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China's return to tight centralization is achieving some of its short-term goals, but is unsettling

Manufacturers of hydrofluoric acid are likely to reap enormous profits in the next decade supplying

World coal suppliers wondering if recent developments in South Africa would lead to the relaxation o

Congressional leaders said here they will be fair-minded in support of legislation affecting the fut

Commercial navigation on the St. Lawrence Seaway will open March 28 at 0800 hours Eastern Standard T

TNT RED STAR OPENS NEW TERMINAL IN NJTNT Red Star has opened a new terminal in South Brunswi

FEW REMEMBER IT, but more than 15 years ago the Interstate Commerce Commission predicted theDelaware

Rail suppliers who specialize in reconditioning old locomotives expect business to be booming in the

FRENCH INSURER PLANS NEW EUROPEAN VENTUREFrance's biggest car insurer, Mutuelle Assurance de

A strong market for refined products is leading to substantial investments in expanding Singapore's

The Environmental Protection Agency last week confirmed that test results in six southern states fou

The U.S. Marshal in Honolulu will make a second attempt to auction the cruise ship Monterey Thursday

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Consumers and small businesses have found automated teller machines so user- friendly that there are

LABOR PANEL TO PROBE MINERS' HEALTH ISSUESLabor Secretary Elizabeth Dole named an 11-member

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index rose slightly in the latest week, reflecting higher p

The yen's weakness against the U.S. dollar since late February has been fueled by a growing percepti

EXPERT SEES NO THREAT OF W. GERMAN INFLATIONFRANKFURT, West Germany - The proposed currency

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

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

1629 (Mar. 9, 1990) Previous day - 1622 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

LUGAR PROPOSES LIMITS ON ACREAGE REDUCTIONSSen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., said Friday that he h

CSX Corp. views the cogeneration industry as a growth area for the 1990s. The company formed a subsi

SOVIET UNION REQUESTS GATT OBSERVER STATUSThe Soviet Union, in a move welcomed by the United

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