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Not all are sure they'll like it. But legislators are anxious to hear New Jersey Gov. James J. Flori

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL PAYS FINES TO NY STATENew York Superintendent of Insurance James P. C

Beside buying large quantities of U.S. lumber, Japanese industry is reshaping the world's liner ship

U.S. cotton production will increase this season over last and, not surprisingly, cotton prices are

Only a miracle-worker is missing from the concerted salvage effort at the Monongahela River's Maxwel

JAPAN CHEMICAL WEEK OFFERS DIRECTORYA directory of Japanese and other Asian chemical firms i

U.S. importers and exporters nervous about using foreign banks now have an alternative: They can ope

The U.S. Customs Service is preparing to enact for the first time a regulation that will temporarily

Himont Inc. announced it had received a license from Sandoz Ltd. of Basel, Switzerland,to produce Sa

The Soviet Union has bought an additional 525,000 metric tons of U.S. wheat at subsidized prices for

Ethyl Corp., based in Richmond, Va., said it will expand capacity of ibuprofen at a plant in Orangeb

Genentech Inc., a leading biotechnology company that has foundered financially, reported earnings of

Karsten "Cash" Mahlmann was re-elected to a fourth consecutive one-year term as chairman of the Chic

JAPAN'S CARMAKERS DECRY EXPORT CURBSMajor Japanese carmakers said they wanted to abolish vol

A Navy frigate on its way to a shipyard for maintenance struck a Liberian- flag oil tanker anchored

State legislators from Broward County, Fla., will listen today to a request to abolish the Port Ev

Atlantic Container Line gave new titles to three top executives Wednesday, just one day after the re

Jan. 17, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The Town of Brookhaven will refund $20 million in property taxes to Long Island Lighting Co. for ove

Local heating oil dealers and major oil companies took advantage of record heating oil demands in th

DURING THE DECEMBER FREEZE AND THE RUN-UP OF FUEL OIL PRICES, The Journal of Commerce was bombarded

Petrobras, the state oil monopoly, reported no change in the strike situation Wednesday as Brazil's

Utilization rates at the nation's refineries rebounded from a decline caused by accidents and operat

Domestic oil production in 1989 took the steepest yearly fall in history, and petroleum imports rose

Texaco Trading and Transportation Inc. late Tuesday raised its posted price for West Texas Intermedi

The European Community Commission's attempt to break up Europe's powerful airline cartel is under th

General Electric Co.'s GE90 jet engine is designed for airplanes that will replace today's older gen

BA OFFICIAL SEEKS INDUSTRY LOBBY GROUPColin Marshall, British Airways deputy chairman, Wedne

Stock analysts laughed not too long ago when fund manager Roger Pyrke raised the possibility of esta

P&O Containers (TFL) Ltd. named Ole Sweedlund vice president of sales and marketing and also general

The Inter-American Freight Conference has reversed an earlier decision to drop its bill of lading fo

On a quiet residential street in Northeast Philadelphia, in a building resembling an elementary scho

One of the biggest single factors contributing to the widening trade deficit in November was an $895

From the ashes of bankrupt Smith & Kelly Co. has emerged a new ship agency company staffed by severa

A unanimous Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a doctrine restricting U.S. court review of foreign p

The U.S. trade deficit rose slightly in November, and forecasters are divided over the nation's trad

A confidential International Monetary Fund report has called on the United Kingdom to further tighte

International Business Machines Corp. announced fourth-quarter earnings fell 74 percent, largely bec

A new insurance law to be adopted by the end of this year should end the state monopoly on insurance

CBT AMENDS PROGRAM FOR DAY, NIGHT TRADINGThe board of directors of the Chicago Board of Trad