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Domestic textile manufacturers say they'll do everything in their power to block a proposed joint ve

John W. Snow was in his small book-lined office preparing to teach an economics class at the Univers

The government's index of leading economic indicators rose a scant 0.1 percent in November, the Comm

A Dallas entrepreneur who tried earlier to found an airline for smokers said last week that he wants

The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a 5.5 percent rate increase for the nation's trucking co

SHELL SAYS MAINTENANCE WON'T SHUT BRENT LINEThe pipeline serving the North Sea Brent crude o

Fri., Dec. 29, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Distillate supplies and gasoline inventories decreased, the American Petroleum Institute's latest we

AMERICAN EXPRESS ARM TO SELL GENEVA UNITNEW YORK - American Express Bank Ltd., the internati

ROTTERDAM CONSIDERS CRUDE CONTRACT CHANGEROTTERDAM, Netherlands - The crude oil contract tra

This state claims more fame from burning fossil fuels at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway than for it

Southeast Asia is following the footsteps of Japan, South Korea and Taiwan down the rich man's path

SOCK SHOP NEGOTIATES FOR LOWER RENT IN USSock Shop International PLC, the high-flying Britis

Thick fog in the Pacific Northwest is causing some delays for air cargo, particularly in the Puget S

Personnel attached to the air cargo business development unit of the Port Authority of New York and

1584 (Dec. 28, 1989) Previous day - 1585 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

The U.S. dollar rose sharply against the Japanese yen in late trading Thursday, but was little chang

Two months after northern California's devastating earthquake, the maritime community of Oakland, Ca

Japanese political and business leaders say they have gone just about as far as they can in reducing

Taiwan's volatile stock market ended 1989 with a bang and a brawl Thursday. Legislators deba

Negotiations to resolve the leadership of Spain's largest bank, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, have broken do

Dec. 28, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The Weekly Coal Exports table that appeared on Page 11B in The Journal of Commerce of Friday, Dec. 1

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PANAMA CANAL RETURNS TO 24-HOUR OPERATIONSThe Panama Canal returned to normal 24-hour operat

Keystone Shipping Co. and a Massachusetts electric utility have signed an agreement settling a two-y

Dec. 28, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Some of Paris' cash-strapped fashion houses are getting a makeover with the help of international in

Thu., Dec. 28, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

If grain could feel unwanted, the grain on 800 barges stuck in the Mississippi River would be feelin

The Japanese cabinet Thursday approved a budget for the fiscal year ending March 31, 1991, calling f

US ECONOMY CALLED 'DEAD IN THE WATER'An expected 0.1 percent rise in November's leading indi

Virtually every major U.S. railroad union and every major railroad are currently involved in nationa

A small supplier of specialized semiconductor chips has teamed up with a Japanese consumer electroni

During the next 20 years, global warming could substantially increase the damage-producing potential

When the ship Selkirk Settler eased into the Clure Public Marine Terminal docks at the Seaway Port A

The Bank of Brazil Foreign Commerce Department (Cacex) Thursday said exports of frozen concentrated

The head of the state-run Port Authority of Thailand lashed out at a main shipping conference, accus