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The Inter-American Development Bank's future is not now but next year, perhaps. The 44-membe

Sen. J. James Exon, D-Neb., has made it clear he's in no hurry to hold hearings to consider two pend

China and South Korea already conduct a brisk direct trade in coal and other commodities despite chi

In March, CP Trucks of Toronto, Canada's largest for-hire carrier, joined the growing ranks of Canad

1630.0 (March 18, 1988) Previous day - 1610.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Excha

The four-month tab for storing Midwest grain on river barges to help make room in country elevators

Airco Gases of Murray Hill, N.J., has agreed to acquire Selox Inc., Chattanooga, Tenn., a $50 millio

The Federal Maritime Commission told 13 companies they are no longer functioning as marine terminals

The already glutted coal market is about to be flooded with a new supply of high quality production

The Assembly has approved a bill that would enable Blue Cross of California, a non-profit hospital s

The U.S. Customs Service in the San Francisco Bay area could switch to a single broker and forwarder

Jamaica has increased the rates paid for bauxite by U.S. and Canadian companies operating on the isl

Panama Says It Plans To Print Own MoneyCARACAS, Venezuela - Panama will begin printing its o

Dealing With the Boycott: Legal Tax and Financial Aspects. March 21-22. World Trade Institute, World

Group Plans to Fight Freight Payment RuleA leading shippers' association said it will file s

Henley Abandons bid For SFSP Board SeatThe Henley Group Ltd. has given up its bid to gain se

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