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Waterways Bill Signed WASHINGTON - President Reagan signed a $16.3 billion water projects bi

A study by the Agriculture Department concludes that the partial embargo on sales of grain to the So

The city of Chicago hoped that a 1984 ban on the sale of leaded gasoline would improve air quality.<

Tacoma Boatbuilding Posts 3rd Quarter ProfitTacoma Boatbuilding Co. reported a third quarter

Compagnie Francaise du Petrole, or Total-CFP, is maintaining its 1987 exploration budget for France

A bipartisan group of House members warned the Defense Department that it will carefully monitor the

More than 100 years after Commodore Matthew Perry opened Japanese ports to world trade, the Chicago

More large manufacturers are reaching customers through distributors and other middlemen rather than

Funeral services will be held today at 12 noon at Riverside Memorial Chapel, 76th Street and Amsterd

Anti-lock brake legislation is bearing down on the trucking industry, and truckers say they see it a

A researcher who discovered what could be the first effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease says

The Ivan Boesky insider-trading case will cut into stock trading based on takeover rumors but is unl

Monday, Nov. 17, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Federal Aviation Administration officials say full safety enforcement may be impossible, and the Air

The latest monthly figures on business inventories and use of production capacity continue to suppor

The Ohio Valley Coal Operators, St. Clairsville, Ohio, filed unfair labor practice charges against t

A cooperative formed by 300 longshoremen has written to Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney prote

The Chicago and North Western Transportation Co. established a new marketing research department.

TNT Ltd.'s $29-a-share offer for Airborne Freight Corp. is the first move in what could be one of th

People facing surgery should have their own blood collected in advance to provide the safest transfu

Rewarded attempts to negotiate an International Sugar Agreement with economic provisions remains a d

After reaching its greatest success in 30 years, China's largest export outlet now plans to test unc

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

UTA French Airlines is well-established in the Paris-Africa market, but company officials see the gr

U.S. exports to Hong Kong slumped in September, dragging the United States off its long-time perch a

Indonesia Trade Team To Visit MaltaJAKARTA, Indonesia - President Suharto has agreed to send

In a setback for environmentalists, a judge has refused to block construction of an air cargo facili

Year-old Middle East airline Emirates is planning to expand its operations into both Europe and the

The Union Pacific Corp. formally requested government approval of its plans to acquire the Missouri-

The flurry of government reports issued Friday or due this week contain warning signals about future

The Journal of Commerce promoted three top executives, Don C. Becker, publisher and president, anno

The government of Indonesia is raising the price of oil exports to Japan and says it will join Saudi

Downhill skiing, a $162 million recreational industry in the state, may be jeopardized by the liabil

Consolidation Coal Co., Pittsburgh, renamed two coal mines in Illinois, after announcing it closed t

The European Parliament voted to cancel 8.1 million European currency units (US$8.1 million) in fina

TRADE SMITHKLINE-BECKMAN CORP. (Philadelphia) - Hachiro Koyama, Japanese industrialist and c

User fees will likely remain a controversial issue for the nation's barge industry despite the new h

An anti-fraud group led by the insurance industry is meeting to design a new communications network

GENERAL NEWSThree top executives were promoted by The Journal of Commerce. Page 1A Economi

The director of planning for Lambert-St. Louis International Airport said the problem of airport noi