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Representatives of Guilford Transportation Industries Inc. and the unions that represent its employe

Thai Airways International has been forced by a government ministry to postpone again its decision t

The state Senate approved a bill that would give the Southern California Rapid Transit District unti

The trucking industry is trying to figure out what to do with its tires when they get tired.

A high-level government commission will review local copyright statutes and recommend a new, more co

Manville Corp. has agreed with the Environmental Protection Agency on a cleanup of its Waukegan, Ill

A strong advance in its pharmaceuticals division helped Fisons PLC, the British drugs, scientific an

Birger Jurgensen, the man chosen by Maersk Line to head its new European service, has spent most of

The U.S. dollar declined in quiet trading Tuesday, largely on technical factors. There was a

Representatives of the automotive and energy industries presented conflicting views Tuesday on the b

Southern Co. Services Inc. said it is in the market to secure a long-term coal supply contract for M

The decline of the U.S. shipbuilding industry, ironically, is due in part to our enormously successf

Credit Suisse said its earnings fell 3 percent to 550 millionSwiss francs ($395 million) in 1987.

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

Japan's Jobless Rate Rose 0.1 percent in JanuaryUnemployment in Japan rose 0.1 percent from

DOE Picks Bergeson For Elk Hills ProjectGOLDEN, Colo. - The U.S. Department of Energy has pi

The projected orders for new aircraft through the rest of the century will not keep aircraft builder

West German Fleet Shrank 5.2 percent in 1987FRANKFURT, West Germany - The appreciation of th

Determining whether a driver's license is real or not can be a difficult task. There are 50

The government-owned Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority and Sea-Land Service Inc. tested the li

A Swedish inventor has developed an electric tool to trim the hooves of a horse before they are shod

Polychrome Chemicals, a subsidiary of Polychrome Corp., has been assigned to Reichhold Chemicals Inc

With the population of the metropolitan area past 18 million, government and academic experts are de

Liability coverage is costing consulting engineering firms an average 23 percent more than last year

The New York insurance superintendent said Tuesday that the current system of regulating insurance p

A $16 billion cleanup of the federal government's nuclear reservation in Eastern Washington appears

Japanese to Receive Oil Price CompensationAbu Dhabi will compensate Japanese oil companies f

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Exploration contracts were signed Monday between Indonesia's state energy monopoly Pertamina and com

Rail freight carloadings for key commodities increased 7.2 percent in January over the same month of

Ivar Loevald, administrative director of Wilh. Wilhelmsen Ltd., denies that he is considering resign

Official Word Out: Philbin Is FMC ChiefIt's finally official: Edward J. Philbin is the new c

1563.5 (Feb. 29, 1988) Previous day - 1562.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchan

Topgallant Group has dropped its antitrust suit against Sea-Land Corp., said Jack Abrams, the group'

Sea-Land Service Inc. got a very good deal when it bought the 12 Econships formerly operated by Unit

The Maritime Administration has accepted a purchase option from Shell International Inc. of London t

Arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol rose more than 220 percentfrom 1970 to 19

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

Richard D. Sanborn was chosen to succeed L. Stanley Crane at the helm of Conrail. Mr. Sanbor

A British businessman stationed outside Chicago needs a day-old copy of his hometown newspaper, The