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The EC Commission said Tuesday it had closed an anti-competition case against the U.S. soft-drink ma

A story that appeared in The Journal of Commerce Jan. 8 on Page 1B under the headline, "Manila Boxpo

China told its 1 billion people Tuesday that a 16-month-old austerity drive was not aimed at loweri

The Port of Hampton Roads, Va., soon will boast double-stack trains, special intermodal trains that

U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills Tuesday said Brazil's problems shipping sugar to the United St

Eurotunnel, the Anglo-French Channel Tunnel group, said Tuesday it is ''getting closer to a deal" wi

The dollar rose Tuesday in what most dealers called a technical consolidation after recent weakness.

The Soviet Union Tuesday proposed that the Comecon trading bloc begin trading on a hard currency bas

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Industry leaders say the idea of a "world car" may finally come to fruition in the 1990s, but its de

Work on a long-stalled naphtha cracker in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung is likely to get

Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America Inc. said passenger car sales in December totaled 13,941 units, a

Analysts expect underwriting results for Canada's property/casualty industry to deteriorate further

A leading association of sugar users asked the Agriculture Department Monday to raise U.S. sugar imp

US TRADE AID: NO DATE FOR USSR GRAIN TALKSORLANDO, Fla. - Contrary to statements by U.S. Tra

A proposed change to the Customs Service's policy on fuel oil blending operations would close a nett

1644 (Jan. 9, 1990) Previous day - 1637 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Officials in China say they will restrict imports of locomotives because the domestic industry now i

CREDIT RATIONING HAS REAPPEARED in the United States for the first time in 15 years and is acting as

US CURBS LOANS TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTSThe Office Comptroller of the Currency Tuesday limited

Domestic steel production totaled 1,699,000 net tons during the week ending Jan. 6, 1990, up 16.9 pe

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SAS GETS NOD TO BUY 35 PERCENT STAKE IN LAN CHILESANTIAGO, Chile - Scandinavian Airlines Sys

New Orleans-based Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. is moving to restore its trans- Atlantic container servi

Workers at Ocean Spray Cranberry Inc.'s processing plant went on strike Monday to protest a contract

Insurance pay-outs appear to have been a prime motive in a lurid alleged murder-suicide case that ha

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. is kicking off its previously announced regional investment drive with

U.S. sugar industry officials say an international trade panel apparently has ruled in favor of the

Duriron Co. said it sold Janssens plastics subsidiary to Performance Plastic Products, a subsidiary

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LOCKHEED CORP. (Calabasas, Calif.) - Walter E. Skowronski was appointed staff vice president, invest

In an effort to improve service, the U.S. Postal Service is seeking carriers to haul international s

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Warmer weather is reducing near-record demand for fuel oil, which is allowing fuel prices to fall, U

Private courier companies should be able to offer a cheaper service for Dutch customers if the Nethe

A NOT UNCOMMON plaint among cargo managers throughout the airline industry is that they often report

MATSON TO BOOST RATES IN US-HAWAII SERVICEMatson Navigation Co. said it filed a 3.6 percent

Thailand's government is changing its rules on incentives for overseas-backed electronics companies

The decision by a Philadelphia appeals court to reverse a $400,000 damage award against a cigarette

AXA MIDI SELLS OFF NON-STRATEGIC ASSETSIn a first step toward executing its strategy to acqu