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The Federal Reserve Board's vice chairman said he is confident of achieving the necessary conditions

Chun to Step Down? SHANGHAI, China - Secretary of State George P. Shultz said he plans to as

A key congressman is accusing Federal Railroad Administrator John Riley of trying to make politics a

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, for long the butt of jokes in the international o

The Export-Import Bank announced a series of credit and guarantee policy changes designed to boost U

Brazil's halt on its interest payments to foreign banks and its tougher demands in debt talks could

Dwarfed by the Queen Elizabeth 2, with staterooms that cost a quarter-milliondollars a voyag

According to documents filed in court, the four companies that filed for bankruptcy protection on No

Five financial firms are asking a federal bankruptcy court to authorize a separate McLean Industries

The Federal Maritime Commission chairman said its long-awaited decision on stripping and stuffing sh

Abandoned Freighter Being Towed to HarborFALMOUTH, England - A tug towed an abandoned Danish

Delta Steamship Lines contends it is not liable for a payment of more than $4 million to the longsho

A pier-head jumper is a crewmember who joins his ship at the last minute - if not literally leaping

Syndicates in the troubled Insurance Exchange of the Americas in Miami might not resume underwriting

A potent lobbying effort on behalf of the elderly, led by Rep. Claude Pepper, D-Fla., is pushing the

Commercial Union Assurance Co., one of Britain's largest insurers, reported a pretax operating profi

The Senate Merchant Marine Subcommittee remains without a chairman. Sen. John Breaux, D-La.,

Transamerica Occidental Life Insurance Co. announced a definitive agreement to sell its Australian a

The first lawsuit to be filed against the New York State Public Health Council in connection with ne

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey's individual and small group business posted a $65 million

Japan Awards Victims Of US Military CrashThe Yokohama District Court ordered the Japanese go

A New Jersey congressman has called for the Legislature to investigate why the state doesn't use a m

A large percentage of Japanese investment capital has moved into the domestic stock and bond markets

The U.S. dollar moved toward the high end of its recent trading range Wednesday in light activity.

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Strong gains by auto, high-technology and oil issues enabled the stock market to break out of its re

There is little concern among Britain's banks that Brazil's deterioratingfinancial position

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

The Soviet Union is likely to step up its borrowings in the international capital markets over the n

Large-scale farms are gaining in numbers, and an Agriculture Department report says the trend is lik

Although the Agriculture Department has kept its 1986-87 U.S. (September- August ) corn export forec

Midwest Exchange To Trade OTC StocksCHICAGO - The Midwest Stock Exchange will become the fir

Speculators in takeover stocks should be specially registered and regulated by the Securities and Ex

Wed., March 4, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

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

It will take time to wean agriculture off many of the governmental subsidies and controls that have

Analysts have mixed opinions on the expected degree of producer participation in the recently announ

A graphic accompanying a report on British Airways in the Feb. 26 edition of the Journal of Commerce

March 4, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Upstate New York gasoline prices posted their first significant declines of the winter during the l