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South Korea's four major automobile makers plan to double their combined production capacity to 3.42

A British company has developed a microprocessor-controlled glass toughening plant that can cope wit

The U.S. International Trade Commission is trying to find out what would happen to U.S. industries a

In a fragile compromise, major car rental companies have agreed to support legislation that would ba

SWEDISH SALMON BAN NOT LINKED TO ALGAELars Romert, spokesman for the Swedish Embassy in Wash

South Korea's food processors and manufacturers of food processing equipment plan to make their firs

Misguided government efforts to rein in Brazil's rampant inflation also couldput a tighter r

The National Shoe Fair of America. Leading international footwear manufacturers will show off the la

SOUTH KOREAN EXPORTS JUMPED 18 PERCENT IN JULYSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea exported $5.1

The Soviet Union will buy computer software to automate city governments and create databases of his

The House Tuesday passed compromise nuclear insurance legislation designed as a compromise between H

The New York Insurance Department has established an insurance assistance program for operators of f

Facing budget shortages that could confront a new administration with painful choices next year, Con

A federal judicial panel is expected to rule this month on whether the nearly 40 lawsuits - both pub

HOME GROUP INCOME OFF SHARPLY IN QUARTERThe Home Group Inc. reported operating income of $14

Insurance regulators in the Midwest still are following the trail left by Chubb Group of Insurance C

An insurance brief appearing in the Aug. 2 editions of The Journal of Commerce incorrectly reported

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Commodity Research Bureau: CRB Futures Index 6A* Albert Kraus - Wa

ILL. REGULATOR SUSPENDS INSURER'S LICENSESPRINGFIELD, Ill. - The Illinois Insurance Departme

At Workers Hotel No. 6 near the Ursus tractor plant on the outskirts of Warsaw, men mill in the lobb

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., Syracuse N.Y., said it paid about $13.94 a barrel for No. 6, fuel oil, 1

ASHLAND OIL INC. (Ashland, Ky.) - Robert T. McCowan, vice chairman for external affairs, retired Mon

NUI Corp. is looking forward to more acquisitions in the gas utility business after completing the m

Iowa Electric Light & Power Co. reported a 3.6 percent increase in kilowatt- hour electricity sales

AEP UNITS STUDY SALE, LEASE-BACK OF PLANTCOLUMBUS, Ohio - Indiana Michigan Power Co. and AEP

Expanding markets for Texas' natural gas - especially in New England and the upper Middle Atlantic -

Prices of industrial machinery and equipment rose more in the first half of this year than in any si

California's avowedly free-trade governor said Monday he supports the revamped omnibus trade bill go

August 1, 1988 This table shows the vessels scheduled to call at United States and Canadian

This year's orders for Boeing Co. commercial jets are expected to climb to an all-time record of $20

OIL COMPANIES RAISE WTI POSTINGS 50 CENTSShell Oil Co. said it raised its posted buying pric

China on Monday enacted a law that ends direct state controls over enterprises and gives factory man

Cargo space on Asia-bound flights is becoming harder to get at SanFrancisco International Airport, a

The down-sizing of Eastern Air Lines was preordained 2 1/2 years ago. Perhaps even earlier.

Boeing Co. reported second quarter income of $160 million, or $1.05 a share, on revenue of $4.7 bill

JOHNSON & JOHNSON (New Brunswick, N.J.) - Marvin E. Jaffe was appointed president of the newly creat

James Roe has joined The Journal of Commerce as vice president-systems, a new position, responsible

AMERICAN CYANAMID ACQUIRES CONAP INC.WAYNE, N.J. - American Cyanamid Co. acquired Olean, N.Y

In this city it is not very startling for private groups or industries to come calling for federal a

Consumption of bleach chemicals in North America is forecast to increase from 6.6 billion to 10 bill