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GENERAL NEWS The Soviet Union says the Baltic and Black seas are getting cleaner. Page 1AFo

GENERAL NEWS The Soviet Union says the Baltic and Black seas are getting cleaner. Page 1AFo

Importers can expect delays of at least eight days at U.S. ports in clearing some textile and appare

The West German current account surplus rose to 8.8 billion marks in March according to seasonally u

Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng says his one success in Japan is that country's willingness to pu

Ford Motor Co. said Wednesday its net income more than doubled to $1.5 billion, or $5.73 a share, in

The House of Representatives approved the controversial Gephardt amendment, which orders U.S. repris

Formal Complaint Needed on ICG RateShippers challenging an Illinois Central Gulf Railroad fr

A Soviet government report says pollution of the Baltic, Black, Barents and Azov seas has "dropped d

When Walt Schreiber packed up a full-scale cannery and loaded it onto a ship the other day, he bare

The Senate Finance Committee voted 14-2 to soften its trade legislation by returning to the presiden

An open ship registry is what the United States needs to expand and strengthen its merchant marine,

There's good news for exporters in an obscure piece of the House trade bill that would give a low-pr

Ingersoll to Acquire Seattle-Based BeebeWOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. - Ingersoll-Rand said it plans

Two Taiwanese ports are planning to construct large new grain silos with the help of foreign and dom

The USS Silversides, the historic World War II submarine that has been exercising squatter's rights

As if financial woes weren't bad enough, the troubled maritime industry is beset with "more con men

The six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council believes that protecting ships and freedom of navigation in

A federal official says a barge loaded with 3,000 tons of Islip, N.Y., garbage is likely headed for

While the Coast Guard says there appears to be widespread support for the concept of stronger laws a

The U.S. dollar was broadly higher Tuesday, thanks in part to heavy buying in Japan and the United K

Major U.K. banks lowered their base lending rates (equivalent to the U.S. prime rate) by 0.5 of a pe

Stocks rose along with the dollar Tuesday, amid hopes interest rates may not have to go any higher.<

Canada's freshwater fleet is sailing into uncharted waters in the coming year, said a leading Canadi

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

The government here is standing firm in its refusal to revalue the currency, which is linked to the

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

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Change Is Foreseen In Soviet BankingOSAKA, Japan - The Soviet Union may revamp its banking s

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

Tue., April 28, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Polyvinyl Chemicals Raises Polymer PricesWILMINGTON, Mass. - Polyvinyl Chemicals announced i

The strengthening trend in the market for benzene is expected to continue throughout the summer mont

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC reported net income for first quarter 1987 of $301.0 million, or $1

Over the past year or so many air cargo industry personalities whose views were reflected in this co

China plans to coproduce at least 150 passenger aircraft in the 150- to 180- seat category.

The Supreme Court's unanimous decision to permit rail unions to engage in secondary boycotts will ha

The British government Tuesday put a 1.36 billion ($2.26 billion) price tag on Rolls-Royce PLC, ann

Lower first quarter earnings announced at the Boeing Co.'s annual stockholders' meeting prompted a d

Cargo handled at the seven airports managed by the British Airports Authority rose by 3.5 percent in