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U.S. farm sales to East Asia are expected to rise by $2 billion this fiscal year, according to the l

COMMERCE DEPARTMENT PROMOTES J.P. MOOREJames P. Moore Jr. has been named the Commerce Depart

Seven of President Reagan's Cabinet officers asked the Senate to defeat legislation that would impos

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Commodity Research Bureau - Debt Market Sell-off 6A* A. Kraus - Pr

A monumental legal battle continued Monday, on the eve of a crucial vote on the future of the Southe

Walter Curran was named to a newly created post, deputy executive director of the Maryland Port Admi

1192 (Aug. 8, 1988) Previous day - 1192 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

The private British news agency Reuters Ltd. says it has taken steps to avoid future procedural erro

PITTSTON CO. (Greenwich, Conn.) - Florence D. Verrier was named assistant corporate secretary.

PORTS DON'T OFTEN RUN AGROUND, but the facilities behind Infomar 88 have hit some rocky shoals and a

The U.S. dollar still is vulnerable despite breaching important resistance levels against the Japane

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

China plans to go ahead with agricultural futures markets and says foreigners will be permitted to p

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Production of plastic resins totaled 4.265 billion pounds in May, up approximately 8.5 percent from

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The safety record of France's state-owned SNCF railways came under the spotlight Monday after compan

Consultec, a government-backed Chinese trade agency, and its Australian counterpart, Consultrade, ar

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

ENERGY MINISTER RESIGNS IN VENEZUELACARACAS, Venezuela - Energy Minister Arturo Hernandez Gr

Energy prices in New York and London moved up sharply Monday in a burst of euphoria over an expected

The Flying Tiger Line Inc., the world's largest all-cargo airline, is recognized as a leader in tran

A House merchant marine panel has wasted little time scheduling an oversighthearing on a report on t

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When the sirroco blows up the Adriatic from the deserts of Libya, Venice's lagoon swells up and spil

The Reagan administration says the Coast Guard should be allowed to require alerting and locating eq

W.R. Grace & Co. announced plans for the European Darex division of subsidiary Grace Specialty Chemi

The Federal Railroad Administration has issued a set of interim regulations to implement portions of

If George Bush overcomes the odds and stages a come-from-behind victory in November, much of the cre

Safety officials reviewing excessive controller mistakes at Chicago Monday urged creation of an inde

Stuart Krasner gently swirled the clear liquid to release its aroma. He breathed it down dee

Nearly 3,300 of the 8,717 applicants for insurance by the Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. in Ohio and

NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE GROUP (Manchester, N.H.) - Courtney C. Smith was named executive vice presid

The U.S. dollar rose to a 12-month high against the deutsche mark Monday despite dollar-selling inte

Two multimillion-dollar pharmaceutical transactions involving major U.S. and Brazilian companies are

METALWORKERS' STRIKE IN S. AFRICA SPREADSJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A strike by black meta

Latest news of the agreed cease-fire between Iran and Iraq has prompted marine insurers to cut by up

The Iran-Iraq war appears to be ending with a whimper, not a bang, for the tanker owners who have be

QUANTUM HIKES METHYL ESTERSCINCINNATI - Quantum Chemical Corp.'s Emery Division announced pr

For May 1988 vs. May 1987 (In Metric Tons - Via Ocean)Rank CommodityMay 88