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Americans' personal incomes rose a healthy 0.9 percent in February, the best showing in four months,

Parts of a semiconductor trade agreement between the United States and Japan violate international r

Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis is basing his campaign for the presidency largely on the fiscal s

Waterfront management would favor reopening its master contract with the International Longshoremen'

The European Community Commission is facing an uphill struggle in its bid to liberalize Europe's tig

Peru's state shipping line, Compania Peruana de Vapores, is in a sea of troubles. Last week

A state appeals court Thursday upheld the state Public Service Commission's authority to rule that R

Japan Oil Firms Seek More Iran DiscountsA delegation from the Iran National Oil Co. has offe

Proposals to build the nation's first high speed rail passenger system will be unveiled here March 2

Current suppliers of automated filing services for Federal MaritimeCommission tariffs are wa

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Glass Products Firm Forms Canadian UnitDlubak Corp., maker of bent aluminum and glass produc

The 1987 International Sugar Agreement was ratified Thursday and brought into force at a meeting hel

Jewelry exports from Hong Kong grew 42 percent in value last year over 1986 - after 25 percent that

A four-member family earning $31,000 a year pays three times as much of its income in state sales an

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Britain to Be First With Sea-Wind PowerBritain is to build the world's first sea wind-powere

Uncertainty surrounding the continued operation of the trans-Panama oil pipeline has prompted a flur

Foreigners would be barred from working as crew members aboard U.S. aircraft and ships during strike

Britain's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced radical changes Wednesday in air traffic control

Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. said an offer from investor Howard Kaskel appears to be only an

Mobil Oil Corp. filed suit against McLean Trucking Co. to block collection of alleged freight underc

State government officials may have a tough time proving the insurance industry violated federal ant

News that eight state attorneys general filed suit against the insurance industry prompted Rep. John

DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE (New York) - Joyce I. Greenberg was named a senior vice president in th

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

Launching of a new Caribbean Export Bank, two years in the making, looks like a pretty sure bet for

The Brazilian constitutional assembly's approval of a presidential system with a five-year term for

A senior government official Wednesday described the latest U.S. demand to liberalize beef and citru

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The U.S. economy grew at a brisk 4.8 percent annual rate in the final three months of 1987 while Feb

Soggy oil prices and the slide in the dollar are hampering the Soviet Union's drive to restructure a

The Inter-American Investment Corp. marked its second anniversary Wednesday, still in search of a le

Half a loaf may be worse than none when it comes to high-technology systems, an automation expert wa

Unocal Boosts Polymer PricesSCHAUMBURG, Ill. The Unocal Chemicals division of Unocal Corp.

Orange & Rockland Utilities Inc. is New York state's smallest investor-owned utility, and a look at

Illegal Dumping Probe Continues in Conn.NORTH HAVEN, Conn. - State and federal officials are

Some of the biggest names in the truck business have become involved in what would otherwise be a ve

1648.5 (March 23, 1988) Previous day - 1647.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Excha

Only two and one-half years ago, the government was proposing rice-eating contests, hoping that loya