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The death of the National Maritime Council was overdue, shippers and ship lines say. The NMC

FMC Corp., a maker of machinery, named John R. Furrer as chairman of a new subsidiary, Valisys Corp.

Japanese financial authorities will continue to support the value of the U.S.dollar through

E.I Du Pont de Nemours & Co. and HEM Research Inc. have formed a joint venture to develop Ampligen,

Officials ordered the evacuation of a nuclear plant near this northeastern city Tuesday after receiv

Massachusetts state energy officials are keeping an eye on home heating oil supplies as retail price

Four Gulf Cooperation Council nations that are also Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries me

1172.0 (Nov. 3) Previous day - 1172.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in L

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

With Christmas shopping season approaching, James Drake will be even busier at his job - playing wit

President Reagan is poised to lift dumping-related import levies this week against Japanese manufact

Rising commodity prices will help Peru this year, but will be offset inpart by decreasing volumes fo

The Hong Kong Futures Guarantee Corp. says it won't need the full rescue package arranged by the gov

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It takes a disaster as severe as Black Monday's 508-point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average t

With a dozen fish nibbling on the line, the South Louisiana Port Commission figures it's time to go

Occidental Chemical Corp. has established a new list price schedule for liquid caustic soda and has

Savannah Electric To Join SouthernThe Southern Co. and Savannah Electric & Power Co. said th

Ausimont N.V.'s net income for the third quarter rose 23 percent to 13.9 billion Italian lire (US$10

The Northeast will need to construct additional major electricity generating facilities within the n

The Rev. Nicholas S. Rashford of the Society of Jesus tells the crowd that when his "colleagues firs

Saab-Scania Opens Assembly Plant in PeruORANGE, Conn. - Saab-Scania AB of Sweden has opened

The results are in from what may be the trucking industry's most ambitious fuel economy test yet, bu

U.S. maritime interests have renewed their plea to have their industry excluded from the pending U.S

When San Miguel Corp. sneezes, the Philippines catches cold. So, conversely, when the chairm

California Insurance Commissioner Roxani Gillespie summoned seven insurers in the Hartford Insurance

Taiwan must refocus efforts to cut its lopsided trade surplus, which ishelping to fuel globa

Reebok Signs Contract With S. Korean FirmCANTON, Mass. - Reebok International Ltd. has signe

Casio Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Tokyo-based Casio Computer Co. Ltd., has opened new corporate hea

Wall Street's swan dive will have an impact on Asian exports to the United States if discretionary s

Japan will offer to liberalize its restrictions on certain agricultural imports in exchange for U.S.

The U.S. dollar rebounded from near-record lows Tuesday amid hopes of a breakthrough in the budget d

SmithKline Beckman Corp.'s Henry Wendt is touting a new venture start-up with Stockholm-based Kabivi

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

Pacific Power & Light Co., Portland, Ore., reported an astounding 12 percent growth in demand for el

The already challenging business of transporting petroleum products along the East Coast appears hea

Pan Am Reports Big Gain in PeriodPan Am Corp., parent of Pan American World Airways, reporte

Groundbreaking ceremonies were held Wednesday for PATH's new car maintenance facility here, one half

Lykes Seeks Approval For Newport News CallLykes Bros. Steamship Co. wants Maritime Administr

One Indian crewmember died when a U.S. Navy frigate fired on a private fishing boat it apparently be