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Great Lakes maritime interests are outraged by what they consider to be an illegal diversion of PL-4

Wage rates at production-sharing plants along Mexico's northern border may increase in the coming ye

Recent changes in Soviet trade policies bode well for increased Sino-Soviet trade, one of China's mo

China's state-run insurance monopoly is breaking up, in keeping with the country's goal of economic

The Canadian government will try to make acid rain a major issue in the U.S presidential campaign by

The Justice Department is proposing new international antitrust guidelines that should help smooth U

Sea-Land Corp. announced the appointment of two new vice presidents in the marketing organization of

ITO Corp. and Delaware Operating Co., two of Philadelphia's major marine terminal/stevedoring compan

A microscope that selectively displays moving objects such as microbes - while blacking out the stat

Even party tricks hold scientific interest. A Towson State College chemistry professor is pl

Zapping pollen with electricity, a new technique being developed by two U.S. Department of Agricultu

Elocar Co., a joint venture of Union Carbide Corp. and Swiss Polymers Inc., is constructing a new fa

ISU Chemical Ltd. selected Union Carbide Corp./Shell Oil Co.'s Unipol PP process for its planned new

Reichhold Chemicals Inc. formed a new coating polymers and resins division comprised of the former N

The Argus division of Witco Corp. has raised the prices of Drapex 6.8 epoxidized soybean oil plastic

Production of crude glycerine and synthetic glycerine for April totaled 26.5 million pounds, down 1.

Grace Increases Glycerine PricesLEXINGTON, Mass. - W.R. Grace & Co.'s organic chemicals divi

Belgium's Solvay Plans US, Asian AquisitionsBRUSSELS, Belgium - Solvay, Belgium's largest ch

U.S. production of chlorine gas and chlorine liquid moved up in April 1988 compared with the year-ea

Houston's petrochemical industry is thriving on low oil prices, and the city's commercial real estat

Miners Protest Plans To Change Safety RulesUnion coal miners in Kentucky did not report Tues

Barrett to Supply Gas To Unocal FacilityBarrett Resources Corp., Denver, announced it signed

International bankers and businessmen said Tuesday that the stage was being set for the eventual cre

The Journal of Commerce's Industrial Price Index reached 100.1 Tuesday, the first time the index has

It happened in autos. It happened in steel. Could soup be the next U.S. industry to lose a big chunk

A farm women's group is asking a federal court here to hold Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng in co

Floods in Cuba's main sugar-growing regions are said to be disrupting the loading of sugar at Cuban

Disputes between the U.S. and Israeli governments are keeping trade growth between the two countries

JAPAN MAY LEVY TAX ON FUTURES TRADESTOKYO - Japan's Finance Ministry is considering levying

The United Nations Common Fund for Commodities, intended to provide back-up finance for commodity st

The chances are high that automatic spending cuts for fiscal 1989 will be required by the Gramm-Rudm

A strike at 20 sawmills in Washington and Oregon won't hurt lumber exports for the moment because of

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE ROSE SHARPLY IN MAYConsumers' confidence, buoyed by fatter paychecks, ro

U.S. demands that South Korea open its markets are straining S. Korean trade negotiators so much tha

Morgan Stanley International confirmed Tuesday that Bahrain-based Investcorp has bought a near-50 pe

China's reformist leaders now acknowledge that inflation is a serious problem, but insist they will

* JofC's Industrial Price Index Tops 100 4A * French Export Credit Agency Runs Short 5A* Jos

SHIPPING GETS ITS WAY IN BILL OF LADING FIGHTAfter months of disagreement, the U.S. Customs

The Virginia Port Authority expects to close its $110 million bond issue for various port expansion

American Ship Building Co. announced that workers at its Tampa shipyard facility overwhelmingly appr