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Exxon Chemical Co. is close to signing a deal to buy Allied-Signal Inc.'s polyethylene business, ma

Gov. Jim Florio's auto insurance reform plan has passed its first major political hurdle. A

''High Court Upholds Ruling on Damage Suit," which appeared on Page 3B in The Journal of Commerce Fe

Growth in exports from the Philippines slackened last year while the country's imports soared, leavi

Few things seem more American than Coleman Co. lanterns at campsites or Coleman coolers on picnics,

The United States and the Soviet Union have signed for the second time a textile agreement limiting

Anybody want to send a package from Anchorage to Miami via Toluca, Mexico? Finally, this ser

Despite a protest from the government of the Territory of Guam, the Interstate Commerce Commission h

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It is amazing how Japanese companies can seemingly compete so heartily against each other yet cooper

AUSTRALIAN WHEAT SALES TO JAPAN SEEN STABLEJapan's Food Agency and the Australia Wheat Board

An American-based mining company must built a smelter in Indonesia if it wants to extend its copper

Sand Technology Systems International announced it has begun preliminary negotiations with Nissei Sa

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The battle for XTRA Corp. kept investors on the edge of their seats Tuesday afternoon as both sides

Britain's insurance industry is expected to raise homeowners insurance premiums 25 percent or more f

The executive vice president of Star Shipping Inc. was appointed president this week following the r

U.S. domestic shipments and exports of single screw extrusion machines fell 6 percent in 1989, while

SEOUL URGED TO FOSTER FREE FOREIGN EXCHANGESEOUL, South Korea - The U.S. Treasury has urged

OFF-DOCK CUSTOMS SITE SET TO OPEN IN VIRGINIACHESAPEAKE, Va. - A new off-dock facility for c

Arthur L. Litman, president of Castelazo & Associates in Los Angeles, was elected president of the N

A government investigation board, convening today, is expected to look into whether a two-fatality t

UNQUESTIONABLY, scheduled international airlines are in the difficult position of playing catch-up i

SEDGWICK GROUP SAYS PROFITS, REVENUES UPSedgwick Group PLC, Britain's largest insurance brok

MISSION CLAIMS CASE GOES BEFORE LA COURTA hearing being held today at 9:30 a.m. in Los Angel

The government Tuesday failed for the second time in five months to auction state-owned National Shi

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

TOOL IMPORTS BANNED IN TRADEMARK CASEThe U.S. International Trade Commission has issued a ce

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Honda Motor Co.'s chief executive officer said the automaker has no immediateplans to make v

Cuallado SA, has become the 10th European purchase of United Parcel Service Inc., as the package del

The state of Hawaii says Matson Navigation Co.'s justifications for a planned 3.6 percent freight ra

Domestic steel production totaled 1,825,000 net tons during the week ending Feb. 24, 1990, up 0.7 pe

Du Pont Co. and Swiss giant Ciba-Geigy Ltd. Tuesday announced an agreement to jointly develop and ma

General Public Utilities Corp.'s kilowatt-hour sales increased 3 percent in January 1990 compared to

SHELL RESTARTS UNIT AT ROTTERDAM REFINERYROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Royal Dutch/Shell Group re

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Federal prosecutors here hope to take some 70 depositions from waterfront businessmen and labor offi

Polyethylene manufacturers huddled Tuesday to decide whether they would follow price increases annou

Opportunities for international shipping lines and shippers will increase as the trade of the fast-c