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U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills' decision last week to cite India for trade restrictions but n

Increased competition in post-1992 Europe will mean lower prices for a broad range of products, spea

The Union of Myanmar has packed off high-ranking officials to Hong Kong in a bid to attract foreign

Profits for Safeco Corp. of Seattle fell more than 14 percent in the first quarter, partly as the re

Apr. 27, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Turning brown coal green will be one of the major challenges of the coal industry as producers try t

NEWBRIDGE TO PROVIDE T-1 NETWORK FOR CFHERNDON, Va. - Newbridge Networks Inc. has signed a c

Any doubts that the fate of Delaware & Hudson Railway Co. will be resolved shortly should be removed

Taiwan's Nationalist government is facing heavy pressure to drop its ban on direct air links with Ch

Singaporean and Japanese companies are taking advantage of a trade agreement between the Soviet Unio

Insured damage worldwide more than doubled in 1989 to reach $13.75 billion, according to a report re

EARTHQUAKE LEGISLATION PLANNED IN CALIFORNIATough earthquake legislation along the lines of

British Petroleum Co. is completing its effort to unload U.S. coal properties by selling its remaini

JAPAN EXPECTS IMPORTS OF COAL TO INCREASEJapan's coal imports will likely increase to 50 mil

The Navy has awarded Newport News Shipbuilding a $30 million contract to begin design work on "a new

Apr. 27, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Aetna Life & Casualty Co. reported a modest increase in net income in the first quarter, with increa

FMC'S QUARTEL TO HEAD AUTOMATION PROJECTRob Quartel, the newest member of the Federal Mariti

COMPANIES TO STUDY EAST GERMAN VENTUREThe Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp. signed an ag

Cyprus rolled its big guns, including President George Vassiliou, into New York on Thursday in an ef

Cleaner gasoline is coming. The signs are everywhere, from the Senate's passage of a reformu

The widely publicized problems of London's Walbrook Insurance Co. and H.S. Weavers (Underwriting) Ag

Guyana may be about to regain its eligibility for international aid and promptly receive more than $

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

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Claude Abraham, the president of Compagnie Generale Maritime et Financiere, painted a pessimistic vi

The flow of Japanese investment into U.S. futures is being stalled by a battle between Japan's minis

Leading aviation officials from the Soviet Union and the United States met in London last week, work

The economy grew at an unexpectedly slow 2.1 percent annual rate in the first quarter, up from 1.1 p

RAILROAD MANAGEMENTS increasingly focus on running their railroads. The decision by Santa Fe

A move by the Soviet Union to charge world market prices for raw materials to East bloc countries co

CAN A THOUSAND INDIVIDUAL industrial natural gas users' investment decisions that are economically c

* Gordon Platt - Currency Forecast 3A * JofC Industrial Price Index 6A* Dale Steffes - Energ

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The Port of Houston Authority said it has agreed on a sister port relationship with the National Por

MOST DEALERS SEE RISE IN LME COPPER STOCKSLondon Metal Exchange copper holdings are expected

A funeral service will be held Monday at Fort Myers, Va., for Vice Adm. Gordon McLintock, superinten

An apparent error in calculation may undermine a controversial U.S. tax on Canadian pork products.

Executives at one of the nation's leading candy companies are awaiting formal word from the Foreign

A story that appeared on Page 1B of The Journal of Commerce on April 24 should have made clear that