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A new service has given the oil industry a potent tool in dealing with rapidly fluctuating oil price

Oak Industries' Unit Now Called NordcoOak Industries Inc. has taken a new name, Nordco Inc.,

The way Congress handles trade and budget issues this year will depend on signals from voters in the

Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita has renewed his vows to open Japan's markets wider and limit its mi

US Official Assails Textile Import BillA Reagan administration trade official has condemned

The powerful chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee sees a presidential plan to get Congress

Jan. 25 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High Low

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

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

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

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

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

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

GE Railcar Services expanded at a rapid pace last year and it won't slow down all that much in 1988.

American President Lines, a name synonymous with intermodalism in the shipping industry, is planning

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

Today's world of business is an international marketplace, where many languages - not just English -

Con-Way Eastern Express has set opening dates and staff for new terminals in Utica, N.Y., and South

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

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

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

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

January 25, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

Shake-up Likely At Saudi Oil CompanyA shake-up is likely at Petromin, the Saudi Arabian oil

The average price of gasoline is down more than two cents a gallon fromDecember's average, a

Garuda, the state-owned Indonesian airline, moved into the black in calendar 1987, posting gross pro

The U.S. Postal Service and its 36,500 rural letter carriers have reached a tentative contract agree

Malaysia Airlines To Buy Boeing 747-400KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia Airlines agreed to

Legislation will be presented today in the House of Representatives aimed at stripping away tax bene

Port of Tacoma commissioners unanimously support a measure to raise the pay for Seattle and Tacoma p

The port of Orange was roused from its sleepy existence as a "lay berth" port in 1987, handling 148,

Thanks to the sales effort of Transportation Secretary James Burnley, officials say, the Federal Avi

The port of Halifax announced a record year in 1987 for both container and total cargo. Cont

The burly Turecamo tug Mary eased alongside the containership American Virginia at 4:30 a.m. on a re

Nine out of ten Americans consider high-quality health care to be a right, a new survey by Louis Har

CARIBBEAN BASIN INITIATIVE - SPECIAL ACCESS PROGRAM/CLARIFYING OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES. Additional op

United Auto Workers officials voiced doubts that a strike against General Motors Corp. truck plants

Large semiconductor companies will continue gobbling up mid-sized chip makers in coming months, and

Labor negotiations were to get under way here in an effort to avert a repeat of a wildcat strike tha