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A new bout of overcapacity will mean more grim times and some casualties ahead for containership lin

BANKERS' ACCEPTANCES GUIDELINES ISSUEDNEW YORK - The Public Securities Association has issue

The Journal of Commerce's Industrial Price Index held above the 104 mark last week, closing at 104.4

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. announced that its subsidiary in the United Kingdom will build a plant

The Federal Maritime Commission will examine whether Neptune Orient Lines Inc. of Japan is a state-c

REGIONAL BLOCS The European Community of 1992. Symposium. March 29-31. Elizabethtown College

Cattle being fed for the slaughter market as of March 1 in the seven major beef states totaled 7.66

There's a spark of life for toymakers large and small whose past was held hostage by the pricing whi

Canada should share with the United States the $280 million cost of building a second large lock on

A worker was injured Friday when a pump exploded aboard a tanker unloading crude oil, authorities sa

The U.S. International Trade Commission will complete next month its series of hearings on the Urugu

UK'S AVERAGE GDP RISES 0.5 PERCENT IN QUARTERThe United Kingdom's seasonally adjusted averag

The discovery of poisoned grapes from Chile has raised questions among government and industry analy

The story "Grapes Bring Focus On Obscure Insurance," in The Journal of Commerce, March 16, Page 1A,

GA. LIFE INSURER GETS SOUTH KOREAN LICENSELife Insurance Co. of Georgia has received its fin

Administration officials claim their new approach to Third World debt could reduce developing nation

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

Mycogen Corp. announced an agreement with JT Biotech USA Inc., a U.S. subsidiary of Japan Tobacco In

The Group of 7 agreement to keep the dollar within proscribed bands is likely to be tested in the co

Diamond M. Atlantic Co., Houston, is seeking Maritime Administration permission to sell a drilling v

MCDONNELL DOUGLAS EXECUTIVE CHARGEDST. LOUIS - British authorities have charged a former exe

The head of a steel importers' group has urged the New Orleans trade community to get involved in de

An actuarial report disseminated to doctors and insurance agents in Maryland has raised financial qu

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Venezuela is believed to be near agreeing to barter oil for 350,000 metric tons of sugar with at lea

South African coal producers expect a 40 percent increase in export earnings this year, thanks to a

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

Strong growth in demand for bleached chemithermomechanical pulp, or BCTMP, has spurred Millar Wester

Glaxo Holdings PLC, the U.K. pharmaceuticals group, announced last week that a strong performance by

The Soviet Union plans to issue its first credit cards in the next six months but Western bankers sa

Living standards in Latin America fell last year to the levels of the late 1970s as the region's $43

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

Cargo volume on shipping lanes between Western Europe and the Far East within 10 years will overtake

An organization representing dealers of imported automobiles is urging the U.S. government to repeal

Japan's economy grew at its fastest pace in 15 years in 1988, officials said Friday, even though con

Ford Motor Co. could best weather a substantial decline in U.S. auto sales, while Chrysler Corp. app

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it awarded only one spot coal contract, for 6,500 tons, during t

Ashland Coal Co. said this week it will suffer immediate losses in sales of West Virginia coal to Mi

When Stillwater, Minn.-based Cub Food's "Fish in a Flash" program began more than a year ago, Federa

FLAME RETARDANTS FMC Corp., Philadelphia, Pa., announced increases on its Kronitex flame ret