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China's top legislative body began Monday discussing a draft law on separating ownership and managem

Two former Lloyd's of London brokers and an accomplice were charged in a London court Monday with a

U.S. textile mills are looking to the first quarter of 1988 as a barometer, in the wake of uneasines

Petronas, the state energy monopoly of Malaysia, will face little difficulty in attracting oil major

No one wants to land a major export contract by promising in advance to major foreign purchases, say

The Supreme Court gave the go-ahead Monday to bank subsidiaries offering both investment advice and

More than 75 percent of human resource executives at 269 industrial and service companies believe em

West Germany's unemployment rate rose to 9.2 percent during December from 8.5 percent in the previou

Long Island Rail Road Sets On-time RecordJAMAICA, N.Y. - The Long Island Rail Road set a 91.

The president of the International Longshoremen's Association said Monday that the ILA supports the

Chevron Chemical Co. has reached an agreement with Paris-based Rhone-Poulenc SA whereby Chevron will

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

The insurance industry has won a major battle in its attempt to free itselffrom liability fo

January 11, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

Wisconsin Power & Light Co. will test burn up to 400,000 tons of coal this summer as it searches for

The officially sponsored cartel of banks agreed Monday on the way negative interest rates may be imp

Leading Inflation Index Declined in DecemberNEW YORK - Columbia University's Center for Inte

Risk retention groups, liability self-insurance pools, are increasing at a fast pace and are encompa

President Reagan is expected to try to keep pressure on Japan to promote its domestic economy and li

Mazda Unit Taps KondoFor US PostJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Ichisuke Kondo was named vice p

Seven Dealers Added To Hino's US NetworkORANGEBURG, N.Y. - Hino Diesel Trucks (U.S.A.) Inc.

Burnham Service Corp. is the target of an acquisition attempt by an international investors group, t

Iraq said Monday its warplanes raided two Iranian oil tankers, ending a nine- day lull in attacks on

Pan Am Corp. directors meet this morning to consider a package of concessionsfrom its unions

The president of de Havilland Aircraft Co. is Ronald B. Woodard. In a wire story about the Boeing Co

Saudi Arabia is evidently making good a vow by its oil minister that the kingdom would strive to pro

A storage tank caught fire Monday morning at Atlantic Refining & Marketing Corp.'s Philadelphia refi

If all goes as planned, there will be a new and different sound on the Portland waterfront competing

The big bang of the heavy truck industry in 1987 may have ended the year with a whimper, according t

Amoco Corp. will have to pay 252.8 million French francs ($85.2 million) for damages the French gove

The U.S. market for structural and specialty adhesives is projected to reach $1.87 billion in 1992 f

The dollar's fall of 18 percent against 10 major currencies in 1987 was good news for U.S. exporters

Touting the 98 percent literacy rate in Barbados, its cheap labor costs and proximity to the United

People whose blood pressure goes up only in doctors' offices may account for up to one-fifth of all

A machine that mixes, kneads and bakes bread and a "yardstick" that measures distance by ultrasound

In launching their bold diversification efforts, the planners at Japan's ailing steelmakers have let

Norway's Oil Minister Lauds OPEC StabilityCAIRO, Egypt - Norwegian Oil Minister Arne Oeien s

Merrill Lynch & Co. began the new year by quietly ending activities of the consulting group at its e

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

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