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Acer Inc., Taiwan's biggest computer firm, has kicked off production of advanced computer memory chi

US HIKES INSPECTION OF MEXICAN PRODUCEResponding to reports of cholera cases in Mexico - the

The U.S. Export-Import Bank Thursday approved its first loan guarantee in 17 years to the Soviet Uni

Aviva Freudmann is an insurance reporter in The Journal of Commerce's Washington bureau. Pri

Leaders of the industrial world are keeping their fingers crossed that a drop in interest rates and

When today's average insured Americans need medical care, they want the best their employers can buy

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

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The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Wednesday at 210.09 up 1.08 which compares

1523 (July 18, 1991) Previous day - 1529 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The National Association of Wheat Growers, all but snubbed in the most recent allocation of U.S. cre

Retrofitting the existing fleet of crude oil tankers with modern anti-oil spill features could resul

Choosing the right freight forwarder can be difficult in today's environment of broken promises, bu

The alliance between Empresa de Navegacao Alianca SA and Columbus Line in a new U.S.-South America s

The abrupt resignation last week of Edward W. O'Donnell, president and chief executive officer of Co

In a continuing effort to boost output of gold, which it needs to help service overseas debt, China

EPA THREATENS TO FINE 10 TOP OIL COMPANIESThe Environmental Protection Agency is threatening

The Chicago Board of Trade pollution futures contracts would be listed every month for 12 consecutiv

The Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. agreed to buy most of Cunard Ellerman's container shi

HEINZ TO BUY JL FOODS FOR $500 MILLION CASHNEW YORK - H.J. Heinz Co. said Thursday it will b

HERCULES INCREASES PEROXIDE PRICESWILMINGTON, Del. - Hercules Inc. has increased the list pr

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French industrial production, excluding construction and public works, eased a seasonally adjusted 0

New claims for state unemployment insurance benefits were made by 395,000 people during the week end

Zerkle Trucking Co. has opened a 45,000-square-foot warehouse in Winston- Salem, N.C. Zerkle

GATX Corp.'s second quarter income jumped 19 percent to $20.6 million, or 89 cents a share, on reven

The efforts of Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari to herd his Latin American neighbors into

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Thu., July 18, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The less-than-truckload segment of the trucking industry should not be regulated like a public utili

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The Soviet government says production fell 10 percent and real income 12 percent during the first ha

George D. O'Neill, a former midshipman in the Merchant Marine Cadet Corps, was named to the board of

In an effort to jump-start stalled energy legislation, President George Bushplans to renew h

A Soviet official recently complained to an American businessman that his country gets an unfair rap

A group of shipping lines carrying cargo between North Europe and the United States will increase pr

Orient Overseas Container Line, a shipping line based in Hong Kong, is changing its top leadership i

Faced with a slow construction market, cutting restrictions on federal lands and cheaper wood from o

Dow Chemical Co., of Midland, Mich., said its net income in the second quarter fell 36 percent to $2

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