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Property and casualty firms in Canada more than doubled profit in the first nine months of 1986, con

Harper Group, a San Francisco-based transportation concern, and Yamashita- Shinn ihon Steamship Co.

For followers of stock market "indicators," one of the busiest times of the year is at hand.

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

Pennwalt Corp. acquired Pharmasol Corp., a specialized aerosol developer and manufacturer in Easton,

A decision last week to scrap a decade-old, self-imposed ceiling on military spending has generated

Japan's agriculture minister ordered a review of Japan's food control system aimed at lowering price

The National Dairy Board, which is financed by the nation's milk producers, says one of its 1987 pro

Baker Says Fed Policy 'Is Quite Adequate'Treasury Secretary James Baker endorsed the Federal

A strike by French seamen and port personnel in effect since mid-December was called off after the g

The European Community Commission has approved development grants totaling 53.3 million European Cur

Amtrak, the government-subsidized passenger railroad, began service in 1971 after several private ra

ICC Blocks B&O Plan To Abondon TrackThe Interstate Commerce Commission blocked the Baltimore

Atlantic Richfield Corp. will pay New York state $6 million as a partial settlement for the environm

Ingersoll-Rand Co. and Dresser Industries Inc. formed the Dresser-Rand Co., a 50-50 joint venture pr

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

PPG Industries announced the acquisition of Mazer Chemicals Inc. of Gurnee, Ill., a manufacturer and

Demand For BenzeneStrengthensThe market for benzene continues on an upward trend as

GENERAL NEWS The Reagan administration can expect help from Congress on the budget, like it

US Pushes '87 Summit WASHINGTON - The White House renewed President Reagan's invitation to S

President Reagan's new budget recommends spending $350 million more over five years for projects dem

A leak of a dangerous chemical from one of 27 derailed cars in a Conrail freight train was plugged a

Significant premium increases last year helped the property and casualty insurance industry to produ

A hand-lettered sign on the door of the darkened store announces that the foreign-currency food shop

The second 24-hour strike in a week by ground crew of Spain's domestic airline Aviaco Monday forced

Premier Nikolai I. Ryzhkov, in a new effort to attract foreign customers for satellite launches, sai

The property/casualty industry was asked to provide more "quality control" to improve the credibilit

Having spent most of the last two weeks changing as much local currency as possible into U.S. dollar

The Chicago Board of Trade traded more than 100 million futures contracts in 1986, setting new excha

Industrial uses of corn increased from 7 percent of the crop in 1975 to 13 percent in 1985.

A West Coast charter operator offering short trips on the Concorde has postponed more than half the

Managers at the log-exporting port of Grays Harbor, after slicing $36 million from the expected cost

The Bahamian tanker Galerie was hit by missiles from an Iraqi warplane Jan. 2. The 66,113-gr

President Reagan proposed a 12 percent increase in spending on aviation programs in fiscal 1988, but

About 2,200 containers of cargo have been unloaded from the three United States Lines ships arrested

A flatbed trailer truck rolled through this hamlet carrying an 85-foot-long cylinder with the words

Certified Air Freight, which has operated People Express Airlines' cargo service for the past two ye

During a break in OPEC's latest meeting, the oil ministers of traditional enemies Saudi Arabia and I

Emery Chemicals announced a major expansion and updating of its solvent separa tion facilities at it

Scriba would appear to be a typical rural U.S. town. It is mostly residential with a dozen or so sma