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New York Gov. Mario M. Cuomo says the state will gain $22 million a year in new revenue from tougher

Plans by Distrigas of Massachusetts Corp. to bring Algerian liquefied natural gas into Boston appear

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said a proposed consent decree has been filed in the U.S. D

Phillips UK Strikes Gas in North SeaPhillips Petroleum Co. United Kingdom Ltd., operator for

The worldwide glut in oil production is expected to disappear over the next five years under present

High demand for natural gas in 1988 will keep spot market prices well above the record lows reached

Montana Power Co. and Nalco Chemical Co. are researching ways the utility can significantly cut its

Primary inventories of key petroleum products followed normal seasonal patterns with distillate oil

World steam coal trade probably will decline by 2 million to 3 million metric tons in 1988, the firs

Allied Acquires Interest In Investment CompanyAllied Coal Producers Inc. said that is is acq

Southern Co. Services Inc. said it bought spot coal for three Florida power plants, and a Louisville

Cessna Aircraft Corp. recorded a major success last year with deliveries of its workhorse 208 Carava

Airlines have been forced to reschedule 350 flights and cancel 50 flights a day at Los Angeles Inter

Airbus Industrie expects to deliver 68 of its A300 and A310 wide-bodied jets this year, more than do

After ending 1987 on a strong note, petrochemical prices are forecast to increase by a minimum of 10

Brazil's international flagship airline Varig is denying recently published reports that it suffered

Mobay Corp., a Bayer USA Inc. subsidiary, said it has completed the previously announced acquisition

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

A further decline in the dollar will be needed to reduce the U.S. balance of payments deficit "to an

Wed., Jan. 13, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

European Monetary System countries may be pursuing policies that will force West Germany into stimul

Alberto Ades, a Brazilian financier and trader, Wednesday proposed a new security designed to break

Faced with American pressure on its currency and the threat of protectionism, Taiwan is adopting a r

Insurers are facing greater challenges to their economic welfare and must unite to defend themselves

The European Community proposed allowing banks to operate across national borders as part of its bro

Aetna Life & Casualty Co. is a party to the sweetened offer that American Home Products Corp. here h

Consumer prices in Switzerland rose a monthly average of 1.4 percent in 1987, the government reporte

The American Medical Association wants states to experiment with a new medical malpractice system th

COMMUNICATION BETWEEN COMPUTERS can tell things you don't want known to the people you do business w

Cutbacks in credit and the money supply in China this year appear likely to affect foreign projects,

The new federal tax law will cost insurers $6 billion by 1990, said Daniel J. McNamara, outgoing pre

The Hartford Insurance Group will lay off 375 to 425 employees in the Hartford area next week, accor

New Insurer Specializes In Worldwide ServicesThe formation of Industrial RE-International, a

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said it will call a ministerial meeting he

Here in central Delaware, in a world of clapboard farmhouses, cattail-lined swamps and muskrat dinne

BAT Industries PLC of Britain launched a $2.1 billion takeover bid Wednesday for Farmers Group Inc.,

AVIATION Brazil's international flagship airline Varig is denying recently published reports

Recent demands by U.S. congressmen for changes in Canadian building code provisions to increase U.S.

Comex Chief Recommends An Election NEW YORK - Alan J. Brody, chairman and president of the C

Norway has banned imports of agricultural products from West Germany following reports that hoof-and