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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

A new Swedish center for biotechnological research will be built adjacent to the Huddinge Hospital n

Aircraft maker Short Brothers Ltd. reopened Monday but about 1,000 workers stayed away to protest a

The champagne celebrations that broke out in London's financial district when Conservative Prime Min

Former Lockheed Corp. Chairman Daniel J. Haughton has died of complicationsfrom heart and ga

Dramatic growth is forecast for high-performance barrier films in the European food industry, where

The most dangerous form of dioxin has accumulated in the sandy delta of the Niagara River in concent

A new trade association for couriers just being set up in Hong Kong highlights the territory's growi

NEW YORK Prices for large volume petrochemicals in the United States remained strong in June, althou

The Reagan administration's nominee to head the Federal Aviation Administration promised at his conf

The Dutch, who have a universal reputation for commercial astuteness and sev eral centuries of trade

Todd Shipyards Corp. said Hans K. Schaefer resigned as chairman, chief executive and director. David

Circle Express Inc. would become a major player in the truckload transportation field if it succeeds

A Foreign Ministry spokesman disclosed that the Soviet Union has five warships in the gulf region, b

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Aristech Chemical Corp. announced Tuesday that it has received and nominally accepted a proposal for

Biehl & Co., the steamship agency and broker, has opened an office in Freeport, Texas. Mark

The Department of Transportation has received Peru's new ocean shipping regulations and is in the pr

Iraqi warplanes fired two heat-seeking Exocet missiles at a Cypriot tanker ferrying Iranian crude oi

911.0 (July 7) Previous day - 893.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in Lon

The rapid growth of service industries is changing the face of many U.S. cities, a report released b

The American Slip is making way for a new underwriting member as part of a goal to reduce its depend

A tug of war on the waterfront between port and real estate interests is straining one of New Englan

The Massachusetts Port Authority will try negotiations before considering a complaint to the Federal

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey should conduct a study assessing the problem of increa

Fednav Ltd., Montreal, appointed Clyde Jacobs, a former U.S. merchant seaman, president of Pacific C

The Virginia Port Authority is calling for proposals to upgrade a trailer and chassis parking area a