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The proposed merger between the New York Mercantile Exchange and the Commodity Exchange Inc. would n

Ask David Miller, president of the Toy Manufacturers of America, where the U.S. toy market stands in

US-JAPANESE TALKS ON LUMBER TRADE FAILThe U.S. and Japanese lumber industries ended one day

Growth in China's economy will slow further this year as a result of "major problems far from resolv

A proposal to increase excise taxes paid by non-U.S. reinsurers would pass the cost on to commercia

Air freight passing through Bangkok increased 15 percent in fiscal 1989, bringing 10-year growth to

Lloyd's Register of Shipping recorded 31 merchant vessel losses in 1988 resulting from fires and exp

After months of haggling and arguing, the city of Philadelphia and the state of Pennsylvania finally

The Senate is moving toward a House provision requiring double hulls and double bottoms on ocean tan

The United States and Czechoslovakia have scheduled the start of investment and tax treaty negotiati

Todd Shipyards Corp., struggling to emerge from Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings as workers dem

CHEMICAL BANK (New York) - Cynthia Kase-Pedota joined the Commodity Risk Management Group, handling

CONSUMER PRICES ROSE 1.1 PERCENT DURING JANUARYSharp rises in food and energy costs pushed c

KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES (Amstelveen, Netherlands) - Pieter Bouw was named president of the airline,

The Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to Congress' efforts to preserve abandoned rai

The rapid growth that the Southern California ports enjoyed in the 1980s might be about to cool, but

U.S. and Japanese negotiators narrowly averted yet another bilateral trade altercation when the Japa

John Terpstra is the executive director of the Port of Tacoma, Wash. In some editions, his port was

NTSB CHIEF TO SPEAK AT TRANSPORT MEETINGThe new chairman of the National Transportation Safe

A federal appeals court has rejected the Interstate Commerce Commission's policy on judging rates fo

After successful tests in the United States, Texas Instruments Inc. is extending its transportation

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. and two Japanese telecommunications companies this week demonstra

The banking connection in Australia's life insurance industry is strengthening. Australia's

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CONN. LAWMAKERS PUSH FOR FUNDS FOR BRADLEYWINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. - Connecticut's congressional

The Supreme Court Tuesday let stand a ruling that reinforces the federal government's effort to make

NALCO CHEMICAL CO. (Naperville, Ill.) - The board of directors of Nalco Chemical Co. has elected E.J

Tue., Feb. 20, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

BENDER CONVERTS VESSEL TO LARGEST US TRAWLERMOBILE, Ala. - Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co.

Improved freight rates and the healthier financial position of the shipping industry are unlikely to

SWEATER CASE DELAYED, IMPORTERS NOT FAZEDThe Commerce Department's decision to postpone a ru

The Supreme Court refused to kill a lawsuit that accuses six oil companies of conspiring to hold dow

The Soviet Union plans to increase its food supplies by one third by 1995, Victor Nazarenko, member

The European Community presented a plan for cutting tariffs on imports to the UruguayRound of multil

The squeeze on maritime containers is so acute in some places that "you simply can't lease another b

CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (New York) - Marshall N. Carter, senior vice president, was named to head this

U.S. and Japanese negotiators are to confer here Thursday in a resumption of bilateral talks aimed a

The story headlined, "EPA Deadlines Loom for Service Stations," beginning on Page 1A in The Journal

A Colombian freighter departed the Port of Long Beach without unloading 34 tons of coffee from El Sa

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