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Japan Air Lines, soon to become a private company, hopes to cash in on the experience and product de

Brock Adams' return to Washington in 1986 was much smoother than his sudden departure eight years ea

British Coal faces the prospect of a new strike by miners in its Yorkshire coal fields who have alre

The typical U.S. car contains 15,000 parts, including dozens of switches,lights and other el

A ship carrying 8,000 tons of food to refugees and famine victims in the Middle East and Africa has

Canada fully endorses the U.S. decision to escort Kuwaiti tankers in the gulf, External Affairs Depa

While they didn't attract wide attention, there are provisions significantly affecting ocean shippin

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Latest official statistics show output is falling for Argentina's state oil corporation but rising f

Chicago-based Amoco Corp. is expanding its oil exploration ventures in sub- Saharan Africa.

Taiwanese Trade Team Buys Automatic TellersCANTON, Ohio - A trade delegation from Taiwan has

Bent on weekends of wine and women, droves of Saudi Arabians are crossing the newly opened causeway

A Swedish company has developed a portable fire emergency kit in collaboration with SAS health servi

AVIATION Investors in Bromon Aircraft Co. seek to prove the viability of venture capitol wit

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Union Carbide Corp. agreed Friday to pay a record $408,500 fine to settle hundreds of contested heal

Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative Inc. in Indiana is trying to buy out a coal contract with

The State Department probably will arbitrate its $42 million construction insurance policy on the U.

It costs more to get a barrel of crude oil into major U.S. ports than it does to get the same oil ou

Alcoa Increases Prices Of Alumina ProductsAlcoa's industrial chemical division is increasing

Williams to Halt Gas Transport ServiceTULSA, Okla. - Williams Natural Gas Co. announced that

Even though the price of oil has topped $22 a barrel, experts disagree over how well the U.S. energy

When South Korean representatives silently bowed to the audience at a ceremony for a new USS-POSCO s

In the world of theater and insurance, a white mouse with a leading role can command a $5,000 premiu

The U.S. dollar declined against most major currencies Friday in quiet trading. Dealers said

The merger of two major South Korean ocean carriers, Korea Shipping Corp. and Hanjin Container Lines

Opening U.S. and Canadian domestic trades to the carriers of both countries is an issue again in tra

Rochester Gas Net Declined in QuarterROCHESTER, N.Y. - Rochester Gas and Electric Corp. repo

Transax/RATES, the nation's leading computerized maritime information company, has updated its Compi

Officials from several agencies will be investigating an accident in which two longshoremen were cru

State-owned British Shipbuilders has announced a trading loss for the year ended March 1987 of 148

Business failures rose 7.7 percent in May due to increased difficulties in the service, agriculture,

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

Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III indicated he'll continue to insist on a stronger U.S. policy r

Pakistan will adopt a three-year trade policy this month to increase imports of industrial raw mater

The grand old man of the House, Claude Pepper, D-Fla., is leading the crusade for passage of long-te

Corporate America can expect group health insurance costs to outpace the inflation rate so far this

Mexico's trade surplus jumped to US$794 million in June, triple the surplus tallied in the same mont

Executives of leading European car manufacturers appealed to the European Community for protection a