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

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

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

U.S. District Judge William W. Schwarzer denied a motion that U.S. District Judge William A. Ingram

Surely you remember the energy crisis of the late 1970s, when President Jimmy Carter went on televis

The trading and marketing unit of the rapidly growing First Pacific Group reported a 128 percent inc

Utah Power & Light Settles Wilberg SuitUtah Power & Light Co. and the families of 27 coal mi

A study sponsored by the life insurance industry calculates that a secondary market for farm mortgag

Researcher Expects Big Growth in BiotechBERKELEY, Calif. - Biotechnology could mean to the E

Domestic exports and re-exports to the United States began the year at a cracking pace, with increas

Five South African firms have been taken off a list of those whose exports to the United States are

Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations must broaden their horizons and cooperate more

The queue of idle supertankers anchored off the Persian Gulf is lengthening daily as crude oil expor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Portable Soil Meter Facilitates GardeningThe Japanese have invented a portable soil meter th

Agents Put the Squeeze On Cargo of PythonsU.S. federal wildlife officials who put the squeez

An exploration and production subsidiary of Cenergy Corp. has been given a working interest in an oi

Nigeria, Africa's largest oil producer, will forge ahead in 1987 with countertrade agreements worth

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter said the latest version of House trade legislation is an i

NYLife Plans to Invest $30 Million in VentureNew York Life Insurance Co. said it plans to in

BP's Polyolefin Prices To Increase 5 percent-8 percentBP Performance Polymers Inc. will rais

In the heat of today's political debates, it's sometimes said that"hundreds of farms a day" are goin

BCal Plans to Expand Trans-Atlantic RouteBritish Caledonian Airways said it is planning a ma

The Reagan administration is backing away from key coal industry recommendation s contained in a dra

March 13, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

To Peruvian consumers, this Andean nation's economic recovery has a bright, rosy hue. But to

Pakistan ordered 180 military trucks and associated spare parts valued at $18.5 million from the AM

Six of the largest containerships ever built will "sail" again next week, but for only a short trip

Delicate talks are now under way between K" Line and port of Seattle officials with an aim toward ha

First Pacific Holdings took over Hong Nin Bank, which has been in government hands since teetering o

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