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The mild winter so far in the U.S. Midwest has raised concerns in some wheat trading circles that th

Midwest Grain Products Inc. of Atchison, Kan., announced it had acquired the Pillsbury Co.'s local f

The Brazilian government is studying the possibility of releasing retail beef prices from government

The Australian government will probably subsidize wheat exports by about $10 to $15 per metric ton,

In these days of heavy promotion and hype, it would seem impossible to maintain a low profile and a

The president of the South Louisiana Port Commission resigned Wednesday in protest over a proposed

Containerization & Intermodal Institute. All-day seminar on the impact of the 1984 Shipping Act on c

The 357,430-deadweight-ton tanker Happy Enterprise, a victim of the Iran-Iraq war, could become the

The worldwide trend toward privatization of business firms is attracting increasing attention on sev

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

The pace of privatization in France should accelerate early in 1987 with the sale to the public of o

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

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

Merrill Lynch and IBM End Financial ServiceMerrill Lynch & Co. and International Business Ma

Wednesday, Dec. 31, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

USX Corp. said its Marathon Oil Co. unit will call for redemption on March 1 its 12 1/2 percent gua

Failure to reach agreement with the unions is jeopardizing the proposed merger between the three Rot

A record $19.2 billion merchandise trade deficit in November raised more doubts about a substantiall

The U.S. bankruptcy court issued a preliminary injunction against GAC Marine and levied a fine of $5

The new U.S.-Canadian agreement imposing a 15 percent export tax on Canadian exports of softwood lum

Flying Tiger Names TwoTo New PostsFlying Tiger Line Inc., a subsidiary of Tiger Inte

Beefeater gin and Remy Martin cognac are among some of the top brands which could disappear from the

The Soviet Union's first fully operational coal slurry pipeline is scheduled to be completed and rea

Du Pont Sells BusinessTo ReemayE.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. completed the sale of i

Coal reserves purchased by Chicagoan Fred Keady from Standard Oil Co. could be developed at a relati

Commission Approves 14 percent PSNH Rate HikeMANCHESTER, N.H. - Public Service of New Hampsh

Salicylic Acid Market Seen Stable The market for salicylic acid is reported to be stable.Cry

A plant expansion program at Fayetteville, N.C., exceeding $10 million for the production of urea a

The overall market for hazardous waste management and disposal is expected to grow at an average ann

Wash. Insurance Firms Asked to Cut Auto RatesOLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington state's insurance c

Blame it on the Sunday drivers. Rising automobile insurance costs for families are beginning

Doctors protesting a new malpractice insurance law were scheduled to stop offering their services Ne

American Excess Insurance Association said its capacity is up almost 50 percent as a result of new s

About 8.3 million front-wheel drive General Motors cars are the focus of a reopened and expanded gov

A federal judge lifted a New Year's Day deadline for doctors to sign up to participate in Medicare w

The new oil-production accord reached by members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countrie

To buy or not to buy computer equipment? With software vendors out hawking attractive leasing plans,

On the final day of foreign exchange trading in 1986, the U.S. dollar fell to another new low agains

Japan's economic expansion in fiscal 1987, starting in April, will depend much more on efforts to st

The new year is likely to be a depressing replay of 1986 for private U.S. shipbuilders, but a glimme