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Eastman Chemical Co. will build a polyester-copolymer plant in Malaysia, its first wholly owned manu

With Houston still ranking as the largest ocean port on the Texas coast, the three ports of the cent

We've heard it many times: "Friends" who come around only in the good times aren't your friends; the

For the week ended April 8, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Starbucks Coffee Co., the gourmet-coffee retailer, is developing standards for business conduct that

A Mobil Corp. affiliate has entered into a joint venture with the government of Kazakhstan to explor

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The U.S. dollar continued its downward slide here Monday, losing ground against most major currencie

Two Florida computer scientists released a study Monday concluding that fraudulent pricing of traded

When Houston's International Transquip Industries Inc. developed a new system for incorporating spri

LIFECO SEEKS TO EMERGE FROM BANKRUPTCYORLANDO, Fla. - An insurance company under investigati

Having a food show open to the general public is guaranteed to draw a crowd, especially around lunch

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The U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) has granted Morocco $9.5 million for family plan

The Military Sealift Command is awarding the first of a series of charter contracts to U.S. tanker o

Don Smith, general manager of Sky Courier, an Airborne Express subsidiary, has found a silver lining

The Supreme Court said Monday it will decide if relatives of a passenger killed in an airline crash

Du Pont announced plans to build a $55 million urethane facility in South Korea that is designed to

International Petroleum Exchange Apr. 13, 1995Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

U.S. Customs has let slide its first opportunity to publicize foreign companies that are illegally t

Monday Apr. 17, 1995 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representin

The Knight-Ridder Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Thursday at 234.63 off 2.07

Wabash National Corp. reported 45 percent higher net income and a 52 percent increase in first-quart

PRODUCT QUALITY DECLINES, IN CHINA, REPORT SAYSBEIJING - The average quality of Chin

Malaysia's annual inflation rate, as measured by the consumer price index, was 3.2 percent in March,

As the Review and Extension Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) got under way M

As of Apr. 13, 1995 Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from s

Union Pacific Corp. and Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. said Friday the final date for te

Russian, U.S. and Alaska officials closed a three-day Arctic oil conference here last week by recomm

ZAPATA MAY EXIT ENERGY BUSINESSHOUSTON - Zapata Corp. is thinking of selling its nat

2247 (Apr. 13, 1995) Previous day - 2234 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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The Journal of Commerce is not just read by its subscribers - they use it as a working tool. A tool

If the U.K. insurance market had a checkup, the prognosis would show a healthy patient, a British ci

The bombing of the World Trade Center on Feb. 26, 1993, forced The Journal of Commerce staff to walk

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The U.S. maritime industry, which is struggling through one of its toughest and most divisive legisl

Southern Pacific Lines, the last major railroad standing in the way of the proposed Burlington North

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 18, '94 - April 14, '95 (a graph)

The struggling Port Royal now is without a company to run its operations, which will be taken over b