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European Community farm ministers Wednesday agreed to delay a ban on hormone- produced beef, thus te

The U.S. Department of Commerce's new quota classification system will make textile importing diffic

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's unexpectedly high estimates of 1987 domestic sugar production a

Taiwan's Ex-Im Bank To Aid US ExportersTAIPEI, Taiwan - Lo Chi-chuan, president of Taiwan's

Malaysia's crude palm oil output in October totaled 485,500 metric tons, down 66,610 from the revise

Housing starts fell 8.2 percent in October, the biggest decline in more than three years, in what ma

Copper prices will remain firm on chronic supply tightness, and three-month metal contracts will pea

Brazil's top executive economic policy group finally approved rules for converting part of the count

Government and private sources are skeptical about investor interest in the debt-equity swap program

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

The U.S. dollar declined in moderate trading Wednesday, reflecting negative comments on the budget-c

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

Wed., Nov. 18, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

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

Cigna Corp., the large Philadelphia-based insurance company, said Monday it has sold its South Afric

Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. announced Tuesday that it would move quickly to get out of its l

Moody's Investors Service reports that the mortality and morbidity costs of AIDS are "unlikely to ca

Charging that the lead industry continued to market lead paint for almost half a century after learn

Shipowners in the UK Get Insurance BreakMembers of the Transmarine Mutual Strikes Assurance

The National Association of Independent Insurers has no intention of getting married. At the group's

Strip away work rules, make secondary boycotts illegal, establish no-fault workers compensation and

The Gulf & Mississippi Railroad, once hailed as a premier short-line, is in serious financial troubl

ICC to Investigate Tank Car Moving FeesThe Interstate Commerce Commission agreed to investig

CN Rail has announced plans to extend its fast intermodal service, known as Laser, to Canada's west

It was intended primarily as a cultural and educational exchange program based in part on the flower

New shipbuilding orders placed with South Korean yards increased sharply during the third quarter of

Bergesen d.y., a large Norwegian shipping group, is among the shipping companies on a short list for

Producers of small aircraft turbine engines stand at the threshold of spending more than $1 billion

Australia's international airline Qantas has acquired a 20 percent stake in small Fiji-based Air Pac

De Havilland Unveils Plans for New AircraftDe Havilland Canada is examining the prospects of

Supplies of key petroleum products ran counter to normal seasonal trends last week, with distillate

1155.5 (Nov. 18) Previous day - 1154.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

The possibility of mooring the battleship Missouri at a commercial pier near the San Francisco Bay B

Top Stories: Florida exports in 1988 look bright against a background of a weaker dollar, but an

The Department of Transportation believes the Federal Maritime Commission has and should assert regu

November 18, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

Six months after acquiring the bankrupt private Italian cargo and cruise line Lauro, new owner Star

South Korea is one of the world's most densely populated countries and demands on its transportation

A federal judge in Texas Wednesday asserted jurisdiction over the strike against the Galveston Wharv

Omani Oil Minister Said Ahmed al-Shanfari was quoted Wednesday as saying Oman will maintain a reduce