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Synthetic Products Co. is increasing the price of dry metallic stearates by 5 cents a pound, and rai

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Cataclysmic events like the stock market crash of last Oct. 19 produce a few heroes as well as many

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

The intelligence and expertise of a lot of bright people go into making a new car. Discussion, resea

Container cargo volume at the port of Hong Kong soared 25 percent last year to the equivalent of mor

Feb. 1, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The Comstock, the second in a series of five Navy landing ship dock vessels being built at Avondale

Saudi Arabia is in the process of placing a large amount of stockpiled crude oil with several of the

Neoax Boosts Offer For IU InternationalNeoax Inc. has increased its hostile offer to $20 a s

Greek Papers Hopeful On Improved Turk TiesATHENS, Greece - Most Greek newspapers on Monday w

VISA DATE/NUMBERING SYSTEM FOR 1988 - ALL COUNTRIES. Non-calendar year countries with standardized v

Yeutter in Beijing To Sign Textile AccordU.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter arrived h

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The government of Trinidad and Tobago plans to sell the four largest aircraft in the fleet of BWIA,

The Federal Railroad Administration issued a sharply critical report on the safety practices at Conr

Agricultural policy-makers in Japan's government and ruling party agreed Monday to lift import restr

Coal brokers and producers are bracing for a drop in steam coal prices following announcement last w

LIBERTY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF BOSTON (Boston) - Robert L. Laszewski was named executive vice pre

The Federal Maritime Commission has ruled that the Georgia Ports Authority may hold vessel agents li

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

Yielding to pressure from local manufacturers, the Mexican government is again speeding up the daily

Philadelphia's port, already reeling from declining business and turmoil about who ought to be in ch

W.R. Grace Reports Turnaround in QuarterW.R. Grace & Co. reported fourth-quarter net income

Continental Forms Workers Comp UnitContinental Corp. announced the formation Monday of Worke

Prices for Mexican debt in the secondary market have declined as the Feb. 19 date approaches for the

The average Japanese worker's monthly wage rose 2.7 percent last year, the lowest rate since the Lab

Closer integration of the U.S. and Mexican car industries could be a first step toward Mexican membe

Catalyst Energy Accepts Buy-out OfferCatalyst Energy Corp. said it had accepted a buy-out of

THE RECENT PEACE AGREEMENT between Crowley Maritime Corp. and the International Longshoremen's Assoc

Feb. 1, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High L

Paccar Earnings Up For Quarter, YearBELLEVUE, Wash. - With the market for its heavy trucks e

Executive Enterprises Inc. will hold a conference on projecting and managing the insurance cost of A

Fast-growing wholesale courier company Inflight Courier Co-Load is expanding its U.S. operations.

Guilford Transportation Industries will not go along with a United Transportation Union push for med

AIDS in the workplace has become a reality for 10 percent of about 2,000 U.S. firms that participate

Eastman Kodak Co. has stopped making the much-ballyhooed disc camera because the style has fizzled i

The evolving role of labor-management relations in the U.S. and world economies will be a main topic

U.S. officials Monday praised last week's agreement by the United States and 15 Western nations to t

The Federal Maritime Commission's plan for automating its vast files of ocean carrier tariffs drew f