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A federal appeals court has overturned a judge's ruling combining 35,000 asbestos-related lawsuits a

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Amoco India Petroleum Co., a subsidiary of Amoco Oil Corp., signed a contract on Friday allowing it

Ports in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area are moving into second gear on their pilot program to cr

Forecasts of 12 percent growth in Hong Kong's container throughput this year are already being prove

China's foremost petrochemical company is projecting higher profit and increased foreign trade on it

Arco Chemical Co. announced it has initiated engineering studies and feedstock procurement activitie

New England Power has announced it awarded seven one-year coal supply contracts for a total of 1.35

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it awarded two spot contracts during the week of July 15 coverin

CHEVRON, SHELL, ARCO BOOST WTI POSTINGSChevron U.S.A. Inc., San Francisco, Shell Oil Co., Ho

The mix of U.S. exports to Italy has shifted markedly away from raw materials and toward manufacture

Vera King is a victim of the computer age. After four years of typing on computer keyboards

To the cuisine of Japan - noted by some for its delicacy and the fastidiousness of its preparation

Three top officials from The Continental Corp. are heading for China this fall to promote growth in

Yugoslav authorities are investigating the chance that toxic waste from the Netherlands was illegall

Hercules Inc. and Sumitomo Chemical Co. announced the formation of a joint venture that will manufac

Dow Chemical Co. increased operating rates at the company's Freeport, Texas, magnesium production fa

The Norwegian owners of the Oriental Ruby used to schedule it for a refueling stop in Los Angeles-Lo

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

AMERICAN PRESIDENT COS. (Oakland, Calif.) - Peter M. Ruotsi was named to the new position of vice pr

For the week ended July 9 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 94,

The Commerce Department plans by year's end to link by computer its export marketing information sys

Airgas Inc., a rapidly growing distributor of industrial gases and related products, announced the a

Net new machine machine tool orders for June reached $382.5 million, 17.8 percent more than in May a

Knight-Ridder Inc., the publishing and information company that owns The Journal of Commerce, report

UNITED'S NEW SCHEDULE ADDS FLIGHTS AT DULLESUnited Airlines has released a revised fall sche

The greatest benefit of computerized intermodal tracking is the computer's ability to catch small er

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index, buoyed by stronger prices in metals and textiles, mo

Taiwan will continue to buy gold from countries other than the United States at appropriate times th

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Lumber production, orders and shipments increased in 12 Western states during the week of July 11, a

July 22, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

CYPRUS MINERALS GETS BAA-3 MOODY'S RATINGMoody's Investors Service said late last week that

CMS ENERGY CORP. (Dearborn, Mich.) - Michael G. Morris was named executive vice president, natural g

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Intermodal container movements at the neighboring ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were being slo

Probably no other single issue divides Alaskans as deeply as the debate over opening of the Arctic N

The dollar may have reached its peak for 1988 early last week, and is now poised to weaken, some tra

GENERAL DATACOMM GETS MERCURY ORDERMIDDLEBURY, Conn. - General DataComm Industries Inc. rece