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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

Delta Air Lines said Tuesday it disagreed with Eastern Airlines' proposal to reduce sharply the volu

Queen Elizabeth II bid bon voyage Wednesday to a fleet of replica tall ships re-enacting the epic, 1

Leaseway Shareholders To Vote on MergerLeaseway Transportation Corp. shareholders will vote

Forged steel crankshafts from West Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom are being dumped in the Uni

South Africa's chemical industry, the economy's largest manufacturing sector, so far has been relati

More Charges Due On Insider ScandalMore people will be charged this summer as part of the fe

Little progress was made during last week's talks in Canton on a new textile agreement with China, s

The chairman of Matson Navigation Co. says he believes there'll be only one winner in the fight betw

Their summit talks over, Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and President Reagan face daunting challen

The coastal Chinese province of Jiangsu above Shanghai will mount a week-long investment seminar beg

In a story published on May 4 relating the purchase of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.'s high-density

Japanese Firm Marks First Loss in 27 YearsVictor Co. of Japan (JVC) has suffered its first u

A U.S. trade official said measures to eliminate grain export subsidies were tied to reforming the G

An oil exploration group working in Israel said Wednesday it would would spend $7.8 million, mainly

Shipping links between Australia and China will be further strengthened when an Australian shipping

The owners of a ship damaged by U.S.-planted mines in a Nicaraguan port are seeking a new hearing af

Amid signs that some employees are growing disenchanted with his leadership, C. Edward Acker, chairm

Emery Says Shipments, Weight Rose in AprilWILTON, Conn. - Emery Air Freight Corp. reported A

The Maritime Transport Overseas Group confirmed Wednesday that its subsidiary, BCR Lines, has suspen