Latest news

GENERAL NEWSThe Journal of Commerce price index for industrial materials points to more infl

Alan J. Herbert, insurance editor at The Journal of Commerce, died Saturday, Feb. 28. He was 55.

A Philippine delegation began informal meetings Monday with creditor banks prior to what are expecte

Aircraft Purchase Eyed NEW YORK - American Airlines, having just negotiated a three-year con

With champagne and sprays of flowers, the mayor of San Francisco and the deputy governor of Guangdon

New regulations issued by South Korea mean a sharp curtailing of incentives to foreign investors and

The chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee proposes a tough, new approach to

Six months ago, South African newspapers were carrying a growing number of small advertisements plac

Following a path set by their economic power, Japanese leaders are branching out into new corners of

A senior Reagan administration official asked Japan to remove restrictions on farm product imports o

President Reagan's selection of former Republican Senate leader Howard Baker to be his new chief of

Recent price movements of industrial raw materials point to more consumer inflation ahead but probab

Seventy-four pilot cities empowered to streamline their administrations, invigorate enterprises and

Southern California's maritime community is worried about a proposed requirement that most ships ber

The stock market began March trading more like a lamb than a lion Monday, wavering uncertainly betwe

Foreign exchange analysts claim the currency market, fearing central bank intervention, has been int

Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's maiden budget prompted a sharp fall on Indian stock markets and wides

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

The takeover of financially ailing Purolator Courier Corp. by an E.F. Hutton Group subsidiary and th

One of the colony's most aggressive Chinese entrepreneurs, with record profits for his two primary v

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

Bond Brokerage Stake Sold to British GroupThe Bank of New York Co. and the management group

Monday, March 2, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Robert Maxwell, Britain's Socialist tycoon, is reaching out through takeovers in a multibillion-doll

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

Two members of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange have been expelled for trading violations, while thre

Producer members of the International Coffee Organization are discussing Colombia's compromise plan

The United States has a pivotal role to play in restoring the price of tin to acceptable levels, the

CSCE Revises Margins For Coffee ContractsThe Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange is revising it

March 2, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Farmland Industries Inc. announced it had broken off merger/consolidation talks with Land O'Lakes an

European spot oil prices tumbled below $16 a barrel Monday, reversing last week's rally, in spite of

For the first time in its history, Portland-based Northwest Natural Gas Co. has started pumping gas

Canadian Companies Reduce Oil PostingsCALGARY, Alberta - Petro-Canada and Shell Canada Ltd.

A Sun Co. subsidiary will open an operations office in Libreville, Gabon, and begin offshore explora

The chairman of the Massachusetts Public Utilities Commission says Boston Edison Co. needs a new chi

Nigerian officials are forging ahead with plans for a scaled-down $4 billion liquefied natural gas p

UtiliCorp United has closed its acquisition of West Virginia Power from Dominion Resources for appro

Sun Chemical Corp. will lose its leased pigments manufacturing facility in Huntingue, France, and is

ICI to Boost Capacity For Resins at NC PlantICI Americas Inc. announced a multimillion-dolla