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

Banks Criticized For LDC Debt RoleCommercial banks are the weak link in a U.S. plan to relie

Puerto Rico Maritime Management Inc. named Henry Menge Barrantes vice president, sales, in Puerto Ri

BUDGET CHICKEN is still the game being played this week by the White House and congressional Democra

Wearing a dress from Greece, a scarf-like tapestry from Afghanistan and jewelry from Mexico, Israel

The governments of Norway, Sweden and Denmark are proposing a major deregulation of airline service

More than 20,000 tons of 38 cancer-causing chemicals are emitted into the air each year in the Lake

Rust-eaten cars, roadways and bridges could be a thing of the past if a New York county pilot projec

The Maritime Administration is likely to lose its four overseas shipping experts by the end of the y

The Reagan administration is planning a new tactic this year to persuade Congress to enact some $494

Hughes Tool Co. stockholders overwhelmingly accepted a resolution to merge with Baker International

GENERAL NEWS Trade legislation tops the congressional priority list this year on issues affe

There's still a run on rum labels at Bacardi. Bacardi Imports is trotting out its new Bacard

Ensign Trust of London, a closed-end investment trust controlled by the British Merchant Navy Pensio

Most if not all of American President Cos.' 1986 after-tax profit came from domestic inland operatio

Zambia and Zimbabwe have yet to impose sanctions on South Africa as their leaders promised last year

The parking lot is empty, and litter gathers at the edges of the lawns as Brian McLaughlan trudges a

The Agency for International Development is planning a second conference for its program with U.S. b

The Federal Reserve's strategy of price stability in the long run could allow interest rates to move

Neville-Synthese Sets Price Increase for TBCNeville-Synthese Organics Inc. announced a price

Airlines to Discuss Schedule AdjustmentsThe major airlines serving the Chicago and Atlanta a

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration notified Johnson & Johnson that its food additive petition for

Gordon Cain appears to be satisfied, finally, with the scope of the $1 billion deal he has amassed f

With a go-ahead from the governors of both states, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is

A New Hampshire insurance executive and a ski area operators' association both predict that next yea

MENTION OF ONE A.C.E LTD. in the Tower Commission report on the Iran Contra scandal is turning out f

Philippine Finance Minister Jaime Ongpin said Thursday that negotiationswith the nation's creditor b

Certain U.S. edible oil interests are making false claims that palm oil is dangerous to people's hea

U.S. officials are waging an uphill campaign to put another American at the helm of Intelsat, the gl

The House Ways and Means trade subcommittee, by voice vote, made only minor changes and gave final a

The Yugo sent motorists scrambling - to find a map to learn where Yugoslavia was. More consu

The Canadian National Railroad accused Guilford Transportation Industries of contriving a freight ca

The Federal Maritime Commission reports that 12 companies filed applications recently for licenses t

Ferries & Passenger Boats '87. Two-day seminar presented by Marine Engineering/Log, March 18-19. War

The International Swap Dealers Association called for simplification of a joint proposal by the Fede

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

Thursday, March 12, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Union Pacific Corp. and Petroleos de Venezuela SA, the national oil company of Venezuela, will sign

Pressure is mounting for Australia to increase imports from the Soviet Union. The Soviet Uni

The decline in manufacturing in the nation's midsection may be permanent, but unexpected economic st