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Delegates from Japan and South Korea lashed out at the United States over its proposed unilateral ac

The Journal of Commerce publishes the MidAmerica Report every Thursday and MidAmerica news throughou

Midwest Foreign Commerce Club dinner, May 22, Starlight Inn, Schiller Park, Ill. Speaker: H. Hilbrec

Roger B. Smith has taken a critical roller-coaster ride since inheriting the General Motors Corp. ch

Kraft Inc. has spent $500,000 to install onboard monitoring computers in its food services division

Many major beef-producing countries are experiencing tight beef supplies, and this could lead to exp

IBM UNVEILS SOFTWARE TO LINK COMPUTERSNEW YORK - International Business Machines Corp. has r

OPERATIONS REVISED AT EMERY WORLDWIDEPALO ALTO, Calif. - Emery Worldwide has reorganized int

Eastern Airlines said it plans to sell eight aircraft for $150 million as part of its restructuring

FOR JOHN C. SMITH AND MYSELF it is a kind of wrap-up interview. It didn't start out that way. But wh

Himont Inc. confirmed Tuesday plans to build and operate a joint venture polypropylene resin plant i

United Parcel Service Co. urged federal transportation officials to defer allocation of the U.S.-Jap

Secretary of Transportation Samuel K. Skinner said Tuesday his department is close to naming a new U

Venezuela's first general strike in 30 years Thursday will gauge opposition to President Carlos Andr

HERCULES TO EXPAND PP FILM CAPACITYHercules Inc., Wilmington, Del., said it would expand pol

The American Association of Exporters and Importers has formed a special group among its members to

MITSUI OSK BUYS HALF OF BURMAH OIL PROJECTMitsui O.S.K. Lines, the major Japanese shipping l

BOLIVIA - $72 million from the World Bank's International Development Association, comprising $35 mi

Several major Japanese electronics manufacturers announced plans Tuesday to increase purchases of U.

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Ray Friant likes to recall the visit by a Japanese camera company executive to the Keystone Camera P

A memorial service is scheduled Monday for Jacob Nebeling, a prominent shipping executive on the Wes

A House maritime subcommittee rescheduled a previously postponed hearing on domestic rate regulation

The European Community has given Guyana a $35 million loan to help rehabilitate the state-owned baux

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

A large Wisconsin- based truckload motor carrier is in the midst of installing onboard computers for

CHASE MANHATTAN BANK (New York) - Peter John Anderson was named president of the bank's Brazilian af

W. GERMAN RATES COULD RISE THURSDAYFRANKFURT, West Germany - A rise in West German interest

Hanjin Group, the shipping and airline organization, cut a sweet deal with its purchase of debt-lade

1749 (May 16, 1751) Previous day - 1749 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Private analysts who track the Federal Reserve doubted that the central bank's policy panel was read

Britain is pressing the European Commission to liberalize coastal shipping within the European Commu

U.S. cotton exporters are bristling over ocean carriers' proposals to increase freight rates in 1989

The United States is "losing" China once more, this time as an export market, a U.S. business spokes

At West Germany's first alternative bank, managers and clients wear blue jeans and gym shoes and sit

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A 90-year concession for a new railroad designed to speed exports from Brazil's leading soybean regi

Union Pacific Corp. has taken an option to buy the Iowa Interstate Railroad. The story correctly rep

The U.S. dollar declined slightly Tuesday, as dealers squared positions ahead of this morning's sche