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Hercules Inc. appointed Harwick Chemical Corp., Akron, Ohio, as its distributor for key peroxide and

China is so upset over "exploitation" by foreign automakers that it wants car parts to be made in Ch

Yang Ming Line, the ocean carrier owned by the government of Taiwan, is likely to join the growing l

Europe's auto industry has finally pulled out of its long skid. After a half-decade of painf

Top Stories The tumble of oil prices has taken its toll on coal technology proposals as the

Polar BEAR Satellite Will Do ExperimentsVANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - A satellite that

Japanese Ministry Fears Coal CollapseJapan's coal industry faces collapse because of the gov

IFAD$5 million from the international fund for agricultural development in credits for fish

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

Work parties and four dredges continue to clear the Panama Canal of one of its biggest landslides,

The U.S. Court of Appeals here dismissed another suit against the shipping industry by Marshall P. S

Many residents of New Jersey's cities will be shut out from obtaining automobile insurance if propos

Here in the "oil patch," even multimillionaires like Clayton Williams and his wife, Modesta, are hur

In a city-wide crackdown on automobile insurance fraud, police arrested 55 people, including a feder

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

Hertz Penske Truck Leasing Inc. strengthened its role as the nation's second largest truck lessor wi

Business Data WASHINGTON - Figures on business inventories for September and factory capacit

The stock market is "torn betwixt and between" and unable to mount any sustainable rally, but "doesn

Hopes for a contract settlement were still alive in Philadelphia and Baltimore as talks between the

Coal Technology '86, the 9th International Coal Utilization & Transportation Conference & Exhibition

Two Alaskan non-vessel-operating common carriers should have to pay much steeper penalties than the

A top Maritime Administration official said it is realizing 30 cents to 40 cents on the dollar in di

What happens in the wheat fields of the Soviet Union often translates into good or bad news for U.S.

When Volkswagen do Brasil late this month ships its first shipment of new cars to be marketed in th

Brazil is opening one of the world's last great agricultural frontiers, a huge region on its central

Charles Schwab, who wants to buy back the discount brokerage company he founded and sold to BankAmer

Cyprus Minerals Co. said it has collected $20 million held in escrow as a guarantee of LTV Steel Co.

The Argentine government has signed two exploration and production deals with private oil companies

Home Group Withdraws Re Unit Stock SaleHome Group Inc. said it's withdrawing its proposed pu

Interest rates may tick upward, at least temporarily, unless some new, unforeseen development alters

Transax/Rates, a maritime information subsidiary of The Journal of Commerce, appointed a national te

Top Stories This may be the time for Lloyd's of London to take advantage of a turnaround in

Japan's decision to cut its coal production by more than a third over the next five years is not exp

A tract of land in New York harbor that was once going to be used for coal exports may be used for a

Lamb producers in the United States and Canada have voiced concerns about Australian lamb exports, b

The latest case in the recent spate of combinations between general cargo stevedoring companies in t

Duff & Phelps Upgrades Navistar InternationalCHICAGO, - Duff & Phelps said it upgraded the l

Japan asked the United States to be patient in its call for Japan to halt alleged "dumping" of semic

Spurred on by a strong yen and attractive rate of return, Japanese investment in U.S. real estate is

Newport News Yard Lays Off 1,250 WorkersNEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Newport News Shipbuilding said i