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In the fierce world of oil trading, where fortunes are made and lost on a few fractions of a cent, t

Futures Industry Association officials told The Journal of Commerce that the industry group will est

''Which number do you want first?" the caller asked. ''Either one," I said, expecting the us

FUTURES PRICES failed to follow the pattern of the previous week when they rose late in the week, af

Japanese know their soybeans and they are such connoisseurs that they will pay U.S. farmers twice th

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Bad management is adding 2 billion ($3.3 billion) a year to British firms' travel and entertainment

The strongest competition among wheat exporters in 1989-90 (July-June) will be for a share of the So

Fifteen years ago, Richard Hsu, entrepreneur, packed up his belongings in Taiwan and followed his dr

The international economic situation, despite the surprisingly strongdollar and rising interest rate

The Universal Postal Union's move to change the way it assesses terminal dues for handling internati

ANERA CONFIRMS PLAN FOR MAY 1 RATE HIKEThe rate-setting conference for the eastbound Pacific

Stephen Berger, executive director of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, is criticizing fe

UNEMPLOYMENT IN EC SHOWS SLIGHT DECLINEBRUSSELS, Belgium - Unemployment in the EC at the end

The restructuring of the powerful port department of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,

Imposing a new accounting method on property/casualty companies' salvage and subrogation income will

The article 'Insurers in California Cited For Breaking Car Rules,' in The Journal of Commerce, March

CSX Distribution Services, the sales and marketing unit of CSX Transportation, will change its short

For the week ended March 3, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads, which is

The United States and the Soviet Union concluded a second round of talks on bilateral shipping issue

J.P. MORGAN & CO. (New York) - Peter L. Woicke was named a managing director in charge of all of th

Neste Shipping has placed an order with Daewoo of South Korea for a 140,000- deadweight-ton oil tank

The Port of Baton Rouge was expected to reopen over the weekend after a barge-freighter collision cl

Transportation officials are increasingly convinced that "you ain't seen nothing yet" when it comes

CHICAGO TRADERS WIN DELAY OF TRIALSMost of the traders indicted in the government's massive

James E. Saxton Jr., an Austin banker and longtime business activist, was named recently to head the

The recycling industry, which quietly went about its business for decades, suddenly has been thrust

When "Lethal Weapon II" began playing here recently, Warner Bros. became only the third U.S. motion

A House transportation committee is expected to approve a new hazardous materials transportation bil

Interbras, the trading arm of Brazilian state oil monopoly Petrobras and the country's biggest tradi

US PULLING SUDAN AID; FOOD HELP CONTINUESThe Bush administration is continuing emergency foo

The American Chamber of Commerce here wants an immediate end to the U.S. trade embargo on Vietnam as

REGIONAL BLOCS Ireland as Presidency of the EC: 1990-A Pivotal Role in Shaping New Europe. M

Christmas is a distant, pleasant memory for most people. Not so, however, for officials at t

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

David B. Mathis emerged Thursday as the leading candidate to head Kemper Corp. when Joseph E. Luecke

Fri., Mar. 9, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The state-run Port Authority of Thailand appears determined to withdraw priority berthing privileges

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNCHANGED AT 5.3 PERCENTThe unemployment rate for February remained at 5.3