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When Pillsbury Corp. conducted a study recently to find out how its distribution network was doing,

Truck fleets and engine makers are working quietly behind the scenes on a compromise that could lead

Argentina's finance minister, Mario Brodersohn, will meet with creditor banks in New York Wednesday

Two seagoing labor unions - the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association District 1 and the National

The National Coal Association and Mining and Reclamation Council of America will combine forces Apri

The man who used to be No. 2 at the U.S. Customs Service is still spreading the message of his old b

Rep. Mario Biaggi, D-N.Y., chairman of the House merchant marine subcom mittee, was indicted with fo

Georgia Power Co. is being allowed to proceed with full power operation of the nearly $9 billion Uni

Desoto Inc. said it sold its fatty acid, fatty amide and metallic stearate businesses to Plastic Spe

Local industries that make their own electricity could see increases of up to 50 percent in their el

India is expected to spend 18 billion rupees ($1.37 billion) more on imports of oil and petroleum p

British Coal suffered two major setbacks last week as the government approved a program to build a n

China is planning a $100 million project to upgrade several fertilizer production facilities through

The Greek bulk carrier Captain Diamantis is aground in the shallow water outside Kamaishi, Japan.

Six ships have been waiting for a month or more to discharge sugar at a London refin ery because of

A fully laden Saudi Arabian oil tanker escaped a missile attack by an Iranian gunboat in the souther

Maritime Administrator John Gaughan told shipbuilders that large federal programs that might help th

The TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement said it canceled a planned increase in its currency surcha

A local court has declared illegal the unilateral action taken by the port director of Genoa suspend

Bath Iron Works denies that its quality inspections of steel used to build Navy vessels are substand

Brokers agree with the results of a Peat, Marwick Mitchell & Co. study showing nine out of 10 corpor

Current and Future Life Insurance Product Environment will be discussed March 18 in San Francisco as

Shrewd traders, cheap wages, tireless workers, big savers - all have pushed South Korea to the top

London's leading surplus lines insurers have urged Texas politicians to reconsider a bill that would

A U.S. bankruptcy court has ruled that a United States Lines Inc. creditor must pay at least $220,0

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

The U.S. dollar declined against most key foreign currencies Friday in continued quiet trading.<

United States Lines says its new double-stack container train between Oakland, Calif., and Detroit

The president of a British-based shipping line says he is about 80 percent ready to proceed with the

Shippers and competitors might question the wisdom of the move, but RMC Lines believes it has good r

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

Stocks will continue to meander aimlessly until Friday, when the unpredictable "triple witching hour

Citicorp Mulls Change In Brazil Debt StatusCiticorp said in a filing with the Securities and

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

General cargo workers suspended a strike that has slowed operations in the world's largest port for

The board of governors of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange decided not to act on a member petition to

including a massive letter-writing campaign - to halt or change the policy. They contend it will unf

Friday, March 13, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

On Africa's "Parallel Markets" As if the African farmer is not penalized enough by low produ

Union Bank of Switzerland, the largest bank in that country and 10th largest in the world, is the la