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Ship Hits Scaffolding On Brooklyn BridgeThe Brooklyn Bridge was briefly closed to Manhattan-

Record revenue from full service truck leasing is spearheading a generally strong business surge for

Toshiba America Seeks To Expand Role in USIRVINE, Calif. - John Rehfeld, vice president and

Nearly one out of every four state enterprises in China lost money in the first quarter of the year,

The government of Jamaica is touting the Caribbean island as a potentially important supply base for

GENERAL NEWS Expanded patent protection for U.S. companies won approval from a Senate Judici

The Banker's Association for Foreign Trade, elected Anthony L. Furr of First Wachovia Corporate Serv

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. announced plans to cut its long-distance rates by about 4.8 perce

Mexico has been spurning potential oil sales in conjunction with the Organization of Petroleum Expor

The Houston businessman who wants to reopen the former Exxon Corp. refinery on Aruba received Wednes

Gasoline and distillate oil inventories continued to decline, according to the American Petroleum In

How do you react if a chap at an adjoining table in a restaurant starts commenting on a glass of win

Clifford H. Whitcomb was elected chairman of the Alliance of American Insurers for the 1987-88 term.

Saudi Arabia this week began operating a stock trading floor, described by financiers as a landmark

The local banking sector appears to have recovered from a two-year battle against sluggish growth an

The effects of recent regulatory changes may help to brighten the long-term outlook for sales of hea

Diablo Canyon Unit 1 Expected at Full PowerSAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - The Unit 1 reactor at D

Circle Express Inc. of Indianapolis reported net income of $837,000, or 18 cents a share, on revenue

Puget Sound Power & Light Co. promoted several executives. The utility elected John W. Ellis chairma

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

Crown Zellerbach Sets Move Across the BayOne of the city's oldest companies, Crown Zellerbac

Reforms to allow the first low-interest mortgages in China to encourage people to buy their own home

MetLife HealthCare Network, part of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., has taken the first step in

The Urban Mass Transportation Administration raised questions about the safety of the ventilation sy

The Federal Maritime Commission gave up a two-year effort to clarify tariff- filing issues involving

France's state-controlled coal company, Charbonnages de France, is accelerating a plan to close down

Novo Industri A/S, based in Bagsvaerd, Denmark, reported flat first quarter net income of 122 millio

Boeing officials say the only way it could sell 36 jetliners for $2.1 billion to its largest custome

Business groups are being rebuffed in their quest for private managementof Mexico's ports, but the d

Early May sales of domestic cars fell 28.5 percent from the same period a year ago, while combined s

U.S. financial institutions will have a hard time competing in the global capital market unless this

A sales tax plan blamed for local election setbacks to Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone's ruling par

Petroleum Heat and Power Co. reported first quarter net income increased to $11.0 million, or 74 cen

The litigation explosion in certain trendy fields has affected the availability of insurance in thos

The Reagan administration hopes Japan intends to honor its promises to provide "fair, open and trans

GTECH Signs Pact For Lottery TerminalsPROVIDENCE, R.I. - GTECH Corp. said it signed an agree

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

Wed., May 13, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The Transportation Dept. is not expected to decide until December whether to approve the $1.65 billi

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is reminding chemical companies handling certain extremely