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Amid growing trade friction, Britain's consumer affairs minister asked Japan on Monday to allow more

Amid mounting trade friction between Japan and the United States, more U.S. opinion leaders think Ja

China Slashes Imports Of High TechnologyChina cut imports of advanced technology for its ind

U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., one of the first members of Congress to draw attention to the danger

China Slashes Imports Of High TechnologyChina cut imports of advanced technology for its ind

Niger, Africa's second largest uranium producer after Namibia and the fifth largest in the world, is

Unocal Chemicals' Unit Raises Polymer PricesThe 76 Polymers Group of Unocal Chemicals Divisi

NYSEG to Write Off Nuclear Project CostsBINGHAMTON, N.Y. - New York State Electric & Gas Cor

The British ferry disaster fund has reached 3.3 million ($5.3 million), a fund spokesman said Monda

Two Producers Post Joint Mercury PriceKnight-Ridder FinancialMADRID, Spain - Minas d

Southern Company Services Inc. is looking to buy coal on the spot market for four Gulf of Mexico pow

The meals and perhaps even the music aboard the Titanic the night it went down will be recreated by

An environmental expert said 18 accidents involving oil tankers have dumped 21,000 tons of crude oil

Anchorage has won the opportunity to act as host for the American Association of Port Authorities' 1

A steward on the doomed British ferry Herald of Free Enterprise warned of impending disaster at leas

Savannah's years-long struggle to replace a bridge blamed for chasing business away finally ended wi

More than half the U.S. subsidized bulk ship operators are seeking additional government financial h

The French government has found a novel method of subsidizing the ailing French shipbuilding indust

Former Navy Lt. Thomas H. Byrd of New Jersey has been honored at Mayport Naval Station for sinking a

On the Northwest Passage: I said that's ours, lock, stock and iceberg. And that's a question

The Taiwanese are expected to liberalize rules on U.S. entry into insurance markets at the next roun

GENERAL NEWS After-tax profits of U.S. manufacturers fell to an average of 3.3 percent of sa

The tank truck industry has joined the growing list of unhappy insureds who have formed captive insu

The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. sent legislation to Congress to create a variable-rate premium st

The liability insurance crunch in Idaho has until June 30, 1992, to ease measurably or commercial in

One of the first opportunists to take advantage of the shortage of capital in the reinsurance busine

Calif. to Hold Hearings On Liability CrunchThe California Insurance Department will hold ''i

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

The U.S. dollar held steady against most major currencies Monday as the foreign exchange market awai

When the Dow Jones industrial average plummeted 57.39 points last Monday and then soared 69.89 point

The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials closed above 2400 for the first time Monday, passing a fifth

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

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

Gencorp Takes Steps To Fight Off SuitorAKRON, Ohio - Gencorp Inc., fighting a $2.2 billion t

Three men were indicted for allegedly selling more than $1 million in sophisticated computer equipme

Pilots Make Offer To Purchase UnitedUnited Airlines pilots have offered to buy the carrier f

The collapse of a highway bridge on the New York State Thruway near Albany is wreaking havoc with tr

Two large upstate New York shippers said the bridge collapse will force rerouting of shipments but w

Truck Part Firms Face Difficulties in EuropeOver the next five to 10 years, survival will be

Gould, Siemens Enter Product AccordROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. - Gould Inc. announced that it and