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Officials are moving to restore confidence in China's investment opportunities amid suggestions that

Political relations between Japan and China are cooling, and that will result in a slowdown of trade

Chrysler Corp.'s planned purchase of American Motors Corp. will provide the nation's third-largest a

U.S. consumers took on $536 billion more in consumer installment credit than they paid off in Januar

GTE Venture With Fujitsu Taps Toomey TEMPE, Ariz. - John W. Toomey, a 23-year management exe

GENERAL NEWS Chrysler planned purchase of American Motors will provide the automaker with th

Auto workers in Detroit and farmers in Kansas are hurt by the less developed countries' trillion-dol

US Arms Proposal Hit MOSCOW - The Tass news agency accused the United States of putting "ext

Iraq Claims Warplanes Hit Two Ships in GulfNICOSIA, Cyprus - Iraq said its warplanes hit two

The Coast Guard has called off a search for the Tuxpan, a Mexican-flag containership missing in the

The U.S. Labor Department disclosed that a federal grand jury in Newark, N.J., indicted a former emp

Latest Merchant Marine Ministry statistics on Greek-flag shipping show that 50 ships of 656,541 ton

Greek shipowners are stepping up pressure on this country's Socialist government for additional meas

On ship overtonnaging: Too many ships have been built by competing yards that could not see

Most striking Brazilian crewmembers who paralyzed the country's 187-ship merchant marine last week r

A Maritime Administration revision of its periodic report on Foreign Flag Merchant Ships Owned by U.

At least three carriers in the U.S. mainland-Hawaii trade oppose a bid by American President Lines L

Maritime labor unions are likely to make an effort to bring certain foreign- flag ships under severa

The Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against trustees and investment advisers of two maritime

Salvage workers Monday began their attempt to raise the half-submerged Herald of Free Enterprise, th

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

GENERAL NEWS Chrysler planned purchase of American Motors will provide the automaker with th

A headline on a story published on Feb. 24 should have read: IMC Agrees to Distribute Tenneco Feed M

The cross-channel ferries provide a vital link between Britain and Continental Europe, the market fo

The capsizing of the ferry Herald of Free Enterprise Friday raised new questions about the safety of

Bank of France Cuts Intervention RatePARIS - The Bank of France cut its intervention rate to

Celanese Chemical Co. announced an increase in the selling price of nine products, effective April 1

Combustion Engineering Inc. (C-E) received a $2 million contract from Honam Ethylene Co. (HEC), Seou

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

Success by Siderbras, the Brazilian national steel company, in its effort to obtain a lower ocean fr

H.N. Hartwell Merges With S&S Coal SalesH.N. Hartwell Co., Boston, has been merged into S&S

Mon., March 9, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Using a new indicator of trade performance, an Agriculture Department economist says the United Stat

American Electric Power System's 1,300-megawatt coal-fired Mountaineer Plant at New Haven, W.Va., w

A helicopter crisscrossed a nine-square-mile area, unleashing a toxic attack against any Mediterrane

Ashland Chemical Co. plans to boost its maleic anhydride capacity 40 percent to 65 million pounds a

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

Study Shows Decline In Rail Coal RatesRailroad coal rates are at the lowest level since 1981

With one Japanese shipping line about to launch double-stack train servicefrom Seattle to Ne

The West Coast's largest utility chopped 43 percent from the price it pays for steam from the Geyser