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Still running ahead of its levels at the beginning of the year, The Journal of Commerce Industrial P

Renewed evidence of strong economic growth and the prospect of higher interest rates have helped to

Japan's Toshiba Machine Co. has halted exports to the United States ahead of a U.S. government ban o

Hampton Roads' port deepening of its outbound channel to 50 feet is finished, and shipping lines hav

Uncle Sam wants You to do electronic data interchange. Department of Defense projects aimed

In a pact bridging the biotechnology and drug industries, a division of International Minerals & Che

DOCKWORKER STRIKE CONTINUES IN BRAZILSAO PAULO, Brazil - A dockworkers strike affecting oper

Traders of freight futures contracts on London's Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange don't

Reliance Insurance Cos. may be headed for court if it pursues plans to withdraw its property/casualt

A section of the Mississippi River 20 miles south of St. Louis, Mo., remained restricted to vessels

The nation's insurance regulators approved model legislation Friday aimed at long-term health care i

BRITISH INFLATION REMAINS STEADY AT 6.4 PERCENTBritain's retail price index rose 0.5 percent

Brazil will end 1988 with record annual inflation of more than 900 percent, and a social pact to avo

The Association of American Railroads' board of directors has authorized its staff to talk with the

The planned $880 million merger of Federal Express Corp. and Tiger International Inc., parent of the

JAPANESE FIRM EYES US COPPER PROJECTTOKYO - Mitsubishi Metal Corp. is studying plans to buil

Carlos Andres Perez, the president-elect of Venezuela, predicted late last week that Latin American

Foreign investment benefits U.S. consumers and communities as well as financing the budget deficit a

Western countries that joined in slapping an arms embargo on South Africa 11 years ago are unwitting

Turkey and Iraq will resume trade talks later this month, six months after the Abkara government sus

The European Community named Frans Andriessen its top official for foreign affairs and trade policy,

IBM AGREES TO EXTEND ANTITRUST SETTLEMENTBRUSSELS, Belgium - International Business Machines

Only five years ago, the arrival of the latest vintage of Beaujolais Nouveau, the new batch of young

The fur industry probably wishes it had a muzzle for the U.S. Humane Society, which this fall launch

Houston Lighting & Power Co. said Friday that it received a low power operating license for unit 2 o

SCECORP (Rosemead, Calif.) - David N. Barry III was elected vice president and general counsel of SC

COLOMBIA BACKS OPEC IN BID TO BOOST PRICESBOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia supports the Organizat

The federal government is dusting off its offshore gas and oil exploration program, but the wariness

The U.S. chemical industry will turn in another banner year in sales and profits, according to trade

1518 (Dec. 16, 1988) Previous day - 1524 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange i

A story headlined Shipper Loses Bid to Waive Tariff Fee in The Journal of Commerce Dec. 12 on Page 5

CONRAIL (Philadelphia) - R. Paul Carey was named general manager, Albany division, and will be based

The World Bank has approved $552.7 million in major loans and other financial assistance to China an

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

Act now or pay later, speakers and registrants at a recent electronic data interchange conference wa

The Federal Aviation Administration gave final approval last week for Airbus Industrie's A320-200 to

David Gunn oversees the largest subway system in the world with the enthusiasm of a boy playing with

INDEX POINTS TO SOFTERUS GROWTHColumbia University's leading indexes of U.S. economi

Japan may well join the rest of the world on the higher interest-rate bandwagon but it will do so qu

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