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Navistar International Transportation Corp. revved up its huge production power last month to put a

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

The United Shipowners of America, a lobbying group representing five major U.S.-flag ocean carriers,

Fred W. Friendly, the former president of CBS News, believes the public still trusts the insurance i

Japanese TV System Inadequate, EC SaysA new high-quality television system being developed i

The World Bank will release a handbook today designed to guide developingcountr ies through the Urug

Bear Stearns Cos. Inc. said Tuesday the collapse on Wall Street took a heavy toll on the investment

A recent vote by Brazil's constitutional convention limiting President Jose Sarney to a four-year te

The long lines at gas stations - a familiar sight when fuel prices tripled during the energy crises

A new air freight forwarder has entered the highly competitive industry, and the company is being ru

Banco de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina's third-largest bank, will open its first office in th

Donald S. Greif will become vice president and general manager, industrial starch division, National

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

Virginia Power, Richmond, Va., experienced strong growth in electricity sales across the board, with

Sea-Land Corp. bought five former United States Lines containerships at auction for $80 million Tues

Agriculture Department officials say the Soviet Union has bought an additional 450,000 metric tons o

Diebold Inc. and Philips International B.V., Eindhoven, the Netherlands, have signed a new five-year

The International Monetary Fund announced the creation of a special financial account for Bolivia, t

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has labored long and hard, and once again, it has brought

Pemex, US Negotiating Oil Supply ContractMexico is negotiating to renew a contract to sell 6

Gas Outlook Bright Despite Delivery SnagsThe outlook for natural gas supply and potential fu

In extensive discussion with Bernard F. Miller, it becomes inescapably clear that his thoughts, plan

The battle for credit card customers in China is getting tougher, with heavyweight American Express

China's corn exports in the 1987-88 (October-September) crop year are likely to total 3 million to 4

The U.K. government's approval of a proposed merger of British Airways and British Caledonian Airway

The U.S. market for geo-textiles is expected to increase 16 percent a year through 1991 to 500 milli

Cyanamid Hikes Surfactant PricesWAYNE, N.J. - American Cyanamid Co. announced price increase

Although the multitude of poisonous materials used in manufacturing semiconductors is being responsi

Georgia-Pacific Plans Wallboard PlantPOWDERLY, Ky. - Georgia-Pacific Corp. announced that it

1154.0 (Nov. 17) Previous day - 1155.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

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

No Decision Made Yet On Duty-Free QuestionU.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter Tuesday

Senior economic and central bank officials from 24 industrialized nations agreed Tuesday that they m

Agriculture ministers from the European Community were within sight of an agreement late Tuesday nig

Springfield Terminal Rail Strike ContinuesThe tense United Transportation Union wildcat stri

Last week's record $53.9 million sale of Vincent Van Gogh's "Irises" underlines the fact that as the

Transport, Insurance Swell US Trade DeficitThe U.S. trade deficit was $12.587 billion in Sep

Jury selection began this week in a racketeering trial whose defendants include Donald Carson, execu

A Soviet ship reported sighting a mine in the northern Persian Gulf this weekend, sparking yet anoth

The pin-stripers on Wall Street shouldn't dictate the insurance prices paid by people on Main Street