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The American Soybean Association has proposed a plan for 1990 U.S. farm legislation that it says wou

College graduates this spring will make more money but find fewer job opportunities, according to a

World economic growth will slow down in 1990 with below-average growth rates in the United States, C

The story headlined, "Foreign Oil Firms Flock to Vietnam," which appeared on Page 1A in The Journal

Fri., Dec. 15, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

FIRM PICKS NEW NAME TO BOOST IMAGEFluorocarbon Co., wrongly maligned as an environmental men

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Delegates attending last week's meeting here of the International Cocoa Organization hope the ground

A survey of bankers shows them to be in basic agreement with Agriculture Department experts that 199

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index fell another 0.2 point last week to 102.2 on Friday.<

Metals analysts expect gold prices to move higher again this week following weakness in the U.S. dol

WHAT DO NIMBY and perestroika have in common? Aircraft operators in the United States and ma

New tariffs have been imposed by China on exports of lead and zinc ores in a further attempt to cont

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers has agreed to a new, landmark contract with the Atchison, To

BROWN CLOSES ITS LTL TRUCKING OPERATIONSCHARLOTTE, N.C. - Brown Transport Co., one of the So

Creating a global revolution in how companies communicate is far more difficult than many experts ha

A story on the Massachusetts Port Authority on page 2B in the Dec. 15 editions of The Journal of Com

WASHINGTON - For the week ended Dec. 9, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railro

U.S. refiners, strapped with costs associated with environmental regulations, will be displaced by f

Dec. 15, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Topgallant Lines Inc. has ceased shipping operations, and the two containerships it chartered will

ASHLAND OIL INC. (Ashland, Ky.) - John D. Barr and John F. Pettus were named senior vice presidents.

MEXICAN CRUDE PRICES RISE 4 CENTS IN AMERICASPrices for Mexican crude oil sold to North and

The Teamsters union late Thursday staged a brief strike against a warehouse facility in Gloucester C

NS SEEKS PERMIT FOR VA. COAL FACILITYNORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk Southern Corp. said late last we

Stolt Tankers and Terminals (Holdings) SA said that it will timecharter two small chemical tankers f

The Red Hook Container Terminal on Brooklyn's shore will undergo a $16.1 million upgrading including

The new U.S. executive director to the African Development Bank is frustrated after barely two month

After a 20-year hiatus during which it handled only limited coffee exports, the Port of Rio de Janei

Stronger federal regulation of futures markets is very likely despite delays in pending legislation

(Mr. Parker told an insurance commissioners' gathering in Las Vegas this month that the insurance in

Congressional interest in a federal program to handle major earthquakes is building, according to st

In the largest penalty ever imposed on a Pennsylvania electric utility for violating customer-servic

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it bought 31,100 tons of coal needed at its Kingston and John Se

AUTO RATES WILL RISE 7.9 PERCENT IN MASSACHUSETTSMassachusetts Insurance Commissioner Timoth

ASEA BROWN ACQUIRES C-E SHARE MAJORITYPURCHASE, N.Y. - Asea Brown Boveri Inc. said Friday th

Sen. Edward Kennedy said Thursday he believes the U.S. health care system is on the verge of collaps

There's gold in them thar' hills. And it's rapidly becoming important to air cargo carriers in Austr

American Airlines says Costa Rica is holding up its request to provide daily service between Miami a

''Everybody and their brother had keys to our gates," said Rob Hancik, aviation director at the Spri