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General Motors Corp.'s Chevrolet Division has cut prices on about 60 percent of its trucks by an ave

A decline in stock prices before the mid-October market collapse has hurt consumer confidence in the

January, 5, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

The strike against the Galveston Wharves dockside switching railroad has fizzled, and the new owners

Major oil companies strongly objected Tuesday to a proposal to lower gasoline standards and warned M

Turning their attention from what comes out to what goes in, Southern California air quality officia

Hino Diesel Trucks (U.S.A.) Inc. is adding a new Class 7 truck model to its line of imported medium-

Ford Motor Co. is making an electronic migration. The automobile manufacturer is moving away from th

The first Canadian-bound containers to be directed away from Puget Sound ports were discharged in Va

Excess capacity of the world's shipbuilding industry is likely to continue wellinto the 1990s, revea

One of two crewmen who survived the tanker-ferry collision that claimed more than 1,600 lives said T

Caribbean sugar exporters welcome a U.S. plan to import additional quantities of sugar from the regi

Japan's International Trade and Industry Minister Hajime Tamura plans a formal proposal on eight-way

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

Tue., Jan. 5, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The Australian government is expected to decide soon whether to change the maritime insurance rules

Governments in South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and other rapidly industrializing Asian countries are

Calgary Airport Safe, General Manager SaysCALGARY, Alberta - Security at the Calgary Interna

National Shipping Corp. of the Philippines, the country's only ship line that operates to the United

ICC Refuses to Revoke Exemption for SaleThe Interstate Commerce Commission declined to revok

Grain Export Pace Slows Down in CanadaWINNIPEG, Manitoba - The Canadian Wheat Board will not

Time is running out for the United States and European Community to avert a looming trade war over c

More than a year ago, Ricky Huang, a textile manufacturer from Taiwan, began scouting for cheaper ar

A former chief economist and senior adviser to the World Bank chided the organization Tuesday for no

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says in its latest report card on the Peach Bottom nuclear power p

Southern Co. Services Inc. is looking to buy spot coal needed at Mississippi Power Co., Gulfport, Mi

The lower Monongahela River was reopened to commercial shipping late Monday night, following an oil

Paccar Inc. and Grand Auto Inc. said they reached agreement in principle for Paccar to acquire Grand

Street Map Software Inc. has added some new features and a graphics option to its StreetSmart softwa

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1270.0 (Jan. 5) Previous day - 1265.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in L

The new chief of the Agency for International Development likens its role to that of a venture capit

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

Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, takes his coffee black, adorns his office in western frontier style and li

Aviation insurers of the Pacific Southwest Airlines crash in California Dec. 7 have apparently decid

Air cargo shipments through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport jumped by 24 percent in 1987, a rec

The British government announced Tuesday that it has asked the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to mon

The U.S. subsidiary of Maersk Line of Denmark has announced management shifts and is changing its co

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Airlines operating over the North Atlantic have an unwelcome New Year's surprise for customers shipp