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The U.S. General Accounting Office says the impact of the insurance industry's new commercial genera

Salomon Bros. Inc., the New York securities firm, is revising upward its estimate of earnings per sh

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

Britain, although a major European coal producer, remains a net importer of coal, recent figures rel

McDonnell Douglas Corp.'s newest baby, the wide-bodied MD-11, has scored its third Asian sales succe

THE OUTER LIMITS may be the next stop for economic policy. So far, policy has been traveling

Gerhard Jerry Frey, 76, comptroller for The Journal of Commerce for 27 years, died on New Year's Eve

The Reagan administration announced sharply reduced benefits for Taiwan, Brazil, Korea and Mexico un

The Department of Transportation's public counsel recommended that rights for the first dedicated sm

McDonnell Douglas Corp. will announce soon it will build an aircraft assembly plant in Macon, it was

For the week ended Dec. 13, 1986, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equ

Prices have plummeted, energy companies are consolidating, the economies in the energy belt are deva

Supplies of distillate fuel oil and gasoline stocks rose, according to the American Petroleum Insti

European wine exports have felt the punch of the tainted wine scandals that shook consumers' confide

The U.S. bankruptcy court issued a preliminary injunction against GAC Marine and levied a fine of $5

Du Pont Sells BusinessTo ReemayE.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. completed the sale of i

Air cargo handled at the seven airports managed by the British Airports Authority (BAA) increased by

IMF HAITI - Approximately US$25 million from the International Monetary Fund in support of t

The steep fall in oil prices and the dollar should help maintain non- inflationa ry industrial growt

Fina Oil and Chemical Co. completed its previously announced purchase of the oil and gas properties

Borden Trades Wyler For Lipton Noodle UnitBorden Inc. said Tuesday it had exchanged its Wyle

The pace of privatization in France should accelerate early in 1987 with the sale to the public of o

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

Blame it on the Sunday drivers. Rising automobile insurance costs for families are beginning

About 8.3 million front-wheel drive General Motors cars are the focus of a reopened and expanded gov

On the final day of foreign exchange trading in 1986, the U.S. dollar fell to another new low agains

DHL Worldwide Adds 6 Far East DestinationsREDWOOD CITY, Calif. - DHL Worldwide Express, the

Gin drinkers who resisted making a New Year's resolution to give up their favorite tipple should sta

Suriname Aluminum Co. is concerned about its idle bauxite mines, which have been shut down for a mon

Mobil Oil Corp. announced that its affiliate, Mobil Producing Nigeria, discovered a northwestern ext

There is reason to believe that the Norwegian company K/S Norjarl A/S will cancel the contract for a

In these days of heavy promotion and hype, it would seem impossible to maintain a low profile and a

Merrill Lynch and IBM End Financial ServiceMerrill Lynch & Co. and International Business Ma

GENERAL NEWSThe Commerce Department expects 1987 to be as good a year as 1986 for industry.

Spain's national railway system, Renfe, is suffering heavy losses in passenger and freight revenue d

The mild winter so far in the U.S. Midwest has raised concerns in some wheat trading circles that th

Flying Tiger Names TwoTo New PostsFlying Tiger Line Inc., a subsidiary of Tiger Inte

Beefeater gin and Remy Martin cognac are among some of the top brands which could disappear from the

Coal reserves purchased by Chicagoan Fred Keady from Standard Oil Co. could be developed at a relati

Congressional delays in enacting highway spending legislation are disrupting projects throughout the