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The port of Beaumont, which showed a 16 percent increase in bagged goods in 1987, is hoping a new tr

The secondary market in developing country debt has become more active, now that banks have details

A law is being drafted to give cooperative ventures an edge over other types of foreign investment i

Tax Bill Retaliates Against JapaneseWASHINGTON - Legislation will be presented today in the

Leading coffee-producing countries are considering whether to ask a trade association to take new st

West Germany succeeded in lining up a majority of European Community states behind grains and oilsee

U.S. computer and business equipment manufacturers hope this week's high-level meeting of a multila

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

The general director of the Austrian state steel concern Voest-Alpine said Monday suspicions have st

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Mon., Jan. 25, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

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

Backing for Mexico's debt-for-bonds conversion plan could depend on the success of new government au

The U.S. dollar rose Monday on rumors about what President Reagan would say in his State of the Unio

Argentina to Present Deficit-Reduction PlanBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentine central bank

The stock market crash of last Oct. 19 has brought to the surface a simmering war between America's

Despite a string of defeats, anti-smoking activists and some legal experts say the odds are in their

Gov. Robert P. Casey said last week that a crackdown against uninsured motorists is an integral part

The Sea-Land Kodiak is one of three new containerships built for Sea-Land Alaska-Pacific Northwest s

Recession or no recession, drug companies are likely to turn in another year of solid growth in sale

P.T. Moges Shipping Co. will start a new breakbulk service specializing in steel and forest products

Nearly half the cruise ships that sail to the United States fail to meet government health standards

Transportation Secretary James H. Burnley said the administration will ask Congress to allow it to s

Iraq said its warplanes attacked an unidentified ship off Iran's coast Monday, and Italy and France

The Coast Guard is analyzing results of an investigation into why a Sea-Land containership ran agrou

The Maritime Administration has released the third and last part of a series of reports on utilizing

The Federal Maritime Commission recently revoked the licenses of 16 ocean freight forwarders and rei

Shipowners and charterers will be able to protect themselves against near- term risk with the introd

The port of Montreal set a new record for container traffic for the fifth consecutive year in 1987.<

Eastman Kodak Co.'s plan to purchase Sterling Drug Inc. for some $5.1 billion will launch Kodak into

Western coal mine operators failed to convince the Supreme Court to review a lower court decision t

New York State Attorney General Robert Abrams and Assembly Democrats say state Senate Republicans sh

Air Products Increases PricesALLENTOWN, Pa. - Air Products & Chemicals Inc. is increasing pr

Pharmaceutical companies, once immune to hostile takeovers, suddenly seem more vulnerable in the wak

Health-Chem Sells Stocklin Supply UnitHealth-Chem Corp. completed the sale of its Stocklin S

Income Rises 24 percent At Rohm & HaasRohm & Haas Co.'s fourth-quarter net income climbed 24

Biodor Holding AG, a Swiss corporation specializing in production and sale of biochemicals, has reac

EASTERN UTILITIES ASSOCIATES (Boston) - Donald G. Pardus, president, was named chief operating offic