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Japan Farm Groups To Pool InvestmentsTOKYO - Zenkyoren, Japan's National Cooperative Insuran

1547.0 (Feb. 12, 1988) Previous day - 1534.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchan

Indonesia, whose struggling and highly protected steel sector is unable to meet growing demand, is c

ABOLISHMENT OF CERTAIN TEXTILE CATEGORIES. The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreement

Taking an aggressive posture, the relatively new and small port of Manatee at the mouth of Tampa Bay

Affluent Asians headed for the West Coast will no longer have to settle for cable cars and sourdough

Delta Air Seeks Nod On Service to IrelandATLANTA - Delta Air Lines has filed a request with

Subsidy Board Upholds Decision on LykesThe Maritime Subsidy Board has reaffirmed its decisio

The Justice Department doesn't want the Federal Maritime Commission to grant immunity from U.S. anti

Poland to Export Less Coal This YearPoland will export about 30.5 million metric tons of coa

Kuwait, Libya, Iraq Offer DiscountsKuwait, Iraq and Libya are all offering discounts for Feb

Puget Sound ports say they will accept the strictest environmental standards in the nation to preven

This winter's frigid weather has started a cold war among petroleum marketers over a waxy grade of S

Preliminary government approval has been granted for construction of 27 power plants in China this y

Everybody has one, but to many people the genetic code in the body's cells is just something scienti

Eighty-six percent of Alaska's small-business owners have had a liability insurance rate increase in

Japanese manufacturers see Mexico and Canada as attractive avenues for penetrating the lucrative U.S

Adrian Schmuker looked thoughtfully at the red and yellow box, studying the picture of tacos on it.<

Canada's Trade Surplus Fell Again in DecemberCanada's seasonally adjusted trade surplus drop

U.S. lumber production was up, but orders and shipments fell in 12 Western states for the week ended

Long-Term Care Bill Advances in Pa. SenateHARRISBURG, Pa. - Legislation to regulate long-ter

A West Coast port spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop a low- cost terminal for the

The Interstate Commerce Commission has ordered the Burlington Northern Railroad Co. to reduce its ra

Expansion of cargo activities at loss-making Rotterdam Airport is one of the means being studied to

Aeroflot, which claims to be the world's largest airline, is notorious for its flight delays and poo

Japan's oil refiners and major consumers are refusing to buy crude oil at official prices posted by

Strontium in fossils provides the best evidence that severe acid rain helped wipe out dinosaurs and

Viruses, now the bad guys of medicine, someday may be enlisted to fight diseases such as diabetes, a

ASSOCIATION OF FINANCIAL GUARANTY INSURORS (NEW YORK) - David H. Elliott was named chairman and chie

AIR CARGO The nation's air carriers enjoyed significant growth in their cargo volume in Dece

In the cavernous shed behind a Lambertville, N.J., ceramics factory, an inch- high teddy bear, glued

China announced it has halved its rat population to about 2 billion. There used to be four t

Fri., Feb. 12, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Israel has threatened to boycott Greek shipping if Greek seamen go ahead withplans to assist

U.S. investors are unlikely to renew their investments in Brazil this year, despite a perceptibly wa

New User Fee Program Likely to Be ProposedThe Reagan administration is expected to propose t

A British company has designed a miniature television camera system for internal inspection of pipe

The Winkelman brothers are probably the only locomotive engineers who got their start as Kelly Girls

TAKEOVERS MAKE strange bedfellows. Last week The Journal of Commerce received a Federal Expr

Particularly strong December figures helped the cargo volume handled by U.S. air carriers grow by 11