues to signal its desire to sell coal to Israel, the head of Israel's coal importing age

Take heart, gentle motorist. The warm winds of winter created a flood of gasoline from the nation's

Gasoline inventories continued to decline during the week ended May 22, while distillate oil stocks

Egypt Raises Prices Of Two Crude BlendsCAIRO, Egypt - Egypt increased the prices of two crud

The power Cogenron Inc.'s newly dedicated 440-megawatt, $160-million Texas City cogeneration plant w

The Associated Consulting Group acquired C.A. Turner & Associates Inc., Bloomingdale, Ill., a publis

The Thailand unit of Exxon Corp. plans to double production capacity at its refinery, the second U.S

The European Community Wednesday declared the Greek government's stronghold on the domestic petroleu

The Shoreham nuclear power station resumed low-power testing to test equipment and train workers, th

Thirteen former Getty Oil Co. directors said they never agreed to sell the company to Pennzoil Co.,

Canadian Board OKs Natural Gas ExportsCanada's National Energy Board has approved the reques

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

The Ministry of Oil & Mineral Resources of North Yemen, which is planning a multimillion-dollar prog

Successful exporters sometimes feel uncooperative banks and government restrictions on exports are m

Authorities Wednesday released a new list of international exhibitions to be staged between July and

Smoke-Free Producers Close Technology SaleSAN ANTONIO, Texas - AB Leo of Helsingborg, Sweden

In 1880, Rutherford B. Hayes was completing his presidential term, the nation was in a trade surplus

A study commissioned by an industry-labor coalition lobbying for import curbs has found that the Tex

Roller Bearing Imports Targeted for DutiesThe International Trade Commission cleared the way

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

Organizers of a series of seminars on the U.S. conversion to a universal tariff classification syste

On Protectionism: Protectionism is a slippery slope that inevitably leads you to a worse pos

Customs brokers are being reminded daily that they must prepare now for introduction on Jan. 1, 1988

GENERAL NEWS A mammoth optical-fiber cable system to link the United States to Asia is under

HoltraChem Inc. announced an increase of up to $30 a dry short ton on its off schedule prices for li

Himont Inc. posted first quarter net income of $50.9 million, or 83 cents a share, compared with $18

Massachusetts Port Authority officials deny that a noise level study at suburban Hanscom Field is a

Half the flights by the French domestic airline Air Inter were expected to be grounded by a pilots'

The saluting cannon sent its sharp report across the East River from a pier head in the old Brooklyn