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When Imperial Chemical Industries gets an urgent order from its Wilmington, Del., plant on a Friday

Failure to reach an agreement with its engineering partner forced Weirton Steel into a last-minute w

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

Thirty-three more oil and gas drilling rigs were working in the United States last week, bringing th

The Supreme Court Monday left intact a ruling that lets military basespurchase electricity t

Weirton Steel Co. withdrew its clean coal program proposal, but two other companies reached firm agr

A subsidiary of Enron Corp. was granted permission from the Wisconsin Public Service Commission to b

Australia Rejects Coal Aid RequestSYDNEY, Australia - Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke re

If this country suddenly went to war, Army Col. L.G. Frailing's job would be to help make sure U.S.

Refusing to supply some dubious" shipowners has cut one big marine supply company's sales by $10 mil

Japanese shipowners agreed Monday to let nine Japan-bound vessels sail out of the gulf after a five-

Britain Extends Territorial WatersBritain has extended its territorial waters to 12 nautical

Iraqi warplanes attacked an Iranian oil terminal in the Strait of Hormuz Monday, damaging the world'

Navistar Paint Plant Begins OperationsNavistar International Transportation Corp. said its p

A mystery of the sea is being explored with the opening Monday of a public inquiry into the disappea

House Speaker Jim Wright, D-Texas, denied that he plans to use the pending omnibus trade bill as a p

In nominating Carlos Salinas de Gortari as its 1988 presidential standard bearer, Mexico's Instituti

Backed by a five-year agreement with General Motors of Canada Ltd., TNT Overland Express has opened

Most truckers in Holland wouldn't dream of stopping for a lube job. That's because many Euro

Oct. 5 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchangeprev.Close High Low

1067.5 (Oct. 5) Previous day - 1063.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in L

The Justice Department labeled unlawful the attempt by a rate-setting group of ocean carriers in the

Even the most stoic of Hong Kong's business fraternity have watched the Hong Kong boom of recent mon

The Supreme Court emphasized that it will not delay handling major cases despite being one justice s

As the cookies and cups of coffee are passed around the table, initial trepidation dissolves into a

GE Said to Approach Japanese BrokeragesTOKYO - General Electric Co. has approached a few Jap

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

At least ten syndicates from the 45-syndicate-member New York Insurance Exchange formally petitioned

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

Some fears of U.S. water carriers were confirmed as a few details began to emerge about the U.S.-Can

Canadian business circles responded enthusiastically to the sweeping draft of a U.S.-Canada free tra

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

The proposed U.S.-Canada trade accord would virtually eliminate Canadian government control of the p

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Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sent his country's top agricultural official to the United States th

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

British companies have more than halved the value of their investments in South Africa over the past

Governors from six southeast states met in Tokyo on Monday to urge Japanese businessmen to invest mo

The U.S.-Canada free trade agreement will have little near-term impact in thefinancial servi