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

Fuji Heavy Industries and Isuzu Motor Co. of Japan may scrap plans to build trucks and utility vehic

Children ride camels, vendors offer roasted snake snacks and amateur opera singers perform in shows.

USDA Removes Controls On Chilean Meat ImportsThe USDA has recognized Chile as free of foot-a

Australian farmers again have been urged to ignore U.S. tractors and buy from the Soviets. T

Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line says its efforts to slash costs while increasing service levels will eventu

Strong competition for declining feeder cattle supplies should produce higher feeder cattle prices t

GENERAL NEWS President Reagan and his economic advisers, in the annual economic report, spel

Record Canadian prairie grain production last year boosted on-farm grain stock estimates to 44.7 mil

January 29, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

The weak world wheat market is due to protectionist domestic policies and export subsidization by ma

A seat on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's Index and Options Market sold for a record $128,500 Tues

Brazil said it will give up 1 million bags of its coffee export quota if international controls are

Four oil companies who are operators on the Norwegian continental shelf told the government that it

Peru's silver production rose during Jan.-Nov. 1986, while copper, lead and zinc output fell from Ja

The National Cattlemen's Association will delay requests for further congressional action on livesto

The price of an Index, Debt, and Energy Market (IDEM) seat on the Chicago Board of Trade has risen s

The Maritime Administration quietly paid off $19.3 million of the government- insured debt on the 22

The Chicago Board of Trade this week mailed to its members ballots containing the exchange's proposa

Hopes are fading for a quick settlement to the dockers strike over layoffs in Rotterdam's convention

An official with the port of Lake Charles joked that if every other U.S. port were like this one, th

President Reagan and his Council of Economic Advisers said some major problems remain for an economy

INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATES Canada U.K. Germany Holland SwitzerlandDa

Bulkitalia has proceeded with the renewal of its bulk carrier fleet with thepurchase of two

The farm trade dispute between the United States and the European Community that threatened to escal

The Canadian government has moved ahead with plans to create international banking centers in Montre

Dow Chemical Co. reported fourth quarter 1986 net income of $168 million, a turnaround from the year

Regulatory revisions to ease access to the state's excess and surplus lines market are necessary des

THE GREAT SKI RACE. Team entries are drifting in for the AIG Insurance Industry Ski Cup Challenge to

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. and the New York Blood Center announced they have entered into a three

US Hospitals Facing Shortage of NursesThe vacancy rate for registered nurses in U.S. hospita

Air Products and Chemicals Inc. and its Brazilian subsidiary, Air Products Gases Industrials Ltd., a

"The Future of International Fire Safety Codes" will be the topic of the principal address at the Ma

An environmental study of a proposed $825 million natural gas pipeline across Utah has concluded tha

Archer Daniels Midland Co. received $29.23 million in Agriculture Department subsidies for its ethan

Consolidated Rail Corp. reported net income of $84 million, or $2.97 a share, down from $98 million,

It will be difficult to predict price moves of crude oil for the next several months, said Helga Ste

Expecting a revival in the 1990s, the U.S. nuclear power industry is rallying around the idea of st

The recent decline in the value of the dollar has eaten up about a quarter of the additional profit

Ashland Chief Executive Sees Stable Oil PricesCrude oil prices will remain stable, and proba