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An article in Tuesday's edition of The Journal of Commerce incorrectly identified the direction of t

The Mersey Docks and Harbour Co., which owns the Port of Liverpool, reported a sharp profit rise for

Dow Corning Corp. is increasing list prices an average of 6 percent on all silicone surfactants sold

HIMONT INC. (Wilmington, Del.) - A restructuring of management was announced by Alexander F. Giacco,

More than a score of Taiwanese plastics companies intend to invest in export- oriented projects in t

The container-leasing industry is locked in a dispute with the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service

BRADFORD NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. (Lexington, Ky.) - William F. Healy was named president and chi

Europe and Japan received new shipbuilding orders for a total of 6.8 million gross tons in 1987, acc

The switching error that caused a speeding passenger train to slam into a track-maintenance machine

As European airlines begin easing into a more deregulated environment this year, they hope to escape

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

Executives of Japanese insurance companies, traditionally large-scale purchasers of U.S. Treasury bo

Fed 'Not Complacent' On Prices, Kelley SaysThe Federal Reserve is not complacent about the c

President Suharto told visiting Japanese lawmakers Monday that Indonesia needs international coopera

Office Vacancy Rates Rose in First QuarterContinuing uncertainty about the health of the eco

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE (Washington) - Entering his third month as postmaster general, Anthony M. Frank

Daily Index Textiles Metals Misc.Smoothedpercent Change, -1.32

Citibank Australia is consolidating its position as the country's biggest foreign bank by building o

Soybean prices may weaken somewhat between now and early summer, a leading grain analyst warned.

Alcoholic beverages - distilled Bourbon whiskey. One container for the first shipment. Best

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

Thortec International Inc. said its majority-owned subsidiary, URS International Inc., signed agreem

Tandem Teams Up With TranSettlementsATLANTA - TranSettlements Inc. is bringing EDI software

People need to talk a lot before computers can begin to communicate using electronic data interchang

W.R. Grace & Co. acquired the worldwide Graphic Arts division of Uniroyal Plastics Co., a subsidiary

Some of the proposed November ballot measures aimed at lowering auto insurance costs would instead c

Two New York City men have been charged with trying to export more than a dozen stolen cars to the D

West Germany to Sell Its 60 percent Stake in ViagBONN, West Germany - The West German govern

Leading retailers say higher prices for goods from Asia mean they will import less for the fall and

A House committee staved off three so-called killer amendments to legislation that will permit oil a

An industry that weighs its products in millions of tons and totals its sales in billions of dollars

Joseph Tilkin lives for dirty sweaters, scuffed shoes and torn sweatshirts. Those clothes re

This bustling city, the largest, richest and most industrialized in northern Mexico, rode into the 2

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

Recent forecasts of the world economy for 1988 suggest little damage to growth is likely as a result

European Piggyback Climbed 5.7 percent in 1987FRANKFURT, West Germany - Road/rail traffic in

1345.0 (May 2, 1988) Previous day - 1358.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange

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Lauda Air Acquires New Passenger PlaneSEATTLE - Lauda Air, a privately owned Austrian charte