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A British company is marketing a heavy-duty rigid-hull inflatable boat said to be sturdier than earl

U.S. economists and industry representatives doubt that Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone of Japan an

Prudential Lines Inc. received an extension on its deadline for filing a reorganization plan. The co

Insurers have another reason to fear Texas courts. Valero Energy Corp., San Antonio, said it

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

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

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

France's state-controlled oil group, Compagnie Francaise des Petroles, or Total-CFP, will step up it

British Petroleum Co. PLC and Standard Oil Co. announced agreement on a sweetened offer from BP of c

Japan's shift away from a manufacturing to a service-sector economy is expected to lower the country

A Colorado congressman warned that the Interior Department's plan for assessing coal royalty payment

C-E Unit, FPL Energy Enter PartnershipSTAMFORD, Conn. - A unit of Combustion Engineering Inc

The Soviet Union has cut first quarter oil exports, but the move appears to be in traditional reacti

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

Sears, McDonald's Ink Marketing AgreementSears, Roebuck & Co. and McDonald's, the nation's N

Although nearly 40 states passed some measure of tort reform in 1986, the American Tort Reform Assoc

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

Emery Waives Condition On Purolator SaleWILTON, Conn. - Emery Air Freight Corp. said it waiv

Grace Distribution Services Inc.'s new truck terminal facility in Deer Park, Texas, will help it cap

The Western Oil and Gas Association is gearing up against possible Congressional moratoriums that wo

At almost the precise moment visiting U.S. Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige was pledging renewed

Higher U.S. cotton prices resulting from a declining carry-over could reduce exports this year, merc

South Korea's trade surpluses with the United States and the European Community grew in the first qu

Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic announced plans for laying a $130 million submarine electric

The government is preparing to close two state-owned corporations in the metal industry - the Taiwan

Twelve Cabinet-level officers warned that it would be impossible for them to recommend that Presiden

James D. Miller Tuesday was named president of Tonka Toys International, a new division of Tonka Cor

U.S. purchases of goods re-exported via Hong Kong jumped 52 percent last year to HK$22 billion (US$2

When historians look back on this week's talks between President Reagan and Japanese Prime Minister

There can be no instant analysis that will produce credible data on the effects of state tort reform

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

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

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

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

The Columbia River's 34 ports have been urged to compete less, cooperate more and even told to form

C.H. TUNG, chairman and chief executive of Orient Overseas Holdings Ltd. and a member of one of the

Grain Terminals Idled By Strike in AustraliaSYDNEY, Australia - Operations at two of Austral