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U.S. supplies of gasoline, distillate and crude oil increased last week, according to the American P

World cotton consumption during the 1987-88 marketing year (August-July) is now forecast at 81.4 mil

Insurers Told to Watch Risk Retention GroupsThe president of Marsh-McLennan Inc., insurance

Iran said it will begin major amphibious maneuvers in the Gulf of Oman today to counter the threat o

A panel of experts from three area think tanks Wednesday recommended changing aviation infrastructur

High speeds and poorly trained drivers are the chief factors in heavy truck highway accidents, a new

Port commissioners have capped months of closed-door meetings by voting to proceed with a controvers

Zim Israel Navigation Ltd. reportedly plans to order up to seven new containerships for its Mediterr

It appears the world's major trading nations will implement the new Harmonized Commodity Description

Olin Corp. is betting on a domestic market growth rate for toluene diisocyanate that might be likene

Texaco Trading Cuts Posted Buying PriceDENVER, Colo. - Texaco Trading and Transportation Inc

Amid growing concerns that U.S. firms have trouble penetrating the lucrative European Community indu

Traditional Exports Automotive vehicles, pharmaceuticals, paper, iron and steel, industrial<

Lam Research Corp., a designer and supplier of automated etch systems used by the semiconductor indu

Opposition hardened to Gov. Michael Dukakis' universal health insurance plan for Massachusetts as ho

Association of Transportation Practitioners, New Jersey Chapter dinner meeting, Sept. 18, Ramada Inn

Tecmarine Lines Inc. will begin a monthly service between New Orleans and the Guianas on Sept. 21.

Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger briefed congressional leaders Tuesday on U.S. military operation

Warehousemen should tighten controls on their pallet inventory because of the large capital investme

AIR CARGO The Middle East airline Emirates hopes to develop its home base of Dubai, United A

Panel Probes Legality Of Chip Trade PactA multilateral panel Wednesday began investigating w

Top Stories: One of the most pressing concerns of the world's hull insurers is the tendency among

It was a strike that many Irish will never forget. For nearly a year in the late 1970s, a wa

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

Wed., Sept. 16, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The kind of universal health care insurance that Gov. Michael S. Dukakis wants to grow in Massachuse

Advocates of a bill creating a compensation system for temporary injuries in the fishing industry fa

Grain Shipping Returns To Normal in CanadaCanada's west coast grain shipping has returned to

A federal judge granted a motion by Mack Trucks Inc. to lift hiring limits at its new automated plan

Congress' expected passage of a textile and apparel import quota bill is certain to draw a president

A Tokyo-based automobile parts manufacturer said Tuesday it will open a $50 million plant in Decatur

The city has served notice that it will condemn the National Maritime Union building to prevent it f

Antonio Elortegui is bucking the trend. About two years ago, the Venezuelan moved his ship c

A Swedish inventor has developed a new kind of water pump that easily adapts to wells or other water

The federal government would have to hold auctions for all onshore oil and gas lease offerings under

Grace, NOXSO Plan Emissions Curb VentureW.R. Grace & Co. and NOXSO Corp., Library, Pa., Wedn

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

UK Industrial Output Climbed 2.2 percent in JulyU.K. industrial production in July rose 2.2

The U.S. dollar advanced Wednesday, with market participants citing a report the Senate debt-limit c

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