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President Reagan will propose legislation designed to foil future home recording of compact discs an

A new beverage that combines passion fruit and other exotic fruit juices mixed with French cognac is

The average 1987 base price for the five major Japanese imports is $11,988, up $1,864 or 18 percent

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

House Speaker Jim Wright, D-Texas, doesn't like the way regulators have been handling problems in th

The Semiconductor Industry Association asked President Reagan to act at once against Japan for faili

Innovative Controls Shifts ManufacturingIn a move that bucks the current trend toward overse

U.S. economic growth will slip to a lackluster 2.3 percent pace this year before rebounding strongly

A federal agency recommended lifting some restraints on the Bell companies as a way to help improve

While new U.S. trade legislation this year seems assured, it may be less radical than previous versi

The United States begins 1987 with a towering $200 billion foreign debt and a fresh worry - for the

GENERAL NEWS U.S. economic growth will slip to a lackluster 2.3 percent pace this year befor

Talks to begin the new round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade negotiations stalled Mond

Coal companies and trading firms trying to gauge the transportation market should anticipate higher

The financially troubled West Indies Shipping Corp. is losing three of its shareholders. Th

Michael Schwab, appointed to the port of Los Angeles Board of HarborCommissione rs only six months a

Suez Canal Authority Considers IncentivesThe Suez Canal Authority says it is prepared to neg

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The top priority for New York State's utilities during the 1987 session of the state legislature is

Chinese Maize Imports Expected to IncreaseChina's 1986-87 maize imports are expected to rise

Bigger is getting to be not always better in the property and casualty business. The loss of

Legislation that could lead to mandatory acreage set-asides for major farm commodities was reintrodu

Lloyd's Underwriter Refuses to Pay ClaimsA leading Lloyd's of London marine insurance syndic

The Insurance Exchange of the Americas is tottering amid an investigation of possible fraud and mism

The Professional Insurance Mass-Marketing Association annual meeting will be held Feb. 8-11. Laguna

Nearly three out of 10 Americans held an unfavorable opinion of the auto and home insurance industry

A panel of the state Court of Appeal is weighing arguments in an unprecedented clergy malpractice su

Elkraft Amba, a major buyer of coal for utility consumption in Denmark, is playing down the signific

American General Profits FlatAmerican General Corp. reported fairly flat fourth quarter oper

Oil prices fell in Europe, despite a smooth start to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countri

February 6, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

A new hydrocracking unit for New Zealand Refining Co.'s Marsden Point plant has begun operation, Ray

Shell-California Production Inc. is moving its headquarters from Bakersfield to Houston, but company

Postings for spot natural gas sold on the Natural Gas Clearinghouse Inc. generally rose in February,

Mexico Appoints Pemex DirectorFrancisco Jose Rojas Gutierrez, a close associate of President

China Plans More Rules For Foreign InvestmentThe government is working out detailed rules fo

GENERAL NEWS The January employment report, one of the first major readings of the economy t

Eli Lilly's Profit Slipped in QuarterEli Lilly & Co. reported fourth quarter net income of $

China has replaced Britain as the third-largest foreign investor in Hong Kong's manufacturing indust

A worker at the San Onofre nuclear power plant was exposed to a small amount of radiation and a plan