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French investment in the United States, presently close to $7 billion, could get a major boost if th

Nearly three years after Britain agreed to return Hong Kong to China, the colony is on a roll - trad

Prime Minister Brian Mulroney emerged early Wednesday from a long meeting with Canada's provincial p

GMI Starts Importing Chinese Oak VanitiesGM International Inc. of Elkhart, Ind., said it has

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

The car market in the United States will be so glutted by 1990 that Japanese automakers will have no

Car Seat Facilitates Transfers for DisabledA British company has developed a car seat for th

Automobiles Peugeot SA, the French private automobile manufacturer, has its sights set on carving ou

Traditional Exports Raw materials, chemicals, manufactured and semi-manufactured goods, food

The U.S. Customs Service has awarded Eaton Corp. a $25 millioncontract to develop a sophisticated co

A major reshuffling at Todd Shipyards Corp. is intended to put the best man in the best position to

Evergreen, Dunlop Agree to PenaltyEvergreen Marine Corp. and Dunlop Tire Corp. of Buffalo, N

Francis A. Scanlan, who was fired as chairman of the Delaware River Port Authority last week by Penn

Royal Nedlloyd, the Rotterdam-based shipping and energy group, said it made a loss in the first half

Thousands of people lined streets and shores when the USS Missouri dropped anchor in Monterey Bay fo

Delaware officials and environmentalists are praising a federal appeals court ruling that upholds a

Japan and the Far East have become the port of Boston's prime trading partners, outdistancing northe

When first meeting Patricia Ann Saenz at her office along the Miami River, one is almost tempted to

What kind of people look forward to small craft advisories in water so cold that rubber dry suits a

James Dwyer, executive director of the port of Seattle, is said to be weighing the possibility of re

For several years now, Soviet cruise liners have been moseying around Greece's Aegean islands in inc

Burns International Harbor in Indiana stands a good chance at becoming a major unloading point for h

The Federal Maritime Commission has closed the door to its amnesty program for North Atlantic carrie

The U.S. Senate Wednesday delayed a vote on ending a Republican parliamentary maneuver that has bloc

Kuwait would like to charter U.S. tankers in addition to flying the U.S. flag on 11 state-owned ship

The apparent contradiction between figures quoted in the story on world container trade that appeare

A strike this week by unionized personnel at the Argentine Nation al Grain Board disrupted vessel lo

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

Genzyme Corp., a Boston-based biotechnology company, has announced a $6.5 million expansion of its B

Centel Information Gets Postal Service ContractThe U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday it has a

Officials have cleared the way for United Parcel Service to build a regional sorting office in Buffa

Stock prices rose sharply Tuesday as the dollar climbed above 150 Japanese yen on congressional test

The U.S. dollar rose against major foreign currencies Tuesday, particularly against the Japanese yen

In what would be a first in the world equity markets, the European Options Exchange in Amsterdam is

Austria's Laenderbank Upgrades NY OfficeNEW YORK - Oesterreichische Laenderbank, Austria's s

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

United Airlines said it's unclear how a major restructuring announced by parent Allegis Corp. will a

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

Tue., July 7, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

With Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker's term drawing to a close, the Fed's policy-setting