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A United Auto Workers official in Detroit said the union is seeking a new arbitrator to resolve two

Malaysian Airline System plans to spend M$1 billion (US$400 million) on new aircraft and other equip

Norfolk Southern Corp. earned $173.7 million, or 92 cents a share, in the fourth quarter, compared w

Budget woes that have forced the U.S. Coast Guard to cut its patrols by more than half are opening s

More than $1 billion in property and liability insurance will become available to nuclear plants in

The number of West German automobiles shipped to the United States fell almost 20 percent in 1987 fr

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng is questioning his department's authority to i

SmithKline, Cambridge Form a PartnershipThe University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medic

Syntechrom and Pronor, two Brazilian newcomers to the fine chemicals field, are launching an import

Coal shippers, transportation companies and utilities say implementation of electronic data intercha

Estimated Earnings Jump at Mobil Corp.Mobil Corp. reported estimated earnings for the fourth

Clark Equipment Co. announced the sale of its West German finance subsidiary, Clark Credit Bank GmbH

Sea-Land Service Inc. wants the Maritime Administration to reject a requestfrom American Pre

The "mouse" is about to invade Wall Street's trading rooms. Transvik Inc., a subsidiary of S

Shift to Coal Cuts NY Utility's Fuel CostsPEARL RIVER, N.Y. - Orange & Rockland Utilities' r

Port Everglades Agency To Open London OfficeFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - The Port Everglades Auth

January 26, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

Domestic demand for fuel-grade ethanol continues to grow as independent producers compete for a shar

Beech Aircraft Corp. will manufacture its Beechjet entirely in the United States at its facilities i

New Stevedore To Name BoyleAs PresidentArthur J. Boyle will become president and chi

Hercules Inc.'s net income for 1987 rocketed to $820.7 million, or $14.74 a share, as a result of th

Sabic Unit Starts PVC ProductionAL-JUBAIL, Saudi Arabia - National Plastic Co. (Ibn Hayyan),

A battleship and a helicopter carrier will be withdrawn from the Persian Gulf as part of a reduction

New Jersey trade officials opened their first foreign trade office Monday, dedicating a Tokyo office

A delegation of Argentine officials appears to have headed off a major row with the United States ov

CHRYSLER MOTORS (Highland Park, Mich.) - Bennett E. Bidwell was named president, product and marketi

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

Orders to U.S. factories for "big ticket" durable goods soared 6.7 percent in December, the biggest

A Coral Gables, Fla., company has figured out a way to let consumers use equity in their life insura

Arco Chemical Taiwan Inc., a subsidiary of Arco Chemical Co., acquired more than 80 percent of the s

A consortium including a unit of Sea-Land Services Inc. will be granted the contract to operate Mani

Oceantrawl Inc. of Seattle wants to acquire a 9-year-old, 2,000-deadweight- ton, subsidy-built freig

Consolidated Freightways Inc.'s fourth quarter earnings fell to $20.6 million, or 53 cents a share,

Canadian Customs has granted temporary permits to 11 off-dock container terminal operators in the Va

Talks broke down earlier this week in a labor dispute that has hit Sweden's largest exporting compan

Chinese and Western sources here are divided on the 1988 outlook for China's cotton textile producti

The Japanese-owned Sanyo Manufacturing Corp. in June will begin exporting large-screen color televis

Hope has faded for agreement on a new miners contract. The nation's buyers and sellers of co

Senior European and U.S. officials will meet in Konstanz, West Germany, on March 18 to discuss a tra

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