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GENERAL NEWS Merrill Lynch economists warned that improvement in the U.S. trade deficit is a

Government plans to sell off state assets in Argentina's petrochemicals industry are overshadowed by

Chile's January-November 1986 trade surplus rose to US$981.7 million, up from $756.1 million in the

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

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

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

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

Faced with continuing gloomy forecasts for locomotive purchases in the coming months and years, Gene

XTRA Corp.'s shareholder rights plan appears to have stalled a takeover attempt by Itel Corp. of Chi

If U.S. trade deficit numbers don't improve in 1987, you can kiss the economy goodbye, according to

Southern Coke & Coal Corp. won two out of 13 weekly spot coal contracts awarded by the Tennessee Va

While the Marine Corps continues to search for a few good men, the International Longshoremen's and

Unless major new oil discoveries are made in the next few years, Algeria will be counting on its nat

Vancouver Cargo Line Will Take on TouristsVANCOUVER, British Columbia - The last active vess

The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials closed above the historic 2000 level Thursday, as the stock

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

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

Japan's Nippon Steel Corp., the world's largest steel producer, will close five of its 12 blast fur

Paula L. Green, a former daily newspaper reporter, has joined the insurance reporting staff at The J

With electric rates on Hawaii among the highest in the United States, geothermal exploration crews a

Cargo volume is up 110,000 tons over the first five months of fiscal year 1986, but Neil Painchaud,

CHEW'S COMPLAINT: Ralph Chew, president of the National Association of Export Companies, questions t

New York sugar futures will trade in a 3-cent range during 1987, and between a spot price of 5.50 ce

Sales of imported cars in Japan skyrocketed by a whopping 36.2 percent last year, the Japan Automobi

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

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

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

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

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

The Federal Reserve Board, other federal regulators and the Bank of England proposed a joint approac

Kosmos and Klosters Rederi are involved in a $32 million quarrel that could end up in court.

The Iran-Nicaragua arms imbroglio points up the irony of U.S. export restrictions, according to Will

Iranian gunboats attacked a Panamanian-registered oil tanker Thursday in the second such attack in t

W. Germany Reports Higher UnemploymentNUREMBERG, West Germany - West Germany's unemployment

Congress is starting to map out its trade legislation strategy. About 180 House members, ove

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

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

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

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