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Airborne Freight Earnings Drop SharplyAirborne Freight Corp., the small-package carrier that

Norfolk Southern Improves Ga. ServiceNorfolk Southern Corp. has begun a six-day-a-week train

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad officials have agreed to meet with representatives of CSX Corp. and

U.S. maritime unions regard Senate ratification of an International Labor Organization convention se

The Federal Railroad Administration's scathing report on the surprisingly poor state of Conrail's sa

Meetings scheduled here this week between West German Finance Minister Gerhard Stoltenberg and top U

The U.S. dollar declined broadly Tuesday, largely on the 0.25-point reduction in the U.S. prime rate

DILLON, READ & CO. (New York) - Irwin Federman was named a managing director in this securities firm

The controversy between producers and International Coffee Organization officials over a fraction o

Glass-Steagall Reform Gets Unusual SupportWASHINGTON - The leading securities trade associat

Increased volatility in agricultural prices will lead to a resurgence in grain futures trading volum

Brazilian companies exporting to the United States are resorting to fiscal paradises in the Caribbea

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

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

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Foreign ministers of the European Community failed Tuesday to end a deadlock over how to restore the

What's New in Facilitating International Trade. Feb. 3. Clift Hotel, San Francisco. Sponsored by the

US, Canada and Asean Eye Marine ResourcesKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Officials from the United

Henley Group to Seek Seats on SFSP BoardThe Henley Group Inc. Tuesday said it would vigorous

Japan will offer the Reagan administration a set of compensatory moves to make up for its refusal to

AVIATION Mexican and U.S. officials completed amendments to an aviation accord that should i

The index of prices received by U.S. farmers for their products was up 2.4 percent in January from D

The government on Tuesday concluded a first round of talks between Societe General de Belgique and t

Chrysler Corp. has launched a new buyer incentive program, offering rebatesfrom $500 to $2,5

Thousands of General Motors Corp. workers are getting full pay for doing little or no work under a p

Craig Webb has joined The Journal of Commerce as world trade editor, replacing William Armbruster, w

The United States said Tuesday it will amend new customs user fees after a dispute panel ruled that

Japanese ship lines continue to post heavy losses, particularly in the once- lucrative North America

Sinochem, the state chemical trading entity, will be the first test of an experiment to turn some of

Tuesday's 0.25-point cut in the U.S. prime lending rate to 8.5 percent reflects a slowing economy an

Major amendments to an aviation agreement that U.S. and Mexican officials recently approved should r

Public and private power companies are finding themselves at odds over a proposal to deregulate the

Malaysia plans to accelerate the use of gas to fuel power stations, transport and industry and to ma

Philadelphia Electric Co.'s board, struggling with management problems at the Peach Bottom nuclear p

QUANTUM CHEMICAL CORP. (NEW YORK) - Francis L. Brophy, senior vice president since 1987 and chief fi

Hanson Sells Adhesive PlantHanson Industries, the U.S. arm of Hanson PLC, completed the sale

OxyChem Raises Chemical PricesOccidental Chemical Corp. is increasing its off-schedu

A federal official says a new plan calls for dioxin-contaminated wastes from the old Love Canal chem