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The following business missions are scheduled for the coming months. The Journal of Commerce assumes

UP ACQUISITION OF CNW IS COMPLETEBETHLEHEM, Pa. - Union Pacific Corp. said Monday it

One of the nation's largest writers of auto loans could lose $50 million for its insurance practices

Key lobbying groups for U.S. shippers and motor carriers jointly asked the Federal Highway Administr

Kaman Aerospace Corp. said it signed an agreement in principle to sell five of its new K-Max helicop

Two more shipping lines from Taiwan plan to make regular calls at the Subic Bay Freeport where the f

The Commerce Department, struggling against its abolition by Congress, is mustering little business

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York and other sources, are selling r

NKK GETS FORMAL OK TO FORM THAI VENTURETOKYO - Leading Japanese steelmaker NKK Corp.

Suppliers of the following items seek importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to contac

The government is stirring the embers of a smoldering debate over new regulations on cigarettes, pre

Attention all personal computer manufacturers: Beware of the Panda! The creative geniuses be

Norway's state-run oil company Statoil has signed a ground-breaking agreement to supply China's Sino

With their bins too close to empty, flour millers are scurrying to buy wheat, fearing the harvest no

International Petroleum Exchange June 26, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

The Fraser River Harbour Commission, in New Westminster, British Columbia, elected Geoffrey Day to s

The Journal of Commerce Transportation Stock Index gained slightly last week, fed by steady performa

It may sound somewhat unseasonal, but things are heating up over North American exports of wild furs

They arrive in Hong Kong with big salaries, high expectations and expect royal treatment, but they a

ARKWRIGHT MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. (Waltham, Mass.) - Joseph P. Roth joined the company as chief operati

Hong Kong and Australia pulled back from the brink of an airline war on Monday by agreeing to put th

The 1995 Admiral of the Ocean Sea Award will be presented by United Seamen's Service to Sen. Trent L

Du Pont and China Worldbest Development Corp. on Monday broke ground for their joint venture to manu

US WORKING RIG COUNT ROSE BY 14 LAST WEEKHOUSTON - The number of oil and gas rigs op

A Houston-based bunker-fuel provider is eyeing Mexico's untapped potential for bunkering business an

GHANA BOOSTS PRICE PAID TO COCOA GROWERSLONDON - Ghana has increased the price paid

FIREMAN'S FUND TO BOOST ENVIRONMENTAL RESERVESNOVATO, Calif. - Fireman's Fund Insura

CURRENT TEXTILE QUOTAS: Where the average recent utilization rate indicates full quota utili

The Agricultural Bank of China said Monday it plans to open its first overseas branch in Singapore i

Watch out, Rush, Oprah and Geraldo. A new television star may be born today - American Trucking Asso

Seeking to grab a larger slice of the booming Asia-Pacific air express market, United Parcel Service

RUSSIA TO SIGN DEAL WITH EXXON, SODECOMOSCOW - Russia will sign a $20 billion agreem

Monday, June 26, 1995 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The Mexico-U.S. border starts to open up to truck traffic this December, but don't expect a jam of c

A hijacked freighter with a $2 million cargo and 14 crew being taken toward Chinese waters had cover

Canada's flour-milling industry is slowly withering away as returns on capital investment are not gr

French industrial production appears to have slowed in recent months, a new survey of French busines

Monday June 26, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 237.92 up 0.64 whi

"If I say something you fully understand, I probably made a mistake."