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U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter continues to say it is premature to speculate on whether t

The Teamsters union and major trucking companies renegotiated their week-old labor contract, adding

Japan Will Try Again To Win Import AccordJapan will send a senior official from the Agricult

Reagan administration officials are taking a low-key approach while business officials appear more o

A strange new force is at work in the heavy truck industry for the first time in well over a decade.

As part of our continuing effort to promote U.S. exports, The Journal of Commerce has signed an agre

The U.S. economy will continue to expand at a steady to slightly stronger pace in the second quarter

The two leading contenders for the presidential nominations agree that the U.S. merchant marine need

More convenience foods and fewer bulk commodities mark the way ahead for U.S. agricultural exports t

The United States will ask for international arbitration today to force Japan and South Korea into r

Operating costs for U.S. nuclear plants are rising so fast that electric utilities may find it cheap

TOP STORIES: Israeli and Arab writers examine the state of the Middle East at the 40th anniv

Bill Bans Drilling In Chesapeake BayANNAPOLIS, Md. - Spurred by the increased interest shown

April 7, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Texaco Inc. officially ended a year under bankruptcy court protection Thursday, completing its epic

Ohio Plant to Use Clean Coal TechnologyBRILLIANT, Ohio - Ground has been broken for a $150 m

Pittston Coal Export Corp.'s 1988 coal supply contract with Japan's steel industry shapes up as a fa

Arch on the North Fork, a coal company with strip mine operations in Breathitt County, Ky., reached

NEW YORK - Ruco Polymer Corp. announced a 3-cent-a-pound increase on all polyester powder coating re

Chevron Chemical Co., a subsidiary of Chevron Corp., announced approval of engineering funds to expa

Research Industries Corp.'s medical subsidiary has acquired the assets to develop and manufacture a

Air Products & Chemicals Inc. is increasing prices of its Airflex vinyl acetate-ethylene and ethylen

The New Jersey state panel responsible for siting a toxic waste incineratorplans to narrow d

A highly potent tick repellent has been cleared for sale in Connecticut in the state's effort to cut

G.D. Searle & Co. is expanding its donation of free drugs for the poor. The company will beg

The Environmental Protection Agency said it issued two orders banning further sale or commercial use

BASF AG Posts Drop In Its Pretax EarningsFRANKFURT, West Germany - BASF AG, the West German

A Greek government intention to raise or abolish the age limit for inscription of passenger ships on

Mineral exports have exceeded Z$1 billion ($600 million) for the first time, the Chamber of Mines re

Corn Quantity: 30,000 metric tons. Quality: No. 2 yellow corn. Delivery: asap. Quote: cif Al

The link between the Chicago Board of Trade and the Tokyo Stock Exchange goes little beyond setting

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng Thursday defended U.S. proposals for reforming the world's f

Daily Index Textiles Metals Misc.Smoothedpercent Change, 1.47

World Coconut Oil Prices RecoveringLONDON - The recovery in world coconut oil prices that be

Charles M. Boessenberg was named to head three new divisions of Apple Computer Inc., which is restru

Immediately following World War II, a U.S. company called Vendo Co., which makes and services food v

Sales of foreign cars surged by an unprecedented 41.1 percent in the fiscal year ending March 31, re

Today Honda Motor Co., Japan's No. 3 automaker, will celebrate the arrival in Tokyo of the first Hon

Taiwan's Trade Surplus Narrowed Last MonthTAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan registered a trade surplus

Current Textile Quotas: Where the Average Recent Utilization RateIndicates Full Quota Utiliz