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

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

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

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

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

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

WARDAIR REPORTS LOSS IN FIRST HALF OF 1988Wardair Canada Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario, Canad

Japan Air Lines plans to raise new capital by issuing 7 million shares of stock. This is JAL's first

JAPANESE TRADE GROUP PLANS EUROPEAN VISITSJapan will send a trade delegation to West Germany

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

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

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

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

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

Mention Des Moines, Iowa, and most people think of corn and hogs - not a fast- growing insurance cen

PERUVIAN COPPER STRIKE INTERRUPTS DELIVERIESSouthern Peru Copper Corp. said it had declared

Aug. 10, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

1191 (Aug. 10, 1988) Previous day - 1190 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange i

Business remained strong for the nation's major railroads in July, although the rate of growth slowe

Textile and apparel manufacturers in the Far East are fast cutting away the advantage their U.S. cou

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

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

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

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

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

Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley, one of Philadelphia's largest and most prominent law firms, agreed

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

BELGIAN NATIONAL BANK RAISING DISCOUNT RATEBRUSSELS, Belgium - The Belgian National Bank Wed

The Japanese government and people will reject any and all future requestsfrom Washington fo

Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Elaine Chao will be a featured speaker at the National Customs

A story on Senator Linie that appeared on Page 10B of the Aug. 10 edition of The Journal of Commerce

Kenneth J. Pokalsky was named program manager for environmental and transportation issues at the Bus

Pasta makers in Italy are readying counterattacks against foreign-made pasta on their own turf, whil

Traditional Exports Crude petroleum, cocoa, tobacco, coffee, cotton, bananas, aluminum, rubb

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

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

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

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