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Unemployment figures for December are likely to show that job growth slowed last month from November

The U.S. Department of Commerce has approved a foreign trade zone for the Port of Indiana/Burns Inte

* Richard H. Abbey - Abuse of Prior Disclosure 8A * Tom Connors - Time to Pay the Piper 8A*

FACTORY ORDERS ROSE 0.3 PERCENT DURING NOVEMBERNew orders to U.S. factories for manufactured

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Sea-Land Service Inc. suspended moving export cargo from the Jamaican Port of Kingston Monday after

To many people, the chilly, wind-swept highlands of Scotland do not appear to offer an abundance of

The Canadian government has blocked the implementation of two provisions of the U.S.-Canada free tra

Michael P. Huerta, newly named Port of San Francisco director, says he intends to develop the port i

The Illinois Central Railroad expects to shift to a maximum of 85-car trains by the end of February,

By the time Japan's gross national product for the July-September period was officially released at

The U.S. Customs Service raised the duties for some multipurpose vehicles by tenfold. The ne

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The Singapore government is further reducing its involvement in the country's now-healthy petrochemi

ICI HIKES ACRYLIC, POLYURETHANE PRICES

O-CHLOROBENZALDEHYDE PRICES UP AT HOECHST

W.R. Grace & Co.'s Organic Chemicals division has increased glycine production capacity by 30 percen

The number of environmental groups in North Carolina has surged sharply in the past few years as cit

Exxon Chemical Co. and Dow Chemical Co. have signed a definitive agreement creating Dexco Polymers,

The U.S. chemical industry, straining to keep up with demand, finished 1988 with its best performanc

AIRGAS INC. ACQUIRES TWO GAS DISTRIBUTORSWILMINGTON, Del. - Airgas Inc. announced the acquis

It looks like a catamaran that rises partially from the water on a cushion of air. Known as a surfac

Although Taiwan is pushing an ambitious plan to surpass Hong Kong as the world's busiest containerpo

The shortage of containers available for lease in world trade may be resolved in the near future, bu

Governments in the Pacific Rim countries of Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia repor

Coffee exporters here are increasingly turning to the container. During 1988's third quarter

Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. said it will remain in the major shipping conferences that

A judicial appeal in the case of a misplaced decimal point that reduced the value of a series of shi

Containerization has been advancing slowly in Mexico during the past five years as the country's fin

CONFERTECH RECEIVES ORDER FROM FINLANDGOLDEN, Colo. - Confertech International Inc. announce

CONTINENTAL COMPLETES SALE OF SUBSIDIARIESContinental Corp. announced Tuesday that it has co

Financial resources being the biggest constraint on developing the transport sector, the government

Gotaas-Larsen Shipping Corp. says its recent sale of three 32,000-ton chemical tankers to Bergen, No

Miracle cures and cheaper, healthier food are on the horizons of biotechnology, but for companies a

Lawyers advising their clients against taking advantage of newly reduced auto insurance rates that l

As insurers face mounting pressure from consumers, attorneys and legislators to correct the volatile

The property and casualty insurance industry reported net income of $14 billion and a combined ratio

SMALL GAIN EXPECTED FOR FACTORY ORDERSU.S. November factory orders are expected to show a sm

GERMAN TRADE SURPLUS GROWS SHARPLYWIESBADEN, West Germany - West Germany reported Tuesday a

If America's dollar-driven export boom continues, 1989 should be another year of job creation in the