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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Wednesday approved trading in twofinancial futures

Osaka Stock Exchange will start trading in stock futures June 9, an exchange official said Wednesday

The Japanese Finance Ministry said it will allow Japanese financial institutions to deal in overseas

The nation's two largest futures exchanges say they are studying the possi bility of improper tradin

The London Metal Exchange proposed that a new company be set up to oversee the day-to-day running of

April 22, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Wednesday denied a bid for a one-mile emergency evac uation p

Across-the- board declines in gasoline prices gave motorists a welcome springbreak during th

Providence Energy Corp. announced plans to participate in the preliminary phases of the Champlain Pi

Mobil Corp. reported estimated earnings for the first quarter of 1987 of $252 million, or 62 cents a

BP Shareholders Approve AcquisitionShareholders of the British Petroleum Co. PLC voted to ap

Supplies of gasoline increased and distillate inventories declined during the week of April 17, acco

The New York Mercantile Exchange's planned introduction of heating oil options this summer reflects

Xerox Corp. said its Crum and Forster Inc.'s first quarter operating profit more than doubled to $47

Steel production rose to 1.727 million tons in the week ended April 18, an increase of 1.6 percent f

The merger of Hanjin Container Lines and Korea Shipping Corp., considered by many in the maritime in

Contract talks between West Coast longshoremen and shipping management are expected to start May 7.<

One-fourth of the workers are being laid off at the Seattle division of financially troubled Todd Sh

A doctor who runs a string of suburban allergy clinics has been sued under federal racketeering laws

Propeller Club Slates Convention EventsNeil L. Frank, director of the National Hurricane Cen

According to documents filed by Sea-Land Corp., retiring Joseph F. Abely Jr. will receive $1,150,000

The Supreme Court preserved the insurance company tax advantage that leads many companies to purchas

People applying for individual health insurance coverage in New York state would not be required to

Florida Insurance Commissioner Bill Gunter is proposing a mandatory self- insurance pool for the sta

The nation's ports are mounting an effort to head off protectionist provisions in foreign trade legi

Ga. Looks for Insurers To Embrace ReformsThe Georgia Insurance Department is looking for com

Longer Jail Terms Urged by GiulianiInsider trading can be deterred if the risk and consequen

Paul Gioia, removed by Gov. Mario Cuomo as chairman of the Public ServiceCommission, said We

New orders for durable goods from U.S. manufacturers rose strongly in March, led by a jump in milita

India has yet to decide if it will go ahead with the purchase of a U.S. supercomputer. The R

Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng described nearly a week of trade talks with Japan as a total fail

GENERAL NEWS Unions representing more than 600,000 postal workers told the U.S. Postal Servi

Getting government out of business is popular with many conservative leaders, who see state ownershi

GENERAL NEWS Unions representing more than 600,000 postal workers told the U.S. Postal Servi

The Senate will put off until next week any debate on the fiscal 1988 budget, Senate aides said.

Import Duties Sought On Japanese ForkliftsHyster Co. and four U.S. labor unions asked the go

Waterman Marine Corp., which last year became the first U.S.-flag carrier to emerge from Chapter 11

Analysts are asking three questions about what may be a billion-dollar blunder for the heavy truck

Opening the nation's largest round of labor negotiations this year, unions representing more than 60

Taiwan achieved more favorable terms in negotiating a one-year extension of a textile agreement with