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Union Texas Selling Interest in PropertiesUnion Texas Petroleum reported that it has agreed

The New York Power Authority urged the state government to provide legislation enabling the utility

Oil prices slipped below $15 a barrel at the close of trading Friday amid signs that Kuwait and Saud

The federal government must spur the development of long-term care insurance and catastrophic health

Michigan Firms Eyeing Corporate ProtectionK mart Corp., Federal Mogul Corp. and several othe

William Creelman, deputy maritime administrator, made his audience pay particular attention during a

The U.S. marine insurance industry returned to profitability in 1985 despite an array of obstacles t

GENERAL NEWSPersonal income rose 0.4 percent in October, the largest increase since April.

US Urged to Reject Soviet World Bank BidU.S. Rep. Jack Kemp, R-N.Y., has written to Treasury

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

SSA Offers Incentive For Damage ReductionStevedoring Services of America has introduced a da

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

The U.S. dollar moved slightly higher against major foreign currencies Thursday, although it was not

Conditional approval by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board of Sumitomo Bank'spurchase of a minor

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

A top Mexican oil official expressed hope that higher and more stable world oil prices could result

The stock market scored its first broad advance after the Ivan Boesky insider trading scandal as blu

Experts from OPEC member countries convened Thursday to prepare a conference of oil ministers in Gen

The vice chairman of Norfolk Southern Corp. looked down the track and saw more large multi-modal com

Crude oil production in the lower 48 states fell in October to levels of the 1950s, the American Pet

Navistar International Corp., a maker of heavy- and medium-duty trucks, reported a net loss of $50 m

A 30-year-old former computer analyst is general manager of the first short- line railway in Canada

The U.S. heavy truck industry is looking at the idea of a global truck with much the same hope as th

Santa Fe to Record Pretax Charge in QuarterCHICAGO - Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. expects

This could be a classic "which came first, the chicken or the egg" case. A few years ago there cert

Airborne Freight Corp. rejected a $29 a share, or $172 million takeover bidfrom TNT Ltd., an

Inflight Services Inc. said it filed a petition in federal court in Manhattan for reorganization und

The Air Transport Association is aiming to make the task of scanning catalogs and typing purchase or

The Interstate Commerce Commission dismissed a coal rate dispute between the Atchison, Topeka & Sant

Transportes Aeroes Portugueses-Air Portugal, or TAP, the Portuguese state- controlled carrier, is se

FAA Will Order L-1011 InspectionsThe Federal Aviation Administration said it would order ins

The impending demise of Flying Tiger did not come as a surprise to the head of one international for

Portugal's entry into the Common Market earlier in the year is likely to tip the balance in favor of

W.R. Grace & Co. announced it has begun trial production of catalysts at its recently completed plan

U.S. negotiators are to wind up a two-day visit to Brazil today aimed at preventing a possible reser

Owens-Corning Plans to SellDivisionOwens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. and Sterling Faucet

The Federal Maritime Commission soon will receive a solid recommendation to proceed with automating

The Calcutta Port Trust is planning a new container facility that would be able to handle the port's

The St. Lawrence Seaway Authority has confirmed a series of closing dates for the Seaway season.

The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. seems to be in a better position to face its costly lock r