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TOP STORIES: Push for global standardization of computerized documentation takes giant- step

William J. Donlon was elected chairman and chief executive of Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., effective

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The head of the House Space Subcommittee says the Commerce Department may be trying a power grab by

India Expects Growth Of Less Than 2 percentNEW DELHI, India - The economy is likely to grow

The United States is unlikely to pare its trade deficit to below $100 billion a year without much st

Japanese Again Deny Move to Ease QuotasAgriculture Minister Takashi Sato has again denied in

The joint winemaking venture between Glenora Wine Cellars and a French winery that was introduced tw

US Company Testing Condom for WomenA new contraceptive that resembles a condom but is worn b

Container traffic through the port of Gothenburg increased by 10 percent in 1987. The port handled 2

Thirty-five years before Frank B. Hall opened his office on Wall Street in 1862, The Journal of Comm

The dollar remains locked within a narrow trading range, a condition that most traders and economis

Brazil's Oil Imports Declined in JanuarySAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil imported on average 534,0

Truck Line to Impose Accessorial Fee HikeEXTON, Pa. - Chemical Leaman Tank Lines will impose

U.S. tariffs on some key Romanian goods will rise sharply in July, the State Department announced.

The United States imported 6.4 million barrels of crude oil from Iran in the two months after Presid

Agricultural Trade Between Japan and the United States: Future Potential, Current Perspectives. Marc

Proposed Brazilian government efforts to find alternatives to the U.S. market are an exercise in fut

A congressional study of sugar-containing products imported into the United States has been delayed

The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a final action to remove 36 substances from the list o

Powder River Basin coal blended with western Canadian coal of higher heat value can be sold in Pacif

A decision last fall by Moscow to buy high-protein soybean meal from the United States is seen by an

Nippon Cargo Airlines will begin service to Europe this spring. Under terms of a recently si

Feb. 26, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

Senate Panel Approves Alaskan Drilling PlanLegislation to open the coastal plain of Alaska's

ALLOY COMPUTER PRODUCTS INC. (FRAMINGHAM, Mass.) - Robert Kopp was named managing director of Alloy

1562.0 (Feb. 26, 1988) Previous day - 1560.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchan

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

The Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. said it decided not to exempt the companyfrom the new De

The first round of wheeling and dealing between House and Senate on the giant omnibus trade bill has

Philip Loree offers a uniquely American-style suggestion on how to deal with the attacks on innocent

A National Fuel request to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for permission to build a new na

A major obstacle to oil and gas drilling below the scenic bluffs at Pacific Palisades on the Los Ang

Erik Hoglund, a commercial artist, brought a new style to the old art of making crystal in Sweden 3

Committee to Discuss Unctad ProposalsThe Shipping Coordinating Committee will meet here Marc

ABB COMPOSITES INC. (Irvine, Calif.) - Rolf R. Berglund was appointed president of ABB Composites. M

Union Bank of Switzerland, that nation's largest bank, said net income fell 3 percent in 1987 to 752

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

THERE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN two more newsworthy men to underscore the problem ofdrug and alcoho

U.S. and Canadian firms should create joint international shipping ventures to increase trade flows,