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A British company has developed a microprocessor-controlled glass toughening plant that can cope wit

South Korea's food processors and manufacturers of food processing equipment plan to make their firs

The government said Tuesday its chief forecasting gauge of future economic activity shot up 1.4 perc

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. and the other utility co-owners of the Nine Mile Point 2 nuclear plant fi

The SS Monterey, which sailed for years for the old Matson Line before languishing in San Francisco

Philip Gotthelf, president of Edquidex Inc., publisher of the Commodex System and the Commodity Futu

Japanese parents are using their children's video game computers to play the stock market. S

STUDY RANKS AREAS WITH ASIAN BUSINESSESDallas, Houston and Atlanta lead the nation in Asian-

Japan's warehouse companies are rushing to construct new cold storage facilities at the nation's por

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Great Lakes ports suffered a setback in their campaign to bring back military traffic and the U.S.-f

South Korea's four major automobile makers plan to double their combined production capacity to 3.42

The National Shoe Fair of America. Leading international footwear manufacturers will show off the la

SOUTH KOREAN EXPORTS JUMPED 18 PERCENT IN JULYSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea exported $5.1

The House Tuesday passed compromise nuclear insurance legislation designed as a compromise between H

Sales of new homes surged 8.4 percent in June, the biggest increase since February, the government r

EGYPT RAISES PRICE OF EXPORT OIL BY $1.40CAIRO, Egypt - Egypt said it raised its oil export

American Freight System Inc. is closing its northeastern trucking operations and paring its southeas

At a time when the plastics industry is becoming increasingly sensitive about the non-biodegradabili

REICHHOLD RAISES COATINGS PRICESPENSACOLA, Fla. - The Coating Polymers & Resins division of

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

While an army of clones has yet to appear to compete against International Business Machines Corp.'s

Electronic data interchange users are going to get a chance to learn from the grand old man of EDI.<

One of the two pillars of Sir Yue-kong Pao's diversified empire, Wharf (Holdings) Ltd., reported sha

In a fragile compromise, major car rental companies have agreed to support legislation that would ba

Misguided government efforts to rein in Brazil's rampant inflation also couldput a tighter r

Insurance regulators in the Midwest still are following the trail left by Chubb Group of Insurance C

An insurance brief appearing in the Aug. 2 editions of The Journal of Commerce incorrectly reported

Texaco Inc., which has already sold two major assets this year after emergingfrom bankruptcy

The Middle East Economic Survey said that estimated production by the Organization of Petroleum Expo

CASTLE COAL & OIL CO. (Bronx, N.Y.) - Several executive appointments were announced by the company,

Air freight growth handily outpaced expansion in passenger traffic last year and figures for the fir

Aug. 2, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High L

AIR FRANCE (New York) - Jacques de Guerny was appointed vice president and general manager, cargo. H

TEAMSTERS, TRUCK FIRMS TO RESUME PACT TALKS WASHINGTON - Representatives of the Teamsters un

Prospects for continued hot, dry weather in the past few days all but wiped out recent price decline

It's easy to make a small fortune in the shipping industry, the joke goes, as long as you start out

Teamsters in New York are threatening a nationwide strike against Airborne Freight Corp. if the comp

The Journal of Commerce this week became the first U.S. newspaper to publish a Chinese edition, with

A federal judicial panel is expected to rule this month on whether the nearly 40 lawsuits - both pub