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The U.S. semiconductor industry has been devastated by Japanese competition and may need government

The European Community's chief trade official said he saw no more than a 40 percent chance of avoidi

Storage Sites Closed BASEL, Switzerland - Swiss chemical manufacturer Ciba-Geigy A.G. said T

The proportion of British Airways equity to be sold abroad when the airline is privatized beginning

Emery Air Freight reports that December 1986 shipments rose 14 percent and weight increased 20 perce

DHL International Ltd. said it signed an agreement with the China Foreign Transportation Corp. - Sin

US Envoy in Israel AMMAN, Jordan - U.S. envoy Richard Murphy left Thursday for Israel, the s

West Germany's balance of payments showed a deficit of 3.765 billion deutsche marks in November, acc

A wholly owned air cargo subsidiary soon will be established by Japan Line Ltd., executives of that

TNT Ltd., the Australian transportation conglomerate, made it clear in a filing with the Securities

The head of the nation's small plane pilots association said several of the Federal Aviation Adminis

Just how could a business traveler possibly take the successor to the ill- fated Laker Airways serio

Exxon Chemical announced the on-schedule start-up of an additional plant manufacturing Escorez 5000

Bristol-Myers Co. announced that the Food and Drug Administration has released for marketing a new o

Growth Seen In Hot-FillPackagingIn the next ten years, hot-fill and retort packaging

It's a question of survival for many products in the U.S. organic solvents market - and survival mea

Last year was a banner one for Monsanto Co.'s Fibers Division. Earl N. Brasfield, group vice

Sterling Drug Inc. acquired Woodroof Laboratories, a Santa Ana, Calif., producer and marketer of a p

AIG Liability Cover $1 Million for HotelAmerican International Group confirmed that its memb

Unocal Canada Ltd., a subsidiary of Unocal Corp. and Sherritt Gordon Mines Ltd., Toronto, said that

Bath Iron Works is still very much in the market to operate the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the Bath, Maine,

A Vancouver economist claims that the western Canadian oil and gas industry may have sold off a hug

President Reagan's failure to budget adequate new funds for the fight against acid rain has upset th

Mexico's oil sales fell nearly 60 percent during the first eight months of 1986 compared with the sa

An attorney for a firm that has sued Ivan F. Boesky says he has been told the former stock speculato

NJ Governor Backs Proposal on Gas TaxTRENTON, N.J. - Transportation Commissioner Hazel Gluck

Directors of the Columbia Gas System Inc. have approved a $300 million 1987 capital budget, said Joh

Thursday, January 8, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

January 8, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

A revaluation of the deutsche mark of at least 3 percent against all currencies linked in the Europe

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

Agricultural Bank Issuing Bonds in ChinaBEIJING - The Agricultural Bank of China is issuing

Physicians can use blood tests to identify people infected with the AIDS virus who are likely to com

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

JIM, THE NEGRO SLAVE, told Huckleberry Finn that King Solomon wasn't all that wise a judge.

A total of 525 billion yen ($3.32 billion) of bonds guaranteed by the Japanese government will be fl

The Indian government has no immediate plans to reverse its recent restrictions on edible oil import

Ohio business and lawmakers are setting the stage for little compromise with the governor on product

Japan must do more to reduce its enormous annual trade surpluses in the interest of the global econo

Argentina exported 21,613,800 metric tons of grain, oilseeds and grain subproducts in 1986, down sha