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China hopes to close a contract to supply 300,000 metric tons of coking coal a year to Brazilian sta

Claiming the insurance crisis is over, an attorneys' group urged lawmakers not to tinker with the ju

TVA Purchases Coal For Two Power PlantsThe Tennessee Valley Authority awarded seven spot coa

On Change in China: The purpose of opening our windows is to let in fresh air, not to extend

Biocraft Laboratories Inc., a leading manufacturer of generic drugs, announced that it received appr

The Philippine Board of Investments is expected to announce Tuesday new guidelines designed to match

A lack of funds is forcing the Chinese city of Shanghai to cut investment and other spending this ye

Possible AIDS Vaccine Is Tested on HumansFor the last seven months, with very little fanfare

A new calculation of China's trade for 1986 shows a whopping deficit of more than US$12 billion, abo

World Steel Output Fell 11 percent in JanuaryBRUSSELS, Belgium - Crude steel output in the n

Bangladesh is making progress in a campaign to attract foreign investment by offering generous incen

GENERAL NEWS Americans who went on a year-end buying spree in December, cut back sharply in

Rail labor unveiled its plans for limited testing of employees for drug and alcohol use where it im

Guilford Transportation Industries is asking Interstate Commerce Commission approval to turn yet ano

TRAINS GROUND TO A HALT at the Association of American Railroads' recent affair honoring former Sen.

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

Southland Subsidiary To Offer 8-Year NotesGoldman, Sachs & Co. announced the proposed sale o

Seeking to ease concern over its January default on foreign debt payments, Ecuador has reiterated pl

Fri., Feb. 20, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Mole Develops Charger For Model AircraftMole Technology, a British company, has developed su

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Despite the heat generated on Capitol Hill over ways to change the 1985 farm law, none of the propos

The value of U.S. farm exports is expected to hold at a decade-low level of $26 billion this fiscal

India May Exchange Soymeal for SoybeansThe Indian Commerce Ministry is examining a trade pro

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The Reagan administration won't get legislation to recapitalize the thrift industry without associat

U.S. exporters have sold China an additional 300,000 metric tons of wheat under a new million-ton su

World cocoa bean production for 1986-87 is forecast at 1.97 million metric tons, virtually unchanged

An agreement by cattle executives from four major producers to urge their governments to seek an en

India is urging its textile manufacturers to boost sales to the United States under a new U.S.-India

ITC Finds Injury In Textile ImportsThe International Trade Commission has found in a prelimi

Lee Hills, editorial chairman emeritus of Knight- Ridder, announced his retirement from the Knight-R

Oil Minister Sheik Abdel-Aziz bin Khalifa al-Thani played down the significance of violations of the

European oil prices skidded below $17 a barrel last week as OPEC producers exceeded their agreed out

Coffee Quotas Meeting LONDON - The executive council of the International Coffee Organizatio

The Reagan administration expects to conclude by early March whether Japanese firms are continuing t

Singapore and Brunei signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the laying of a submarine cable

Overwhelming response to The Journal of Commerce's decision to run free jobs- wanted classified adve

France's trade minister suggested the United States and the European Community may launch concerted

A new test of an International Longshoremen's Association contract provision, stemming from the unio