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OCCIDENTAL TO INCREASE PHENOLIC RESIN PRICESOccidental Chemical Corp. said it will increase

The story headlined "Gulf War Boosts Charter Market," on Page 1C of The Journal of Commerce, June 24

Mandatory alcohol testing of transport workers moved closer to becoming law Wednesday as Senate-Hous

The European Commission Wednesday blocked Boeing Co.'s planned sale of its struggling Canadian subsi

The Soviet navy's main Far East base at Vladivostok is a graveyard for dozens of rusting, listing wa

Rotterdam port employers Tuesday won a court injunction outlawing a 48-hour strike by longshoremen.<

Brazil has postponed for another 30 days the public auction of its state- owned steel mill, the long

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Transportation News Ticker The dry cargo and tanker fixtures listed herewith and compiled in

Selling pressure by commercial grain customers outweighed market strength imparted by reports of imm

Kazakhstan is claiming its share of the Soviet state's gold and silver and establishing its own inde

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Oct. 2, 1991Bid AskedCopper_G

Oct. 2, 1991 Copper Total, 24,186. Gold Total, .1,307,517.Silver Total, .269,

PERUVIAN PRODUCTION OF LEAD, ZINC CLIMBSLIMA, Peru - Peru's lead and zinc concentrate and re

Expectations that world cotton consumption will remain strong are boosting prospects for higher U.S.

An automatic identification system, capable of tracking freight containers anywhere in the world, sh

Paraguay is involved in three sets of negotiations that could, if successful, be a boon for its econ

Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York officials are talking to other insurers about joint ventures o

Last week's International Coffee Organization meeting gave the group a year's grace to show that its

AMERICAN INSURANCE CONSULTANTS (Hurst, Texas) - Stephen C. Anderson was appointed to the advisory bo

Moody's Investors Service Inc. said this week it expects to lower thefinancial-strength rati

Teams of managers who buy businesses from their employers may benefit from a new insurance package j

Australia's Enterprise Metals Ltd. expects to reopen its Port Kembla copper smelter in New South Wal

A former Port of Long Beach administrator alleges in a $10 million wrongful- termination claim that

Crowley Maritime Corp., citing a change in a key credit law concerning government financing, has put

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The slim increase expected in Japanese refinery runs in the second half of the fiscal year (April-Ma

The House Ways and Means Committee began hearings Wednesday on a proposed compromise on the tax trea

Aluminum ingots_ $1,200-$1,225 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

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Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Southern Pacific Lines, trying to pressure the state of California into completing a $242 million bu

This nation's $2.9 trillion service industry must improve the way it handles distribution, according

Japan's fishing industry began an uphill battle Wednesday to preserve drift- net fishing on the high

As the U.S. struggles to shrug off the effects of its recession, the shipping industry in Virginia c

US FAST-FOOD CHAIN EXPANDING IN EUROPEUnified Ventures Inc. signed a preliminary agreement w

Ecuadorean President Rodrigo Borja Cevallos said he remains committed to domestic fuel-price increas

SOME FORD PICKUPS TO RUN ON NATURAL GASFord Motor Co. said Tuesday it plans to build limited

Sources in the California Department of Insurance say John Garamendi, insurance commissioner, plans

The Bush administration is pushing for Senate approval of two international maritime treaties that a