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Frigid New Englanders might clash with American shipping interests over a request by three energy co

The New York Mercantile Exchange said it raised margins on crude, heating oil and unleaded gasoline

With all the clamor about foreign investors buying up America, a gradual and steady rise in U.S. inv

The information below corrects a table that appeared in The Journal of Commerce of Dec. 27, on Page

Employers beware: cost shifting is expected to occur as new Medicare physician payment rules take ef

Exxon Corp.'s combined property and liability losses for the recent explosion at the company's large

The Arco Anchorage steamed out of the Alaskan port of Valdez, its belly heavy with three times as mu

Insurers operating in Panama say they are under no obligation to pay for property damage resulting f

NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. (Milwaukee) - Joseph F. Meier of Oviedo, Fla., has been appo

U.S. importers and foreign suppliers have begun their prowl for opportunities as the great Christmas

ARGENTINE AUSTRAL FALLS ON INFLATION FEARSBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina's currency, th

STRIKE MEDIATOR HOPES TO SETTLE BY NEW YEARNegotiations in the nearly nine-month-long coal m

These loans were announced recently by lending agencies: CHILE - $210 million from the Inter

Alexander Talmadge, a high official of the International Longshoremen's Association, died on Tuesday

Ten years ago, like cowpokes bursting into a saloon, America's truckers roared through doors thrown

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

Officials in China say 1990 will be a bumper year for its space industry, with "an unprecedented num

Commodity Exchange Inc. silver futures plummeted Wednesday amid technical selling spurred by signs o

They came, they saw, they constructed roller coasters and water slides. Nearly seven years a

Vice Premier Yao Yilin, an economic expert who helped steer China back toward more central planning,

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

Sales of existing single-family homes rose to the highest level of the year in November, the Nationa

For months, Wall Street speculators said Ecolab Inc. was heading for something big. Then the

Joel Jacobson, New Jersey's first energy commissioner, who also served on the state Board of Public

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

P&LE SELLS INTEREST IN LINE TO CONRAILConsolidated Rail Corp. has completed its purchase of

The U.S. dollar declined sharply against the deutsche mark Wednesday in very thin trading, while dri

The Bank of Brazil Foreign Commerce Department (Cacex) has won its appeal against a court injunction

SINGAPORE, SOVIET FIRMS FORM DIAMOND VENTUREThe Singapore-listed international trading compa

It's gotten so that Linda Hemberger's three daughters have to restrain their mother every time they

As the price of home heating oil increases in New Jersey, a statewide consumer organization is advis

THE RUN-UP IN FUEL OIL PRICES over the past couple of weeks has been unprecedented. Severe,

US FINDS JAPANESE DUMPING PRESSESJapan manufacturers have been selling mechanical transfer

Brazil has suspended all export registrations of frozen concentrated orange juice in light of "viole

Familiarity can breed confusion, experts on electronic messaging are saying. They see teleco

ABF FREIGHT SYSTEM INC. (Fort Smith, Ark.) - Howard Johnson was named vice president, industrial rel

Expected cutbacks in the Boeing Co.'s defense work and problems restarting jetliner assembly lines a

U.S. transportation officials rejected bids by Federal Express Corp. and Emery Worldwide for additio

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The U.S. Treasury Department is prepared to release roughly $400 million in seized assets to the Pan