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Arthur B. Calcagnini was elected president of the Sugar Club, a forum for sugar processors, users an

Smith Corona Corp. will lay off 300 employees during the next eight weeksbecause of declinin

In her first public appearance since she resigned as secretary of the Department of Transportation,

MINNEAPOLIS - The Pillsbury Co. Thursday reported that net earnings for the first fiscal quarter wer

A protest by Brazilian Customs officers seeking higher pay is slowing the movement of export cargo t

The announcement by Honda of America Manufacturing Inc. that it will export automobiles from its Ohi

Bear Automotive Service Equipment Co. said it reached an agreement with Hofmann Werkstatt-Technik Gm

Alaska's Governor Talks Trade in ChinaAlaska Gov. Steve Cowper met Thursday with Chi

State agriculture officials said they are granting $4.5 million in matchingfunds to 97 farm

AVIATION Canadian government and airline officials are playing down the risk that regular Ca

Warnaco Inc., a major apparel firm, created a new position to deal with foreign sourcing and designi

Metro Metals Corp. will break ground today on a facility that will nearly double its steel slitting

Some 500 shore-based employees of Scindia Steam Navigation Co. are to be fired, the debt-laden compa

Showa Line's weekly service between Los Angeles and the ports of Hong Kong and Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ha

Jorio Dauster, president of the Brazilian Coffee Institute, has endorsed the idea of renewing the In

The governor of Maryland told maritime industry executives Thursday that he is committed personally

U.S. licenses to export arms have been repeatedly issued to companies after they sold weapons illega

A group of West Virginians say they're boiling mad because historians have given Robert Fulton credi

A comparison of European and U.S. steps to prepare for the Jan. 1 implementation of the Harmonized

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

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

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

Pepsico Inc. has signed a contract to open two Pizza Hut restaurants in Moscow next year under a joi

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Thu., Sept. 17, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Tellabs Inc. will supply T1 networking multiplexers and digital cross-connect systems to Hong Kong T

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

South Korea's extraordinary economic success contains the seeds of friction" with industrial countri

Sept. 17 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High Low

Debate on a freeze in the production of halon compounds leading to the 47- nation pact set this week

The respected West German Max Planck Research Institute said that a form of alcohol has been discove

Firestone Resources Inc. announced that it has completed a test of a new hazardous waste containment

World market shares for alloys and blend over the next 10 years are to projected to rise most quickl

IMC Unit, French Firm In Marketing VentureNORTHBROOK, Ill. - Pitman-Moore, a subsidiary of I

Tomatoes, potatoes and string beans may cost more at the greengrocer's stand before long. Th

A U.S.-built ferry is to be sold for scrap a month after the 36-year-old vessel was proposed for con

Crowley Maritime Corp. of San Francisco has agreed to sell its Columbia Marine Lines operations to T

A former Port Newark company president was indicted on check-kiting charges, and a federal official

The wave of labor unrest that has hit South Korea in recent months continued to decline Thursday wit

The Kwai Chung Container Terminal in Hong Kong is the largest in Asia and second-largest in world te