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Council on Ocean Law/Law of the Sea Institute. Panel discussion on Persian Gulf tanker war. Jan. 26,

The National Association of Stevedores will invite shipping lines, truckers, port authorities and sh

A strike threat against General Motors Corp. truck plants next week could halt production of the com

RLC Corp. Posts Earnings IncreaseWILMINGTON, Del. - RLC Corp. reported earnings of $14.3 mil

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

Freightliner Corp. applauded the results of last year's surprisingly strong market for heavy trucks

Dutch Central Bank Cuts Discount RateAMSTERDAM, Netherlands - The Netherlands' central bank

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With no other room for expansion, city planners are drawing blueprints for a move out into Tokyo Bay

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

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Taiwan's decision to cut tariffs on over 3,500 items should help U.S. exporters, but there are quest

A computer chip manufactured by a major U.S. company was not the cause of a two-week delay in the sc

Takeshita Claims Trip Braced Ties With USPrime Minister Noboru Takeshita said Thursday that

Thu., Jan. 21, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

EC Cuts Orange Duties For 90-Day PeriodEuropean Community nations will lower tariffs for cer

The proposed free trade agreement between Canada and the United States will stimulate $25 billion in

World output of soybeans in 1987-88 is smaller than had been forecast, due mostly to a reduction in

The Bundesbank's switch to targeting growth in the broader M3 money supply, announced Thursday, does

General Motors Corp. signed a US$20 million deal Thursday with the Chinese to make engines, the firs

The Argentine central bank approved six private-sector projects valued at $101.18 million that inclu

A U.S. garment producer is threatening to end contracts worth US$22 million with Jamaican manufactur

Britain's leading trade body for insurance brokers, the British Insurance Brokers' Association, will

Federal regulators bowed to pressure from the cranberry industry and "a handful of indentured lawmak

Eastman Kodak Co. announced two new 35mm cameras to strengthen its position in a market it had aband

Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III and U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter will meet with c

The debt burden of the provinces was growing at an alarming rate between 1975 and 1985, Statistics C

Last year was Britain's time to romp through corporate America snatching up companies, but 1988 may

For the first time in six years, national office vacancy rates declined in 1987 because of a combina

When it comes to automating documents, what is important is how a number is presented, according to

AVIATION Proposed noise curbs for San Francisco International Airport could drive out cargo

President Reagan has approved a change in administration policy that permits U.S. companies to send

The European Parliament approved two trade agreements between the European Community and Turkey.

U.S. Customs is prodding the maritime industry toward speeding up and reducing the huge flow of pape

That the average Japanese works harder than the average American is hardly news. But I didn'

By fall, Canada's Prime Minister Brian Mulroney could be gone, along with any U.S.-Canadian hopes to

IT DEPENDS ON THE Federal Reserve. When asked about prospects for economic growth this year,

Several large chemical companies said they have formed a trade association to promote the recycling

Occidental Petroleum Corp. announced that the company has signed a contract with Shanghai-based Sitc

ANDAL CORP.'S MULTI-ARC SCIENTIFIC COATINGS DIVISION (St. Paul, Minn.) - Richard H. Horsfall was pro