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Potential candidates for U.S. agriculture secretary in the next administration range from a former W

The United States will remain the world's dominant economy for the foreseeable future, a new study s

Gasoline supplies declined and distillate inventories increased moderately, according to the latest

AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO. (Columbus, Ohio) - James J. Markowsky was elected senior vice president

A final decision on a new airport will be made next year as traffic approaches saturation point, the

Picketing at Baltimore's new container rail terminal has stopped, at least for the moment. A

The Federal Maritime Commission has urged the U.S. Court of Appeals here to reject an appeal by A/S

Michigan's employment picture remained fairly stable in August, with the seasonally adjusted unemplo

Great Lakes ports are divided over what some port directors claim is an illegal diversion of PL-480

The largest petrochemical complex in Taiwan has been brought to a standstill by mass protests staged

The U.S. dollar is likely to fall further against the Japanese yen, William Seidman, chairman of the

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

There were some rather unusual developments at the 22nd annual Georgia Foreign Trade Conference last

Coal mines opened on West Virginia tracts recently acquired by Norfolk Southern Corp. are putting th

The Boeing Co. isn't going to be able to deliver the first 20 of its latest model of its 747 jumbo a

The Maritime Administration has awarded a $19,847,786 contract to Bay Shipbuilding Corp., Sturgeon B

The first Tennessee trade mission to the Soviet Union is finding the hard currency problem its bigge

A.M. Best Co. is expected to boost its bottom line by about $1 million next year when it starts char

A big merger is in the works. For executives at Bowne & Co., a financial printer in New York, that u

SOVIET CREDIT PACT TO BE SIGNED MONDAYFRANKFURT, West Germany - A consortium of West German

GUANGZHOU FAIR EXPECTS 38,000 TRADERSGUANGZHOU, China - Guangzhou is expecting 38,000 trader

The failure of Congress to agree on revisions to the Clean Air Act leaves more than a hundred pollut

The U.S. national debt is big, says Warren Dennis. How big is it?So big that if you tried to

The dramatic growth in electronic mail and its applications will be discussed by more than 40 indust

A new program at the California Maritime Academy will teach students to manage the financial side of

The insurance industry took a walk when the District of Columbia enacted legislation in 1986 forbidd

British Gas PLC and Shell Petroleum Ltd. announced Wednesday they were buyers of portions of Tenneco

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Alberto Culver Co. in Melrose Park, Ill., has acquired 175 Save-Way Beauty Supply outlets for its Sa

The logistics of shipping components 7,500 miles by sea to meet a rigid Just- in-Time inventory cont

Cyprus offers an ideal operating base for companies doing business in the Middle East. With

A U.S. Navy chemist has found a way to convert sewer gas into diamonds. Dr. James E. Butler

A story that appeared in the Oct. 7 edition of The Journal of Commerce on Page 1B under the headline

Expectations for strong exports, new orders and overall demand over the long term continue to fuel U

World War III has been declared on Main Streets throughout Britain, and industrialists here had bett

Sharon Knight is developing food that is out of this world. Using plastic growth chambers an

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The European Community Commission said Wednesday it has resumed an inquiry into alleged anti-competi

One of Hawaii's biggest exports can be found in and around the state'sairports and harbors b

Some of Australia's steam coal mines will still be struggling to return to profitability despite the