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

Monsanto Chemical Co. said construction will begin within several months on a 50-million-pound expan

N.H. Delegation Opposes Smaller Planning ZoneCONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire's four-member con

Oyster Creek nuclear power plant officials have postponed putting the generating station back on lin

Australian National Line has added a containership, the Australian Advance, that has as much capacit

A Norwegian-flag liner company should not be required to pay a $1.2 million penalty for hauling more

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange plans to begin trading its Australian dollar futures contract in mid

As Democrats prepare to take over Congress, the bared fangs of U.S. protectionists are having a prof

The United States and the Soviet Union resumed efforts to try to expand their two-way non-strategic

US Weighs Duties On Mirror ImportsMirrors imported from Japan, Italy, Britain, West Germany

Strategic expansion and diversification in acetylene chemicals continues at BASF Corp., according to

Governments of the main non-communist countries of Southeast Asia must get out of business and stimu

For the week ended Nov. 22, 1986, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equ

The merger between two of Britain's biggest shipping companies, Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigati

Three huge experimental wind turbines conceived during the energy shortages of the late 1970s have o

December 4, 1986 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

Deutsche Bank's plan to take a 98.3 percent stake in Milan-based Banca d'America e d'Italia, the Ita

Thousands of farmers fed up with slumping markets for traditional crops packed conference rooms here

Technical problems which have dogged London's securities markets the past few weeks have failed to d

Purchases of U.S. anthracite by the South Korean government are expected to reach about 800,000 metr

The Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense finally is in business. After 18 months of del

Rejecting mounting political pressures favoring a unilateral debt moratorium, Brazilian President J

New government requirements have temporarily halted the expansion of the Portuguese banking sector.<

Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill., who is in line for a key Senate Laborsubcommittee chairmanship, is pushing

China's textile and apparel sales to the United States are expected to soar to more than $2 billion

Pyongyang is prepared for the 24th Olympic Games, blares the improbable propaganda here. At

A government advisory council put finishing touches on a proposal for Japan's most sweeping tax refo

The ghost of Smoot-Hawley" will be hanging over Congress next year when trade legislation aimed at r

Caribou Energy Inc. said it has agreed in principle to acquire a 20 percent working interest in an o

New York Mets pitcher Ron Darling says as many as seven of his teammates smoke and several more chew

Home Group Elects M. Manley as ChiefHome Group Inc. announced the election of Marshall Manle

Gasoline prices across the state have decreased by a third since last year and heating oil costs are

The Charterers Mutual Insurance Association announced Thursday that on Jan. 1 it will begin offering

Bonneville Pacific Corp. signed a joint venture agreement with Western States Cogeneration to develo

Eastman Chemicals Division of Eastman Kodak Co. announced plans to expand production of distilled mo

A serious supply-demand mismatch is developing in the Indian coal industry. If the situation

A major synthetic glycerine plant modernization by Dow Chemical Co. nearing completion in Freeport,

Resins ProducersSpecializeSTAMFORD, Conn. - Major producers of engineering resins, s

Production of Canada's seven major grains in 1986 is expected to total 63.1 million metric tons, up

Open Market Sought ROME - Henry Goldfield, U.S. undersecretary of commerce for trade develop