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Babcock and Wilcox Wins DOE ContractsBabcock and Wilcox, a major operating unit of McDermott

A report on longshoremen's container-handling rules at the port of Vancouver is likely to be complet

The U.S. government still hasn't decided how to handle the refunding, due to begin April 1, of the U

As expected, Reagan administration legislative proposals sent to Congress Thursday would sharply inc

Hanjin Container Lines confirmed that the Hanjin Incheon is "presumed lost at sea," and the South Ko

Nationwide Suspends Auto Rate Hike in Pa.COLUMBUS, Ohio - Nationwide Insurance said it is su

Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co. said that it had changed its relationship with most of its agents, ad

THE INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS of Texas in Austin is advising members to be prepared just in case

Ten syndicates on the Miami insurance exchange have agreed to file for voluntary rehabilitation in a

The Bank of Japan has decided to lower its official discount rate by half a percentage point effecti

Making use of a new tax treaty with the United States, Barbados is hoping to host up to 200 U.S.-ow

Restrictions on issuance of Euroyen bonds will be eased over the next few months, possibly as soon a

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

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

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

The U.S. dollar edged upward Thursday, rising on reports of a Group of Seven meeting and revised gro

Venezuela Seeks to Cut Foreign Debt PaymentsCARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's chief negotiato

President Reagan announced plans to nominate Ronald Cass, a Boston University law professor, to the

Inflationary pressures from the dollar's decline can be kept from spreading throughout the economy,

Insurance stocks moved higher but oil issues gave ground Thursday as the stock market struggled to p

By the year 2010, cars may travel routinely at 130 miles an hour over long hauls without need for a

The investment concern that acquired Lear Siegler Inc. for $2.1 billion said it will sell six of the

The first shipments of U.S. cigarettes, beer and wine are en route to Taiwan under a market-opening

Medi-Cal Proposal Reaches AssemblyAn $18.7 million bill to prevent a 10 percent cut in fees

The United States shouldn't blame its trade problems on other countries, the European Community's am

A judge is considering whether a West German industrialist manipulated invoices for $6 million worth

Japan may be underestimating the determination of Congress to correct the massive trade imbalance, R

Pressure on South Korea to liberalize its markets is beginning to appear from other Asian trading pa

A former official of Mitsubishi Bank of California and its Japanese parent was charged with embezzli

EC Hits Japan Copiers With New 20 percent DutyBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community has

A senior official of the European Community sharply criticized the U.S.-Japanese accord concerning p

The first shipments of U.S. cigarettes, beer and wine are en route to Taiwan under a market-opening

Pressure on South Korea to liberalize its markets is beginning to appear from other Asian trading pa

Finance Ministry officials denied reports that Mexico plans to punish banks not contributing to a ne

JUST WHEN GROWTH SEEMED ON TRACK, the economy provided an unwelcome reminder of how fragile it can b

The U.S. economy grew at a sluggish 1.3 percent annual rate in the final three months of 1986, even

Japan may be underestimating the determination of Congress to correct the massive trade imbalance, R

Mutual of Omaha Cos. named new top management for two of its principal affiliates. John D. M

Arrow Creditors OK Reorganization PlanArrow Air's creditors' committee has agreed in princip

Malaysian financier Tan Sri Khoo presented creditors with a proposal to repay liabilities of the sca