Latest news

Supplies of distillate oil and gasoline increased moderately last week, according to the latest supp

Six New York Insurance Exchange syndicates that tried to stop the exchangefrom suspending it

A potential dispute between two sets of insurers covering the Dec. 7 crash of a Pacific Southwest Ai

China has to grapple with several troublesome factors in its rapidly expanding economy in the new ye

China is no longer charging import duties on foreign materials and spare parts used to manufacture g

Taiwan and South Africa Wednesday signed an extradition treaty aimed at preventing economic criminal

ANNUAL REVENUE of $5 billion. That's the figure Jerome L. Dryer projected the electronic data interc

A Chinese plan to transform Hainan Island in the South China Sea into another Hawaii is attracting t

Steel production fell to 1.685 million tons in the week ended Dec. 26, a decrease of 0.5 percent fro

A major creditor of Public Service Co. of New Hampshire has demanded immediate payment of $275 milli

Atlantic States Association of Rail Shippers, annual seminar, Jan. 13, Hershey Philadelphia Hotel, P

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

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

With more than 60 double-stack container trains already leaving the West Coast each week, a railroad

The U.S. economy's ability to create jobs will falter in 1988 after nearly five years of strong grow

The shaky oil market has combined with inflation, unemployment and foreign debt to make once-affluen

An article Dec. 14 on a Massachusetts' auto reform bill included the incorrect first name and title

The New Year will constitute a critical challenge for Canada's transportation industry, with deregul

The fall of the U.S. dollar below 1.6 deutsche marks could virtually wipe out planned Bundesbank pro

Brazil Pays Interest, Ending MoratoriumRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Brazil paid $357 million in

Some 350 years after a Jesuit missionary helped the Ming Dynasty build European-style cannons, John

A year into a mandatory program to burn Oklahoma coal, utilities in that state are citing problems w

HOW TO USE: Trade leads on this page are listed according to industry. Codes preceding each

Sea-Barge Group Inc. lost its top management executives but gained a new competitor owned by those f

British Coal Expects To Break Even in '88British Coal, the state-owned coal company, is like

Scottish Bank Predicts Unstable Crude PricesOPEC's shaky production agreement will result in

Atlantic Richfield Co. says it has bought additional Britoil PLC shares on the open market, increasi

The largest U.S. insurance companies are planning to slow diversification and focus on their existin

The insurance industry's loss is the accounting profession's gain. Two years ago, several "T

Dollar's Fall Hits Airbus ConsortiumThe steep fall of the dollar against the major currencie

The Massachusetts Port Authority would discuss with federal officials a proposal to reduce aircraft

It had to be one of the toughest trade-selling jobs in recent memory. A delegation of top ex

Iraq claimed Wednesday its warplanes scored another hit on a tanker in the Persian Gulf. The

Family farm owners are still incorporating their holdings, but at a slower rate than during the 1970

A British-based subsidiary of a U.S. company shipping a consignment of goods to an Italian customer

Environmental legislation and regulations are expected to increase in 1988, according to Fred C. Har

The TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement again postponed a new surcharge itplans to charge

Vietnam's National Assembly has approved a foreign investment code to try to attract Western capital

AVIATIONDuty Free Shoppers is bracing for battles over Asian airport concession. 1A The ste

WILTON, Conn. - In the face of continuing losses and difficulty integrating its recent acquisition o