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Greenwich, Conn.-based businessman Adam Backstrom has stepped in with a last- minute bid for a shipy

India's big family business clans, once the backbone of the country's industry, are being torn apart

Hoechst Celanese Corp., of Somerville, N.J., said it earned $83 million in the second quarter of 198

A 10 million metric ton reduction in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's forecast of the 1989 Sovie

The Food and Drug Administration says it has revoked recent drug approvals granted two generic drug

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index remained stable last week in the 103 range, closing F

Fri., Aug. 11, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

International trade probably doesn't get any more complex than a new barter deal involving companies

The rising death count from Mexico's train disaster - up to 112 Thursday - is throwing a harsh spot

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' experts will meet in Vienna today to discuss the oil

Japanese mechanical transfer presses are being sold in the United States at less than fair value, th

The Coast Guard has nipped in the bud a Massachusetts state plan to use a 95- year-old school ship a

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

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Commodity traders expect depressed world rubber prices will trigger buying of buffer stocks by an in

American President Cos. has reached an agreement with Ford Motor Co. to carry 10,000 double-stack co

* Kevin Commins - Currency Forecast 3A * JofC Industrial Price Index 10A* Stanford Erickson

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

INTERNATIONAL MARINE TERMINALS (Myrtle Grove, La.) - Edward W. Peterson was named vice president of

At least two Coast Guard lighthouses in Maine are still run by lightkeepers, contrary to what was st

The all-cargo airlines that are most likely to be affected by stricter noise restrictions at the thr

FORD RECALLS TRUCKS FOR FREE REPAIRSDEARBORN, Mich. - Brake warning system problems and miss

Aug. 11, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Factory Mutual Engineering will hold a risk management symposium, Aug. 15-16, in Norwood, Mass. For

Insurance broker Frank B. Hall reported a net loss of $60.8 million for the second quarter of 1989,

KEMPER CORP. REPORTS HIGHER NET INCOMELONG GROVE, Ill. - Kemper Corp. said second quarter ne

Perrier thinks its bottled water can be sold in a can. While Perrier's green bottle has almo

Farm policy-makers are gearing up for another effort to resolve an issue that has confounded Congres

Brimming storage tanks of gasoline that should be almost empty this summer are teaching oil companie

The Interstate Commerce Commission says it will examine the obligations of a connecting railroad to

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rep. James Florio traveled to this heavily trafficked Bergen Coun

Copper market analysts predict higher prices despite a slowdown in the economy. "The near te

PELARGONIC ACID DALLAS - HOECHST CELANESE CORP. IS REDUCING THE LIST PRICE OF PELARGONIC ACI

The Commerce Department denied two West German companies U.S. export privileges for nine years becau

High domestic transportation costs have forced Weyerhaeuser Corp. to emphasize exports to Pacific Ri

Let's face it, a garbage disposal is not the first item that comes to mind as the key to boosting ex

$17-A-BARREL OIL PRICE FORECAST THROUGH 1990Slower demand growth should cause world oil pric

East Germany is quietly tinkering with its rigid economic system but still rejects any major changes

NO LATE-NIGHT WAIVER FOR PRO FOOTBALL TEAMSAN JOSE, Calif. - The San Francisco 49ers won't b

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS, has been in the news throughout the country and the w