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U.S. Representatives to a meeting next month of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade are putti

A U.S. Navy team Wednesday began mine-sweeping operations off Kuwait in a area where Iran reported

EC Pushes to Resolve Pasta Dispute With USEuropean Community foreign ministers instructed th

The port of Richmond is designing a lighting system that will allow ships to go to and from the port

Iraq said its warplanes Tuesday attacked and destroyed a "large naval target," a term used to descri

A ferryboat skipper is believed to have been "under the influence of alcohol" when he jumped overboa

The stock market's 11-day winning streak was broken Tuesday, as investors took profits following a b

This city's proud maritime tradition, stretching back more than three centuries, is largely a memory

Norwegian America Line has made a bid to take over the Oslo-based shipping company Oivind Lorentzen

Tamed by a scorching spring, the Great Lakes are spurning their usual summer cycle and falling when

Britain's Royal Navy has accompanied 119 vessels through the Strait of Hormuz since the beginning of

A U.S. flag on the stern of a Kuwaiti oil tanker invites attack and is a precedent for added trouble

Sterling's membership in the European Monetary System exchange rate mechanism is an urgent priority"

Bank of Boston and Filipino partners purchased Commercial Bank of Manila for $25 million after 11 mo

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

Junk Bond Market Keeps on GrowingNEW YORK - The junk bond market grew to over $100 billion i

Kidder, Peabody & Co. Tuesday announced the creation of a new high-yield unit investment trust for i

Eleven ostensibly U.S. tankers soon may start linking up with U.S. warships off this Arabian Sea por

Amtrak will continue to operate its Chicago-San Francisco California Zephyr on its present route ove

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

U.S. banks' moves to bolster loan-loss reserves may change the way indebted countries view their deb

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

Tue., June 23, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Japan's Finance Ministry has decided to ease restrictions on selling individual stocks held by Japan

Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (Sabic) expects to bring a 50,000-metric-ton-a- yea r methyl teriary bu

There is the 40-year-old story of the little old lady who brought her poodle to Braniff and demanded

An airline captain's decision to disregard minimum visibility requirements on his flying commute to

Ciba-Geigy Announces Stabilizer Price HikeGREENSBORO, N.C. - Ciba-Geigy announced it increas

A faster and more accurate way to test for AIDS is being developed by Cetus Corp., a biotechnology c

Lubricant formulations should boost additives sales in the year ahead, said Charles Rose, an industr

H.B. Fuller Co. reported net income improved to $6.9 million, or 73 cents a share, in its second qua

Canadian Strike Hits de Havilland AircraftAbout 4,100 production and office workers at Boein

A spokesman for CARE said the group is willing to discuss the future of United Airlines with other g

A decision by Europe's Airbus Industrie consortium to launch a new line oflong-range commercial airl

Regional Railroads of America will announce later this week that it supports the major railroads in

An issue with roots deep in American history - how railroads charge for moving farm products - is co

NY, Conrail Reach Service AgreementALBANY, N.Y. - New York State and Conrail have reached ag

The report on CSX Transportation's plans to eliminate jobs in the June 19 edition, should have read

Polish Ocean Lines recently transported what was described as the first U.S.-manufactured mobile hom

The million dollar question under study at Burlington Northern Railroad is whether to put containers