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After supporting it with subsidies of US$12.5 million over the past five years, Barbados will suspe

OPEC's attempt to stabilize oil prices at $18 a barrel is floundering as several of its members viol

U.S. soybean producers urged the Reagan administration to retaliate against any tax the European Com

A congressional panel opened an investigation this week into the insolvency of Mission Insurance Co.

Stocks soared into record territory in heavy trading Tuesday, as investors came back from the three-

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey plans to ask the U.S. Department of Commerce to expand

Simplified documentation may be approved for intermodal shipments from India, replacing what is seen

Larger-than-expected Soviet purchases could help raise total U.K. grain exports to a record 10.5 mil

The Indian government is backing the idea of joint hydrocarbon ventures with Arab oil producers as p

Egypt Announces Cuts In Crude Oil PricesEgypt is dropping its crude oil prices by an average

February 17, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

Taiwan set up a special task force to prepare for a resumption of negotiations with the United State

Video piracy in Japan is spreading like a forest fire" and costing the U.S. film industry unacceptab

European Community foreign ministers have instructed the member nations' permanent representatives t

The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee proposed legislation to cut back on non-bank banks and

Opponents are lining up to battle the plans of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. and Farrell Lines Inc. to o

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

Burlington Starts Expediter TrainsFORT WORTH, Texas - Burlington Northern Railroad said it s

Dow Hikes Price of Magnum ABSMIDLAND, Mich. - The Dow Chemical Co. announced that effective

It was only three years ago that Geraldine Ferraro, then campaigning for the Democratic nomination f

Louis C. Lo, newly appointed chairman of the state-owned China Shipbuilding Corp., sees no panacea f

Some $21 million in development funds has been committed by private and public sources for construct

Stepped up airspace policing by the Federal Aviation Administration since a collision over Cerritos

Merger Agreement Eludes WestamericaSAN RAFAEL, Calif. - Westamerica Bancorp. said it has bee

United Is Cutting Flights to 7 CitiesUnited Airlines said it will suspend flights to seven U

State health commissioner David Axelrod says state lawmakers need to take the initiative and approve

Air traffic controllers trying to organize a new union have submitted enough sign-up cards for the g

Video piracy in Japan is spreading like a forest fire" and costing the U.S. film industry unacceptab

Free Trade Zone. Elk Grove Village's free trade zone plans will be the topic at the International Tr

Preliminary talks leading to creation of a possible joint venture are being held between Airborne Fr

Starcom International Inc., an electronic rate and tariff publishing service, said it will discontin

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. filed a challenge in Commonwealth Court to a Pennsylvania Insurance

On U.S. Imports: 'The United States has become the world's giant shopping mall. The market i

Continental Corp. reported fourth-quarter operating income from continuing operations of $77.6 milli

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

A wait and see attitude reigned on the Chicago Board of Trade floor in the days after the CBT member

Japan and china will soon begin negotiations to establish the amount of corn China will export to Ja

Lured by more attractive tax laws back home or spooked by price freezes and rising nationalism here,

GENERAL NEWS The U.S. economy showed signs of re-inflating as the government reported a shar

Consumer confidence, which held at relatively high levels throughout most of 1986, dropped sharply i