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The domestic market will ease restrictions on cigarettes, wine and beer produced in the United State

Two consumer groups, saying the federal government hasn't been tough enough on states that let motor

Australia's wool industry has made a dramatic comeback to support the country's exports, but its fut

Federal regulation of the insurance business could prove economically harmful," a New York lawmaker

NORTH COMES SOUTH: Canada is bidding to raise its profile in Singapore with a trade and investment c

Aetna Life & Casualty Co. says Connecticut tort reform is a major factor in its decision not to seek

If NASA is to rebuild successfully the United States' splintered space program, much of the repair w

GENERAL NEWSBusiness economists project moderate growth and higher inflation in 1987, with l

The airline that's said repeatedly it is content to be a Northeast regional carrier announced it is

SFSP NOTES: Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. today will ask the Interstate Commerce Commission to ta

An Agriculture Department livestock economist says the nation's cattle inventory continues to declin

Rice production forecasts for Thailand for 1986-87 (January-December) have been reduced to 18 millio

Iran was forced to increase its imports of refined petroleum products to some 300,000 barrels a day

The Standard Oil Co. formed Standard Oil Finance, a unit of the company organized as a profit center

Rhode Island's state Energy Assistance Office next month will begin a three- year program aimed at h

WASHINGTON - The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of c

BASF made a major move into the national brand antifreeze-coolant market with the acquisition of the

A 137-day strike, estimated to have cost the province's economy more than C$2 billion, ended here th

Slim Economic Growth Expected in MalaysiaKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's economy is expe

The relative" effects of tort reform on commercial insurance losses are the subject of two studies b

U.S. Sen. Frank Murkowski and H.P. Goldfield, assistant commerce secretary, urged Japan to allow mo

A sharp rise in industry's costs during November has rekindled worries about Britain's inflation pro

Freight handled at the port of Dover in the first 10 months of 1986 totaled 8.2 million metric tons,

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

China will increase its auditing of major enterprises next year in an attempt to stop fraud, waste,

If trading partners fail to liberalize policies, Congress is likely to pass veto-proof protectionist

Richard E. Lyng, agriculture secretary, will be in Brussels, Belgium, this week as a member of the U

Simultaneous mass termination of multiple conductors in flat cables used in complex electrical/elect

The domestic market will ease restrictions on cigarettes, wine and beer produced in the United State

There will be no navigational improvements to Portland, Maine's Fore River ship channel if a recomm

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

Monday, Dec. 8, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Although the island of Taiwan has virtually no local market for pleasure boats because security cons

The Beijing city government has issued temporary regulations allowing foreign-invested companies to

Slim Economic Growth Expected in MalaysiaKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's economy is expe

The Florida Insurance Department said it fined 47 insurance companies a total of $101,100, and order

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

Gates Agrees to Sell Stake in Gates LearjetGates Corp. said it signed a contract to sell its

Iveco Trucks of North America Inc. rolled out a new line of medium duty trucks in a bid to reclaim t

Stocks rose in active trading Monday, as renewed buying in blue-chip issues pushed the Dow Jones ave