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M. McNeil Porter is a man with a new mission and a new company to achieve it. The mission is

The sight of a brightly painted Frito-Lay trailer traveling down the highway might make you hungry.<

Bridgestone Enters Bid To Purchase FirestoneBridgestone Corp., Japan's largest tire company,

Japanese companies may face restrictions on investment in the European Community as 1992 approaches,

Delta Announces Start Of Md. Polymer PlantDelta Chemical Corp. announced the start-up of its

Owners of a forest products terminal 40 miles north of Vancouver are building a second ship berth to

Four employees at the Peach Bottom nuclear plant were fired and seven others suspended with intent t

Japan's share of the U.S. merchandise trade deficit was at its lowest point in January in over a yea

One more of capitalism's knotty problems is plaguing China as it moves gingerly into the realm of su

The International Trade Commission will decide April 29 on the fate of certain imported reclosable p

Hearings and deadline dates for pending U.S. International Trade Commission investigations:*

Texas Air Drops Offer For Eastern PreferredTexas Air Corp. is dropping its attempt to buy ba

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The fiscal 1989 federal budget plan going to the full House of Representatives this week makes just

Du Pont Raises Film Prices 9 percentWILMINGTON, Del. - E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. is incr

Lumber orders were up but shipments and production fell in 12 Western states for the week ended Marc

The Maryland Insurance Division last week ruled that Government Employees Insurance Co. violated unf

Blue Cross & Blue Cross of Connecticut Inc. will wait for another day to request that state lawmaker

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

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

Fri, March 18, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The Treasury Department recently reached tax exemption agreements with nine nations covering airline

DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH if you're waiting for Congress to act, even though the House of Representativ

Looking out from shamrocks and St. Patrick's Day balloons, Pat O'Malley had just one question as he

Imported wine and spirits is big business in the U.S. market and competition is increasing among shi

Arco Chemical Co. is banking on becoming the world's largest propylene oxide producer. The N

The Eastman Chemicals division of Eastman Kodak Co. has announced a multimillion dollar expansion of

Both of Greece's main ports recorded increased freight movement in 1987. Though the increase

Wlodzimierz Weglarczyk's textile factory is profitable, and Ryszard Kaminski's textile firm finally

Philips N.V. will be one of many international European companies whose productivity will increase m

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng has sharpened his attack against a proposed ex

Where would you go if you wanted to buy a new steam locomotive or didn't want to make expensive repl

CHICAGO BOARD OPTIONS EXCHANGE (Chicago) - Gary Bartolameolli was named assistant vice president, sy

Fewer containers from overseas this year could mean rising revenue in the rail segment of the interm

The first thing that impresses you about M. McNeil Porter when you meet him is his size. That's also

Obsolete Vessel Sale Reduced by Two ShipsThe Maritime Administration has reduced by two the

Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. has submitted a proposal to build a space- based observatory that wo

Highly efficient and obedient, robots have replaced workers who used to shout strike slogans and hav

Some 50 members of a striking tugboat union and sympathizers marched on a Coast Guard Marine Safety

The local authorities of Chanea, on the island of Crete, have asked the Greek government to raise Su