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Profit-taking sharply pared gains for Commodity Exchange Inc. copper futures Thursday, turning a 175

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

CSX Transportation Inc. announced this week it's going ahead with new loading rules that some in the

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Pratt & Whitney and a West German manufacturer from teaming

The South Carolina State Ports Authority has hired a New York firm to conduct a seven-month simulato

The war is over for the USS Sanctuary, but Dr. Edward G. Toomey believes its mission has just begun.

ONTARIO SUPREME COURT WEIGHS SOUNDAIR'S FATEThe Ontario Supreme Court will decide by early n

Sea urchins are a popular morsel in the sushi bars of Japan, where uni enjoys a reputation for boost

As thousands of government employees walked off their jobs demanding more pay, a top official said t

Insurers might withdraw or limit policies insuring against marine pollution or natural disasters in

Banks in Canada should be allowed to establish holding companies that could dabble in a range of non

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

A 13-day strike at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. ended Thursday when 51 workers climbed down from a c

The government in Indonesia is making new efforts to ease congestion at its main ports, including pr

The story "US Urged to Get In on Emerging Technology," on Page 5A in The Journal of Commerce, May 7,

Six Connecticut sailing students on a training trip abandoned ship during a storm and were picked up

POLAND'S YARD WORKERS STAGE PAY PROTESTWARSAW, Poland - Solidarity leader Lech Walesa, in a

The birds could finish them off. Missouri River watermen, hastening to their destinations be

ARCO CHEMICAL PLANS $2.5 BILLION EXPANSIONNEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. - Arco Chemical Co. plans to s

Phillips 66 Co. will fight all 575 alleged safety violations in connection with last fall's explosio

The London Metal Exchange has approved Baltimore, the Bridgeport/New Haven area and the Chicago/Tole

Lim Keng Yaik, Malaysian primary industries minister, Thursday said more consultations between the l

NY COURT SAYS UTILITIES CAN'T BILL FOR DONATIONSALBANY, N.Y. - It's unconstitutional for uti

The Bush administration may turn to a plan assuring American carriers access to the Soviet trade as

Boeing Co. knows it must protect its technology from the Japanese and others who would seek to copy

Five tankers owned by U.K. shipowner Gotaas-Larsen Ltd. are the first ships to receive a special "en

Wed., May 9, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

An agreement that will inject a new element of rail competition into New England and the rest of the

Representatives of five multinational trade houses Tnursday denied allegations, made by a senior Arg

Leaders of the Japanese petrochemical industry told Kabun Muto, international trade and industry min

Air Products and Chemicals Inc. said it will begin construction this summer of a 650-ton-a-day merch

Aerolineas Latinas C.A., a Caracas, Venezuela-based all-cargo carrier owned by private investors, wi

An offensive by T. Boone Pickens, the Texas investor, against a Japanese car parts maker may prove t

Ohio will open a trade and investment office here later this month, the third U.S. state in a year d

Keppel Corp. may be the company bankers love to hate. The maritime-based but now widely dive

Look for relative stability in the yen-dollar ratio for the near term, said a team of economists in

Strong growth in regional shipping demand is prompting one of Hong Kong's largest operators to consi

The returns are in from the five-month battle for control of Xtra Corp., and they're anything but pr

The exhausted young traveler returned from Kenya with more than souvenirs andmemories of Kik

Deep business-labor divisions over the causes of the crisis in the nation's workers compensation sys