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A new model forklift truck with built-in safety warning systems and advanced electronics is availabl

The Court of Appeals in Hong Kong partially reversed a lower court's ruling that Interlego AG has no

The Wild Kingdom is coming to life for Mutual of Omaha. The Omaha, Neb., sponsor of the TV s

Crowley Maritime Corp. says that with its purchase of United States Lines' South American routes, A

International Business Machines Corp. is scheduled to fire a shot Thursday that will be heard around

The Reagan administration's latest decision on the scope of the nation's cargo preference laws predi

2 Skippers Imprisoned In Black Sea CollisionThe captains of two ships that collided in the B

After losing two bookings to U.S. carriers, the Shipping Corp. of India Ltd. may seek a bilateral sh

The $5 annual fee Pennsylvania automobile owners pay to the state's Catastrophic Loss Trust Fund wil

Dukakis Unveils Tort Reform PackageGov. Michael Dukakis has sent a package of tort reforms t

Regional variation in mortality as a result of motor vehicle accidents is reported in the latest iss

Prudential Insurance Co. of America said it obtained a $35 million line of credit from a group of ba

The Council of Lloyd's, the governing body of the Lloyd's of London insurance market, has appointed

John Victor Herd, retired chairman of Continental Corp., died Friday of a heart attack at his home i

Studies show the southern San Andreas Fault is far more complex than once believed, muddying researc

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

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

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

If Agriculture Department economists are correct, U.S. sugar production may increase again this year

Philadelphia Exchange Plans Evening TradingIn an effort to generate more business from Tokyo

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West Germany's farm minister strongly denounced a package of European Community farm policy proposal

Gold is expected to rise to US$440 through April and to move to a high of $480 by mid-year, analyst

Texaco Inc. filed a motion for a rehearing of its appeal in the Pennzoil case with a Texas Court of

The International Coffee Organization meets today in London to review the state of the market after

March 30, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Saudi Arabia is reportedly negotiating multibillion dollar oil barter deals to circumvent problems i

Premier Andreas Papandreou said the Greek-Turkish crisis over Aegean oil rights had ended and that G

Mexico's Oil Policy Focuses on FlexibilityMexico's oil strategy is focusing on a "highly fle

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' production for March is expected to be an estimat

Electricite de France, the French state-owned utility, managed to boost its electricity exports in 1

Witco Corp. is set to spend over $7 million to expand and modernize its bulk oil terminal in Jackson

A Monsanto Co. subsidiary, Permea Inc., formed a new venture, Kinetek Systems Inc., to target the es

Styrene Monomer Price Hits 48 Cents a PoundStyrene monomer prices are continuing to firm wit

Middle South Utilities Inc. plans to discourage heavy industry's use of cogenerated power at least u

SmithKline Beckman Corp. and Damon Biotech Inc. announced an agreement for the manufacture and sale

The European Commission's investigation into price fixing by eight leading pro ducers of polyvinyl c

Southern Company Services Inc. said it bought 222,000 tons of coal on the spot market for Mississipp

China Expects Output Of Coal to IncreaseChina, the world's largest coal producer, will incre

Chinese Petroleum Corp. tapped M.W. Kellogg Co., Houston, to design and build a 400,000-metric-ton-a