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Cruise passengers will continue to find attractive rates as long as cruise ship capacity exceeds dem

Todd Won't Declare Dividend This PeriodJERSEY CITY, N.J. - Todd Shipyards Corp.'s board vote

Oman said it was consulting with Iran and other gulf powers in an attempt to persuade Iran not to us

HOW DID SENATOR LINE GET THAT NAME? No, the company's owners weren't calling for a return of basebal

Workers at Foss Maritime have narrowly approved a new three-year contract, ending a four-month-old s

The United States has made a formal offer to provide military protection to Kuwaiti tankers in the t

The Federal Maritime Commission will clarify its handling of marine terminal agreements. In

BMW of North America Inc. announced it will establish a vehicle processing center at the port of Bru

A single Canadian sealing ship headed for the ice fields off Labrador after officials approved the r

Longshoremen briefly refused to tie up a Philippine freighter on Tuesday, saying that the tug compan

The U.S. Customs Service selected the port of Tacoma to be the first West Coast port to install its

A conference to explore the future of ocean shipping and other maritime industries will be held at t

An article in the paper March 24 gave the incorrect name for a computer service and data-processing

The Federal Maritime Commission plans to modify its rules governing the supplying of information to

A Travelers Corp. unit is trying to take the place of another insurer to join in the insurance and f

GENERAL NEWS Employers can use sex and race criteria in hiring decisions and airlines are ob

A catastrophic earthquake on the southern San Andreas Fault would make 250,000 to 400,000 dwellings

Insurance management through the 20th century will be discussed March 26-28 in Lake Placid, N.Y. The

Fireman's Fund Corp. said it was subpoenaed by the Securities and ExchangeCommission in conn

NJ Senate to Vote On Product ProposalsTRENTON, N.J. - The Senate Judiciary Committee is sche

Oil, pharmaceutical and high-technology stocks were among the casualties Wednesday as profit-taking

Integrity Insurance Co. was declared at least $50 million insolvent and placed under the control of

The U.S. dollar was about unchanged Wednesday after rebounding from early losses on a widespread per

Renewed uncertainty about the yen-U.S. dollar exchange rate makes it even less likely Japanese inves

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

Health insurance companies will likely see out-patient claims rise much faster than in-patient claim

Unannounced wiretapping of employees' incoming telephone calls to plug leaks of insider trading info

The number of players in the international financial markets will dwindle over the next 10 years unt

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

In virtually every nook and cranny of the U.S. Agricultural research community, there is a notation

The Soviet Union has bought an additional 200,000 metric tons of U.S. corn - about 7.9 million bushe

The Senate Agriculture Committee approved a bill aimed at increasing U.S. agri cultural exports, pri

Wednesday, March 25, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Cocoa Group Continues Buffer Stock DebateThe International Cocoa Organization Council workin

March 25, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The number of working oil and gas rigs in the United States increased by 23 this week to a total of

The European Community this week came under pressure from Australia and Argentina to destroy surplu

FOR NOSTALGIA BUFFS, we recently came across the May 8, 1975, issue of The Journal of Commerce, whic

Rising spot market prices last week pushed up gasoline prices in upstate New York, and boosted heati