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The Bonn government said Wednesday it would refuse to send West German ships into the Persian Gulf,

Hercules Inc. announced that its Brazilian subsidiary, Hercules do Brasil, has begun an $11 million

Brazilian President Jose Sarney's announcement that Brazil may resume international debt payments in

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

The outlook for coal use, especially in the Northeastern United States, will be "much better" in the

Diamond Alaska Coal Co. is offering a package deal to South Korea's national utility company in a bi

A new Boston Edison Co. conservation program that pays commercial customers to curtail their electri

Arco Chemical Co., the Philadelphia-based subsidiary of Atlantic Richfield Co., has confirmed plans

In the latest round of threats by the Philippine government to deal with foreign creditors, a Filipi

Port of Chicago officials are optimistic that new leases for warehouse space and other real estate l

Auto insurance rates will have to rise an estimated 10 percent in states that have adopted the new 6

The French government has been pressuring some oil companies to buy less Iranian crude oil, industry

The European Community Commission Wednesday unveiled a plan to curb the growth of farm spending and

South Korean manufacturers say they have agreed among themselves to ease trade frictions with the Un

Rear Adm. Paul L. Krinsky is the new superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Poi

Cielewich to Retire From Marine MidlandMarine Midland Bank (Delaware), N.A., announced that

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

The House and Senate Banking Committee chairmen are awaiting the final wordfrom President Re

The International Association of Independent Tanker Owners called on major world powers to form a mu

The charge before the prosecutor was simple enough: trespassing, for participation in a mass demonst

Supplies of key petroleum products are following normal seasonal patterns with gasoline stocks decli

Northern States Power Co. in Minnesota won a price concession under an existing contract with a Mont

Hoechst Celanese Corp. has announced an initial public offering of 1,000,000 shares of Celgene Corp.

The port of New Orleans, in settling a $6.9 million debt with financially troubled Todd Shipyards Co

Developers of the military V-22 tilt rotor aircraft claim a $2.24 billion market exists for 1,400 ci

Collaboration between McDonnell Douglas and the European Airbus Industrie consortium on building the

Trucking Groups Focus On Driver ShortagesASHEVILLE, N.C. - The Interstate Carriers Conferenc

A Japanese parliamentary committee urged that the government proceed withplans to allow a re

Borden Will Sell Stock In Petrochemical UnitNEW YORK Borden Inc. said it has approved a p

Occidental Petroleum Corp. and E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. announced that they have signed a lette

The House Rules Committee could be asked as early as today to clear the way for the conference repor

U.S. companies are well behind their Japanese and European counterparts when it comes to planning an

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

The port of Los Angeles has filled four management positions - director of commerce, director of ope

Are harbor ferries the wave of the future for truckers as Boston highways become congested by constr

The U.S. Navy said the dummy bombs that struck a Malaysian-registered cargo vessel, injuring one cre

Arbitration proceedings between Mack Trucks Inc. and the United Auto Workers broke off abruptly Tues

Two insurance company executives led a heated debate over the wisdom of life insurance company inves

Japan's biggest postwar political scandal moved a step closer to conclusion Wednesday when the Tokyo

India is pushing fast into the world market for high-technology computer software, competing with ra