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The volume of manufactured goods moving from the U.S. Midwest to Asia aboard Westwood Shipping Line

ILLINOIS WILL OPEN MEXICO TRADE OFFICEThe state of Illinois will open a foreign trade office

Occidental Chemical Co.'s unsuccessful effort to limit its liability for the cleanup of Niagara Fall

The Federal Maritime Commission's massive review of the 1984 Shipping Act goes to the Government Pri

SOUTHWEST TO CONVERT OPTIONS TO FIRM ORDERSSouthwest Airlines said it will convert 20 of its

Jamaica's bauxite output in 1989 will be "in excess of 9.0 million metric tons," up from 7.4 million

M&T CHEMICALS INC. of Rahway, N.J., will increase prices for all impact modifiers and process aids b

Wednesday trading maintained the Tuesday run-up in pork belly futures, even though the premise of Tu

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Thomas J. Duesterberg was named assistant secretary of international economic policy at the U.S. Dep

The financial brief "Annual Debt Interest Rises in Third World," on page 3A of The Journal of Commer

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

Aug. 30, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

U.S. and Canadian suppliers of liquefied natural gas may get a chance at one of Asia's big markets,

THE HOTTEST TIP moving my way in recent days has Bobby Brown leaving his position as president of Co

Southern Co. said electricity sales to commercial customers increased 4.3 percent during the first s

For the first time this year, current crude oil stocks have exceeded year-ago levels, the American P

The Interstate Commerce Commission has ruled that both the seller and the purchaser of a short-line

DU PONT POSTS 8 PERCENT DIP IN AIR EMISSIONSWILMINGTON, Del. - Du Pont Co. reported an 8 per

Yugoslavia will introduce a new currency to help fight inflation currently at an annual rate of 800

Evidence of the sorry state of China's key textile industry has come from a mainland official, who c

BAUXITE PRODUCTION OFF 30 PERCENT IN GUYANAGEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana's January-June bauxit

The New York Mercantile Exchange Board of Directors has approved several self-regulatory measures, i

BRAZIL - $55.6 million from the Inter-American Development Bank for irrigation works in Bahia and Pe

FRANCE'S ECONOMY GROWS 0.7 PERCENT IN QUARTERFrance's gross domestic product expanded 0.7 pe

LTV Steel, a subsidiary of LTV Corp., said Wednesday it reached a tentative agreement with the Unite

LINCOLN NATIONAL SELLS REINSURANCE UNITLincoln National Corp. announced Wednesday that it ha

Northwest Airlines' new owners should be able to repay the carrier's $3.1 billion debt with cash fro

Many Illinois insurers are fearful that Gov. James Thompson will sign a bill that would repeal a ban

This highly industrialized island will face a major environmental crisis if its government doesn't s

Once-burgeoning trade relations between South Korea and China have hit a brick wall since the June

The U.S. dollar rose broadly Wednesday on a combination of technical factors and personal income dat

As the Sept. 18 deadline draws near for interest payments of some $2 billion to foreign creditor ban

After Taiwan's parliamentary elections in December, government investigators are expected to heat up

Israel plans to sell a 50 percent stake in El Al, the national airline, the government announced on

COPPER MINE WORKERS IN CHILE VOTE TO STRIKESANTIAGO, Chile - Workers at the Chilean Copper C

Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke said Wednesday that domestic airline pilots could expect signifi

Norwegian streets may not be paved with gold but one highway unwittingly was constructed right on to

Members of the London Metal Exchange are threatening to cease dealing on behalf of American clients

New Zealand Prime Minister Geoffrey Palmer said Sunday that the New Zealand and Australian economies