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Transamerica Corp. said fourth quarter operating profit rose to $42.2 millionfrom $39.4 mill

China's leading newspaper reminded the nation that hard work and struggle must remain the watchwords

The Supreme Court, in a case affecting export of U.S. high technology, has allowed an Australian fam

GENERAL NEWSThe Supreme Court ruled that citizens may sue out-of-state sources of pollution.

The Communist government fired the president and vice president of China's prestigious Academy of Sc

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

Dillingham Corp. Placed on Sale BlockPORTLAND, Ore. - Dillingham Corp. is up for sale, accor

The premier of British Columbia said he is more optimistic about the prospects for a free trade agre

Some favorable economic news and rumors of interest rate cuts abroad clashed with more spells of pro

Foreign governments and private investors overseas will continue to put money into U.S. capital mark

French Trade Surplus Reported for 1986France's December trade surplus totaled 3.7 billion fr

US Bank Failures To Increase This YearFederal Deposit Insurance Corp. Chairman William Seidm

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

Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone told California's Gov. George Deukmejian Wednesday that changing Ja

Mazda Motor Corp. will concentrate this year on developing its share of the domestic Japanese auto m

A high-ranking Soviet scientist conceded his nation was too slow to tell the world about the disaste

The indebted countries of Latin America can expect interest rates charged by foreign banks to fall n

NEW YORK Engineering plastics used in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning market are growi

In 11 years as director of the Alabama State Docks, Robert M. Hope has weathered two governors, the

A dockworkers' strike looms on the horizon at the port of Miami if Seaboard Marine Ltd. sets up oper

Reactive Polymers Division of Reichhold Chemicals Inc. announced a price increase of 2 cents a pound

Olin Corp. reported fourth quarter net income was $8.2 million, or 40 cents a share, down from $8.4

Ethyl Corp. reported net income for the fourth quarter of 1986 increased 21 percent to a record $45.

In a further pruning of assets, Bank of America is putting its Asian Visa card operations on the blo

Supplies of key petroleum products are following normal seasonal patterns with distillate declining

AMR Corp., parent of American Airlines Inc. reported fourth quarter net income declined to $6.6 mill

A key player in aviation issues before Congress said he has serious problems with industry proposals

The Kansai International Airport Co., planning to build a 1 trillion yen (US$6.5 billion) airport on

Sen. Lauricella Wins New Orleans AwardState Sen. Francis E. Hank" Lauricella of New Orleans

A retired U.S. admiral said he opposed arming merchant ships traveling in the gulf area, where more

American Transport Line will use non-International Longshoremen's Association labor to load and unlo

Transportation Industry Seminar, sponsored by Wertheim & Co. Inc. Jan. 28. Waldorf Astoria, New York

GENERAL NEWSThe U.S. inflation rate is the lowest in 25 years, and home building performed s

Wilh. Wilhelmsen Ltd. is still deep in discussions with its creditors, in an effort to reach final a

The International Air Transport Association, which represents 150 airlines accounting for 75 percen

The Kloster Group's Royal Viking Line expects to order a new cruise ship by the end of January.

Ryan Says It Won Pact To Operate UPS FleetWICHITA, Kan. - Ryan International Airlines, which

Tonnage on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway more than doubled in 1986 over the previous year, but th

Highway funding legislation was moving on the legislative fast track in both houses of Congress this

The Greek Chamber of Shipping is seeking government authorization to set up a marine stock exchange,