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Rep. Dan Rostenkowski said the trade bill approved by his House Ways and Means Committee sends Japan

USING THE STRENGTH of New York state's insolvency fund to market insurance is against the law, but t

Now that it has reached agreement with Portugal on the return of Macao to Chinese sovereignty in 199

Officials of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission reaffirmed their opposition to a merger with t

Investors went crazy over the port of Houston. The Harris County government entity completed

U.K. North Sea oil production "remains on a plateau" and is unlikely to rise in the future, Prime Mi

The Turkish government, reversing a 10-year-old policy designed to avoid confrontation with neighbo

International Minerals & Chemical Corp. announced that the board of directors has approved the expen

On Reform in China: Under no circumstance is it permissible to stifle democracy on the prete

Buyers and designers at France's fall and winter fashion show this week seemed oblivious to the die-

As the Cabinet-level Economic Policy Council met to consider sanctions against alleged dumping of Ja

Fla. FCOJ Processor Announces Price HikeLykes-Pasco Packing Co., Dade City, Fla., raised its

The 49,179-gross-ton Liberian bulk carrier Trave Ore and the 999-gross-ton West German freighter Chr

The International Energy Agency on Wednesday urged West Germany to reduce the heavy subsidies it pay

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

The sale of United States Lines' remaining operations apparently means that what was once the best-k

The state of California, heartened by success at getting some barriers to California agricultural ex

March 26, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The maritime industry blew it" by supporting the Shipping Act of 1984, a leading transportation exec

A Cherokee-Creek Indian who was penniless and lived in a car while oil and gas was being pumped from

Nigeria Offers to Lend Crude to EcuadorQUITO, Ecuador - Nigeria has offered to lend Ecuador

Wisconsin members of Congress are trying to head off a contract under which an Italian-based company

Great Lakes ports say President Reagan's meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney next mo

A spill from a chemical plant has polluted a water reservoir and may contaminate the Volga River, th

Mine Safety Appliances Co. said it has agreed to sell its controlling interest in a South African mi

A Hong Kong company has invented and is marketing a water-powered pocket calculator. Calculators cur

If buyers won't go to suppliers on their own, entice them into doing so with a mixture of business a

The U.S. Foreign-Trade Zone Board granted a license to the Canaveral Port Authority to open the 136t

Funeral services were held Wednesday for Sophie Weinstein, retired executive secretary for The Journ

The state aviation company of Indonesia has won its first components contractfrom Boeing Com

Top Stories Zhejiang trade representatives are counting heavily on a Los Angeles exhibition

Projects affecting ports, harbors, army bases, memorials and universities form the backdrop for the

A nuclear insurance industry group is advocating a $40 million increase in the first tier of liabili

Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore are slowly open ing their markets to U.S. products beca

Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore are slowly open ing their markets to U.S. products beca

Further strengthening of the Taiwan dollar against the U.S. dollar will not help lower the overall U

Further strengthening of the Taiwan dollar against the U.S. dollar will not help lower the overall U

After two years of excessive growth, China is launching an austerity program to slash profligate spe

Securities firms are about to join a line of other industries that have broken ranks with the tradit

Longshoremen say they believe they will be able to prevent cargo from being unloaded from three Haw