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Gould Inc. said Wednesday that its equally owned joint venture with Nippon Mining Co. will build a p

HOUSING COMPLETIONS ROSE BY 2.1 PERCENT IN JUNEU.S. housing completions rose 2.1 percent in

A second wave of major industrial development in 10 years appears to be taking shape in China.

* Far East Foils US Textile Makers' Strategy 4A * Lumber Exports to Japan Show Signs of Rebo

A Commerce Department official will visit Argentina later this month to promote Argentine investment

Mexico's central bank reported that consumer prices rose 1.7 percent in July compared with 2 percent

The Senate is expected to vote on the textile-footwear import quotas bill the second week in Septemb

The international marine insurance industry is deeply divided over a proposed new marine salvage con

Insurance commissioners are urging Congress not to enact revisions of federal racketeering laws that

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The Senate Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Karen B. Phillips to a seat on the Interstate Comm

Japan's overall trade surplus in July climbed to nearly $7.2 billion, including $4.5 billion with t

President Naosuke Yasuda of Japan Line Ltd. predicts his company could earn a profit from its remain

Last spring, long before the drought lowered the waters of the Mississippi River, the Illinois Centr

A new court decision challenges the buying and selling of government rights that allowed some foreig

South Atlantic International Longshoremen's Association locals will meet with four stevedoring compa

Containerization is making life on the docks safer. But for a worker, the waterfront is still a dang

Tuesday's Court of Appeals ruling against the longshore 50-mile rule opens what appears to be the fi

Union dockworkers might have lost a fight when a U.S. Appeals Court in Washington said Tuesday that

Turkey's energy minister Wednesday signed an agreement with several foreign companies to construct a

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August 10, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is embarking on a new strategy of openness in an a

NO, NO, NO . . . MAYBE: It was startling when a well plugged-in congressional source who has been re

AVERAGE GASOLINE PRICE INCREASES 1.69 CENTSSummer gasoline prices jumped again over the past

Gasoline and distillate primary inventories increased for the week ended Aug. 5, the latest weekly s

ISLAND CREEK GETS MINES IN ENOXY SETTLEMENTLEXINGTON, Ky. - Island Creek Corp., Lexington, K

PRICE OF GASOLINE TOO HIGH, GROUP SAYSMajor U.S. oil companies are charging customers excess

The Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development, or OECD, has agreed to a series of measures

John M. Pietruski will resign as chairman and chief executive officer of Eastman Kodak Co.'s Sterlin

Transportation secretary James Burnley singled out the tug and barge industry for special praise for

The largest port in Oregon intends to choose a single person to fill its top two maritime jobs.<

Prudential Insurance Co. of America is betting that its health insurance policyholders will trade fr

PROCTER & GAMBLE POSTS RISE IN NETThe Procter & Gamble Co. reported net income for the fourt

EXXON TO BUY UNIT FROM ICI FIBRESICI Fibres agreed to sell its Terram geotextiles business t

The Port of Oakland said it has found a short-term solution to its dredging problem at an additional

An insurance brief appearing in the Aug. 8 editions of The Journal of Commerce contained incorrect s

Researchers for Congress are concerned that the development of new tests for diseases will lead heal

The dollar drifted lower Wednesday on fears next Tuesday's report of the U.S. trade deficit for June

FARMERS TO CONSIDER BEEFED-UP BATUS OFFERThe board of directors at Farmers Group Inc. has no