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US Corn Sales Found Hurting Canada SectorWINNIPEG, Canada - The Canadian Import Tribunal rul

San Francisco International Airport says it expects to be the first U.S. airport to use proximity ca

Lumber Orders Rise In 12 Western StatesPORTLAND, Ore. - Lumber production fell, but orders a

An Australian company plans to build a service center for international businessmen in Beijing.<

Stiff competition and dropping prices have forced a leveling off of the once- booming kiwifruit mark

RCA Laboratories demonstrated its new technology - full-motion videos on compact disk read-only memo

A senior Chinese official said the plunge in new foreign investment contracts last year reflected a

As manufacturer and other forecasts continue to envisage a boom in aircraft sales, the more financi

The devastated real estate market, which has crippled four of Alaska's largest banks, also is taking

Japanese Economy Seen in DifficultyThe growth rate for fixed investment by Japanese industri

A Japanese trade official said he was not pessimistic about semiconductor chip talks with the Unite

Today the port of Genoa as a product is commercially unsaleable. Even only to try to offer its servi

GENERAL NEWS General Motors Corp. says it will save up to $3 billion this year and about $10

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Canada's west coast terminal elevators are shipping grain at a record rate and are putting the count

For the third time since World War II, Greece has received a reminder that the benefits from its shi

North American Van Lines converted sharply lower expenses into a $30 million turnaround in fourth qu

Tiny Fisher Transportation Services Inc. joined the growing list of publicly traded full truckload m

The long-awaited dredging of Hampton Roads began March 5 without fanfare. The arrival of the

Acid Spill Closes Upstate NY HighwayCLIFTON PARK, N.Y. - State Police closed a section of th

President Reagan rejected the proposed excise tax on vaccines meant to fund a childhood vaccine liab

Thomas B. Crowley, chief executive of Crowley Maritime Corp., likes to call his company small potato

American International Group, a major property/casualty underwriter, reported $296.5 million, or $1.

Alan J. Herbert, insurance editor of the Journal of Commerce, died Saturday, Feb. 28. This eulogy wa

The 11th Annual Eastern Claims Conference will be held March 9-10 in New York. Contact Donna A. Cont

Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Casey will appeal a state court ruling in favor of three automobile insu

A Massachusetts Insurance Department official has recommended a 23.6 percent retroactive medical mal

Workers Comp Granted To AIDS-Stricken ManNORWALK, Calif. - A man who contracted AIDS while w

Expensive does not automatically mean better when it comes to automobile bumpers, says an insurance

USDA said the interest rate its Commodity Credit Corp. charges on commodity and farm storage loans w

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

The U.S. dollar plunged sharply against all key foreign currencies Thursday after Commerce Departmen

Stocks rose further into record territory Thursday ahead of a key report today on the nation's emplo

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange said its board of governors would delay consideration of a petition

Thur., March 5, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Jamaica's stock exchange is experiencing unprecedented rates of growth and a pace of activity, which

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

Alexander & Alexander Wins Higher RatingMoody's Investors Service Inc. said it raised the co

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

One day after Microsoft Corp. unveiled its new offering of a library of reference works on a single