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Five months after earthquakes ruptured a key petroleum pipeline, Ecuador has resumed oil exports, th

Natural gas utilities are discriminating against their residential customers by giving huge discount

Bill Forster believes a partial solution to the lagging competitiveness of U.S. manufacturers lies i

W. German Yard Wins Hapag-Lloyd OrderFRANKFURT, West Germany - Hapag-Lloyd AG, West Germany'

The biggest warship in the Persian Gulf it may be, but the Guadalcanal never will win any prizes for

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

Skandia Agrees to Buy Hanna InsuranceSkandia America Group announced that it had reached an

U.S. corporations are taking to international markets in increasing numbers to raise both debt and e

The U.S. dollar declined against most major currencies Monday on news U.S. personal income in July r

The production of plastics resins totaled 4.026 billion pounds in June, representing an increase of

The inquiry into the Aug. 16 crash of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 has shifted from Detroit to othe

The New York Stock Exchange Monday listed a European Currency Unit bond issue, the first foreign-cur

The U.S. market for ethylene glycol is projected to grow at a rate of 1.5 percent to 2.5 percent a y

Petrochemical Complex Target of Iraqi BombNICOSIA, Cyprus - Iraqi warplanes bombed a key Ira

President Suharto inaugurated a $93 million West German-built nuclear reactor at Serpong, 18 miles w

S. African Labor Group May Turn Down FundsAlthough the AFL-CIO is raising money for striking

August 24, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

A new information transmission technology is allowing companies to tie their computers together thro

The Interstate Commerce Commission decided that none of the nation's 18 Class I railroads earned an

The outlook for heavy truck makers this year is Merrill Lynch all over. The industry seems t

U.S. companies rely heavily on earnings and other financial barometers to measure the performance of

The government is having a tough time divesting its holdings in Mexicana, Latin America's largest ai

Fri., Aug. 21, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

A similarity between a Danish campaign poster and an advertisement for the latest James Bond film ma

Long noted for the steady, even comparatively slow expansion course plotted for its two ports, the N

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' August production is expected to reach an estimat

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

While the federal government and property developers are paying dairy farmers to go out of business,

Chrysler Corp. confirmed Monday that it will not revive the Renault Alliance, which went out of prod

Spanish Strike Over But Effects to PersistBritish vacationers booked for Spain and other Med

AVIATION Mexico's government is having a hard time selling its majority holding in Latin Ame

A 49-car freight train carrying gasoline and oil derailed and caught fire in a tunnel in western Chi

Rumors about the renewed possibility of Kuwait chartering U.S.-flag tankers again made the rounds he

The port of Sacramento says it will restart a container barge service to San Francisco Bay ports nex

A new system for cleaning flue gases from thermal power stations fired with waste has been developed

Salutar Inc. announced that it has entered an agreement with Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. for the licen

The medical malpractice crisis is not just a U.S. malady. Doctors in Britain also face stiff

Japan's government will sharply boost its spending on research in superconductivity next year, offic

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

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc