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The Reagan administration is due to report to Congress by Jan. 19 on whether it intends to renew a n

Shortly after taking office in 1981, President Reagan named a group of 27 high-powered businessmen

Hilton to Manage Hotel in BeijingHilton International Co. said an agreement has been signed

OILING FEWER WHEELS: The ramifications of OPEC's deliberations and the oil market's machinations are

Hopes for a last-minute year-end rally by the stock market faded Monday as the market drifted downwa

Selling Amtrak's heavily traveled Northeast Corridor line, a proposal the Reagan administration is e

U.S. oil drilling equipment manufacturers are using a variety of strategies to market their surplus

The volume of laid-up tonnage has fallen to the lowest level for five years, according to Lloyd's of

Top officials of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party increased the fiscal 1987 national defense

The European Commission Monday said it plans to pursue its complaint under international trading rul

Cameroon's fast-growing port of Douala is to boost investment outlay during the next few years to in

World milk production is up about 1 percent this year and is expected to level off in 1987, accordin

Solvent farm banks in the Northeast and Texas are headed to court to argue for a limit on how much

With fewer federal safety agents inspecting factories, some state and local prosecutors have begun u

Sales of existing homes continued to boom as the year ended, driving up the sales of homeowners insu

The Reagan administration's soon-to-be released federal budget begs forcomparison with the T

Calif. Seat Belt Law Seen Having ImpactCalifornia drivers are buckling up in record numbers

Entering 1987, the deck is stacked against U.S. coal exporters, whose fortunes rode high in the earl

Shipping Prices Help FirmMusk MarketThe market for synthetic musks is reported to ha

Teofilo Named Trade Group'sNew ChairmanThomas N. Teofilo was elected chairman of the

Spending on Japan's program to send its first astronaut aboard a U.S. space shuttle will be cut in

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

The leadership of Yasuhiro Nakasone is certain to be severely tested by stormy legislative sessions

The quick and skillful action of crewmembers on a New York harbor tug averted what could have been a

Tomoko Nagamine carefully punched the numbers into her calculator, totaled them and, as she usually

The Australian government has set up a series of committees to improve efficiency on the waterfront.

The $170 million in cash Onex Capital Corp. of Toronto agreed to pay for Purolator Courier Corp.'s p

At a time when the maritime industry probably needs Washington representation most, it has become le

The insurance industry will continue pressing its fight for tort reform in state legislatures in 198

Industry analysts hope Argentina and Holland are on the way to settling their lengthy dispute over d

Yugoslavia's Parliament adopted the 1987 economic plan that only expresses hopes for containing runa

A single maritime company with a handful of ships and barges is making nearly as much money as all o

Indonesia Sees Increase In Fish Export EarningsJAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia earned $197.8

The stock market is winding down a year that has seen a gain of roughly 25 percent in the Dow Jones

Traffic through the port of Vancouver could nudge 60 million metric tons in 1987, challenging a hand

Airbus A340 to Have New Type EngineAirbus Industrie, the rapidly expanding European commerci

Cologne Re of America Has Surplus Beefed UpSTAMFORD, Conn. - Cologne Reinsurance Co. of Amer

Health-care needs for the nation's elderly will rise dramatically at the dawn of the 21st century as

Almost a third of Soviet enterprises have failed to meet their contract commitments under the nation

The $18-a-barrel goal of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is only a minimum price s