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Japan's jobless rate hit a record 3 percent in January, the highest level in 34 years, a Labor Minis

Ferro Corp. announced two new business ventures to expand its composites operations. Ferro s

Trying to chart the future of energy-poor Italy in light of the Chernobyl disaster, government offic

The National Transportation Safety Board urged the Defense Department to toughen qualification stand

Unilever PLC, the Anglo-Dutch conglomerate, announced fourth quarter 1986 pretax earnings of 276 mi

Ports are spending millions of dollars to design and install automated information systems and are g

Container traffic through Hong Kong jumped 21 percent last year, making officials pretty sure" it ra

Luncheon in honor of Clayton Yeutter, U.S. trade representative. Sponsored by the New York Chamber o

Fred. S. James Buys A&A's Boise OfficeFred. S. James & Co. said it acquired the Boise, Idaho

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The U.S. reiterated its proposal for a copper producer-consumer forum designed to develop markets fo

Egypt to Hold Prices Steady Until March 15CAIRO, Egypt - Egypt's crude oil export prices wil

NECO Sets Agreement For Power PurchasesNEWPORT, R.I. - Newport Electric Co. finalized an agr

Drivers Group Seeks Review on ICC RulingThe Owner Operators Independent Drivers Association

The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. said that it is closing tire plants in Des Moines, Iowa, Bloomington

Prospects that the marine shipping industry will see an end to the protracted crisis on the world's

Electric Boat will combine its second and third work shifts on March 29 and restructure its first sh

Arco asked the U.S. Court of Appeals to reconsider a January decision casting a pall over the Depart

A federal bankruptcy court approved the sale of four smaller United States Lines vessels to the Mari

The new rail ferry link between Gothenburg, Sweden, and Frederikshavn, Denmark, will start operating

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

Breaux May Get Post WASHINGTON - Sen. John Breaux, D-La., appears to be headed for the chair

Crude oil prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange strengthened substantially in heavy trading Tue

GENERAL NEWS The government's index of economic indicators points away from future growth, f

The government has decided to allow hotels, cultural departments and halls to hold public dances for

The state Public Service Commission has delayed until April 7 a hearing on whether to cancel the ope

Ecolab Inc., formerly Economics Laboratory, has moved into the institutional laundry supply business

Burlington Northern Railroad is considering selling up to 2,000 miles of lines this year as part of

A Taiwanese delegation left for Washington Tuesday to try to negotiate an increase in this island's

A strike at the four-month-old Ford Motor Co. plant here was in its third day Tuesday, but a company

The Federal Maritime Commission stressed again that it will insist ocean carriers stick to their tar

THOSE PROFITS keep rolling in. The port of Long Beach in the first six months of fiscal year 1987 co

The 1 percent drop in the government's January index of leading economic indicators confirmed a slug

The Canadian government on Monday selected a Canadian builder for a giant icebreaker to help defend

It took an extra month for the governor of Washington to get answers to his environmental questions

Beneficial Corp. said it reached an agreement in principle to sell its financially-troubled American

The world's mainstream liner trades face more shock waves" this year if United States Lines' 12 gian

A proposed $100 million cogeneration plant to be built in Syracuse may have to be fueled by oil inst

Canadian Parliament To Debate Free TradeParliament will debate freer trade later this month,

A determined effort to integrate Just-In-Time in its distribution network led to Sears Roebuck and C