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Market prices for two byproducts for the cattle industry - hides and inedible tallow - have been div

Managing an ethnically diverse work force, rethinking business relations with China and pricing Cana

The first Taiwan trade delegation to visit the Soviet Union held talks here in August with Soviet ex

Japan shares some of the economic reform goals the United States is urging on it, Japanese Prime Min

Japan's current account surplus declined for the fifth consecutive month in July on a year-to-year b

CME TAKES ACTION AGAINST TWO MEMBERSThe Chicago Mercantile Exchange Friday said it had suspe

Insurer Axa-Midi and investment bank Paribas, allies in Sir James Goldsmith's bid for B.A.T. Industr

A ferocious stock market battle is expected this week after the chairman of Compagnie Industrielle a

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

Children starting school in certain New York counties this fall can give vent to their energy and im

HITACHI WILL BUILD COMPUTERS IN USHitachi Ltd., Japan's largest electrical machinery maker,<

The Treasury Department's decision last week to delay the implementation of a controversial health b

A.M. BEST RESPONDS TO MUTUAL FIRE SUITThe A.M. Best Co. of Oldwick, N.J., said last week tha

Foreign merchant banks are eagerly waiting for Taiwan's manufacturers to line up for advice on overs

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

An item headlined "Conference Raising Cargo Receiving Fees," a Maritime Brief on page 3B of The Jour

The way the Virginia Port Authority sees it, its $10 million gamble is working. The Port of

PRICES OF OCEAN FREIGHT FUTURES CONTRACTS last week continued their recent sideways trading pattern.

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

The National Grocers Association is strongly discouraging the practice of truckers backhauling hazar

OCEAN SHIPPER GROUP PLANS SEPT. 7 SUMMITWASHINGTON - The Agriculture Ocean Transportation Co

Holland America Line, the Seattle-based cruise line, has dropped its scheduled October port calls at

A new shippers' organization has been formed in Australia to negotiate with shipping lines, and with

Sept. 1, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Reduced worldwide economic growth in 1990 is likely to lead to a slowdown in global trade, according

1426 (Sept. 1, 1989) Previous day - 1426 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

WORKERS STAY ON JOB AS CONTRACT EXPIRESEmery Worldwide's New York area drivers continued to

Sept. 1, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

NIMO OMITS DIVIDEND, AGREES TO CUT SALARIESNiagara Mohawk Power Corp. said Friday it will no

The name of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union was misstated in an article h

American Electric Power Service Corp. said it's scouting the market for spot coal needed in the four

World events usually pass by the pork belly pit with little mention as prices move along basic domes

Grand Metropolitan PLC has agreed to sell operations in three South American countries owned by its

A local coal producer and a Detroit utility are combining forces to manage coal supplies for other c

IMPORTS OF US BEEF ROSE BY 71 PERCENT IN JAPANKANSAS CITY, Kan. - Japan's imports of U.S. hi

BOXSHIP, TOWED BARGE COLLIDE IN NY HARBORA containership operated by Farrell Lines Inc. suff

PHOSPHORUS FMC Corp. of Philadelphia is increasing its list price for phosphorus pentasulfid

Occidental Chemical Co. of Dallas raised prices for methylene chloride and chloroform by 2 cents a p

Talks between Secretary of Agriculture Clayton Yeutter and European Community Agriculture Commission