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The Tennessee Valley Authority said it bought 30,500 tons of spot steam coal during the week of Aug.

Spending for oil exploration and production in Canada continued to decline in 1987 despite an upturn

STATE FARM WINS SUIT; NO APPEAL PLANNEDA State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. policyholder will n

Every cargo handled by a stevedoring firm requires a unique approach and must be attended in its own

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Eastman Kodak Co. announced plans to invest $100 million to upgrade 40 percent of the bulk chemical

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Commodity Research Bureau - Currency 6A* Albert L. Kraus - Markets

CONTEL ASC OBTAINS FAA COMPUTER PACTThe Federal Aviation Administration has awarded a $10.4

Early this year a few, but only a few, economists predicted the boom that presently engulfs the U.S.

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

Mon., Aug. 29, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The Mexican government has announced it will shut off imports of U.S. chicken, which have forced dow

qIn a move that could shift the center of maritime power in the Pacific Northwest, the Puyallup Indi

Canadians could stream to the polls in mid-November, shortly after the U.S. presidential vote on Nov

TEXAS EASTERN TO BUY TROPIGAS LPG BUSINESSTexas Eastern Corp., Houston, agreed late last wee

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Converse Inc. has James Dean, fire-engine red and Greenwich Village to thank for reviving sales of c

South Korea's trade surplus with the United States shrank 15.7 percent in the first seven months of

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Rains since mid-July came just in time to make Christmas greener this year for Michigan Christmas tr

A top Soviet trade official says the United States and the Soviet Union may be on the threshold of a

Keystone Shipping Co. of Philadelphia and Marine Transport Lines Inc., Secaucus, N.J., have taken to

Another heated chapter seems to be opening in the long battle by U.S. maritime unions to end the gov

Commodity speculators may overreact to any signs of bad weather this winter and next spring, a accor

BRANIFF INC. (Dallas) - Charles D. Gibbs was named vice president, scheduling and route development.

Banca Commerciale Italiana Monday withdrew its friendly takeover offer for Irving Bank Corp. of New

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W.R. Grace & Co. and IMC Fertilizer Group Inc. announced that they are negotiating the sale of the 5

FRUEHAUF STOCK RATINGS CONFIRMED AFTER SALEFruehauf Corp.'s single Hunt Oil Co. B senior, tr

Robert Schmiege has been elected chairman and chief executive officer of CNW Corp. and CNW's railroa

Christopher R. Redlich Jr. has the hard-driving air of a man looking to revolutionize the stevedorin

Chubb Corp. officials anxiously are awaiting the weather report. The policy period closes We

TAKESHITA URGES CHINA TO TAKE A BOLD LEAPJapanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita on Monday

With its one-year anniversary in Flat Rock, Mich., just a week away, Mazda Motor Manufacturing Corp.

A Wellesley, Mass., customs broker and his two sons have been indicted and arrested on charges of de

Donald Trump has one in the back seat of his limo. Most senators keep one. And political candidates

Zantop International Airlines Inc. has found additional income in turning passenger seat-miles into

U.S. food prices could go even higher unless the Agriculture Department stops subsidizing wheat sale

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

Ocean carriers are lowering tariffs on containers by sidestepping dock union rules for handling the