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Japan's labor-intensive industries are suffering from a serious shortage of part-time employees, plu

A confrontation between the Brazilian government and striking employees at the Port of Santos could

COCOA PRICES PLUMMET AS TRADERS SELL MARCHNEW YORK - Cocoa prices plummeted on speculative l

Cool Carriers, the world's largest refrigerated ship operator, hopes the relative firmness of demand

It was a close one. A Union Pacific Railroad train derailment Wednesday morning threw four t

The new president-elect of the International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots said he will

Greg Johnson, 39, joined The Journal of Commerce as a news clerk in January 1984. Personable

Monsanto Chemical Co. is expanding capacity of continuous mass ABS at its port plastics plant in Add

Saudi Arabian national oil company Saudi Marketing and Refining Co., or Samarec, will meet with an i

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Bulgaria's new coalition government, belatedly implementing economic reforms, hopes it can pull the

ARCHER DANIELS CHIEF BLASTS FUTURES RULESFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Archer Daniels Midland Co.

The coal industry will be hard pressed to find anything in the National Energy Strategy that's likel

At least 60 people were injured when a dynamite warehouse exploded Wednesday at an Indonesian oil fi

RISK ASSESSMENT ANNOUNCES ALLIANCEMEMPHIS - Risk Assessment Systems Inc., of Memphis, Tenn.,

The government of India appears philosophically inclined to reduce subsidies to the power sector, bu

Only a successful Iraqi attack on the Saudi oil terminal of Ras Tanura would seriously upset world o

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The European Commission is planning a set of specific rules to govern the unique accounting practice

Bailey Controls Co. hopes accreditation from two international standards agencies will help bolster

Nigeria, an implacable foe of apartheid, is watching the unravelling of white rule in South Africa w

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission proposed giving up its regulatory control of financial mark

Alcan Aluminum Ltd. has secured $60 million in low-cost "936 funds" from Puerto Rico to help finance

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CME GETS OK TO HIKE SOME POSITION LIMITSThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission has approve

US RETAIL PRICES ROSE 0.4 PERCENT IN JANUARYRetail prices rose 0.4 percent in January, the L

The Supreme Court Wednesday ruled that an Ohio trucker can recover from the state of Nebraska legal

Officials from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and three leading U.S. futures exchanges war

Japan's petrochemical firms would like to increase the use of condensates as a feedstock, but are fa

The Persian Gulf crisis has sparked the strongest interest in conservation and alternative forms of

The independent shipping line Jugolinija is considering suspending its service from the United State

CompuAdd Corp.'s computers move information in split seconds, and the company has tried to be almost

Relationships with China in the period before its takeover are crucial to Hong Kong's continued pros

South Korean President Roh Tae Woo enters his fourth year in office next week with his leadership we

The U.S. government could take action later this year against foreign shipbuilding subsidies, as the

New York's highest court refused Tuesday to extend to a disabled child the right to sue Eli Lilly &

A state can bring criminal charges against employers for endangering the health of their employees i

GASOLINE PRICES FALL IN WEEK, AAA SAYSThe nationwide average price of self-serve regular unl