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The business community may have won the battle over product liability legislation but lost the war.<

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

The California Kiwifruit Commission formally filed a request for U.S. government assistance in revie

Cuba and Costa Rica are so far the only countries to have ratified the new 1987 International Sugar

The Containerization and Intermodal Institute is offering half-price dues for any shipper who joins

Given current delays and inefficiency, the federal Superfund program could take 30 years to clean up

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration has approved Miles Inc.'s Bayer USA company for marketing of the

Southern Yunnan province has the heady aura of misty beauty and latent power that has been a percept

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority has nearly completed renovation of one end of its Ma

A broken wheel on a tank car caused the derailment of 18 cars of a Southern Pacific train last week.

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U.S. and Canadian space officials have reached an understanding that opens the way for Canada to dev

A federal judge ruled Friday that A.H. Robins Co. must set aside nearly $2.5 billion to pay injury c

The Australian general insurance industry is bracing itself for tough times ahead. For years

A Senate-approved package of tax hikes aimed at reducing the federal budget deficit includes revenue

The marketer of Campho-Phenique is wheeling out a new antibiotic that will offer a stiff challenge t

The Tennessee Valley Authority bought 16,800 tons of spot coal for its Kingston and John Sevier plan

Utilities and independent power producers should bid competitively for the right to add generating c

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Recent sales of wheat and soybeans to the Soviet Union are helping to brighten the outlook for U.S.

The October trade deficit for textiles and apparel jumped 19 percent over October 1986, accounting f

Schlumberger Plans To Repurchase StockSchlumberger Ltd. said it would repurchase up to 20 mi

The new general manager of Philadelphia's transit agency will stay on following a board room squabbl

Eurotunnel shares sank 29 percent on the first day they were traded. The drop Thursday under

Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd., the Hong Kong-based investment house, said lawsuits against it by B

With both import and export volume growing rapidly, Taiwan air freight industry officials are negoti

During the just finished summit talks, U.S. and Soviets officials completed an agreement allowing ex

Precious metal futures prices received a boost last week on the release of the record U.S. trade def

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

Bruce E.A. Larsen was promoted to vice president, marketing, of Vista Chemical Co. He was general ma

Facsimile and telephone transmissions were relayed from a commercial jetliner in flight by satellite

The president of a Scandinavian mutual fund and half of its directors resigned in a controversy over

It was billed as the most ambitious do-it-yourself project in the trucking industry in 40 years.

W.E.T. Co. allegedly sold Iraq about 20 million marks ($12 million) worth of equipment that could be

NY to Increase Tolls On Thruway in SpringALBANY, N.Y. - Tolls on the New York State Thruway

Jamaican authorities are cracking down on exporters whose shipments have been infiltrated by narcoti

Senate Panel to Begin Hearings on NomineeThe Senate Judiciary Committee today begins schedul

The rail industry is breaking down its electronic language barriers and eliminating one of its favor

Recent rule-making actions by the Federal Maritime Commission demonstrate that the agency is serious

Maersk Line might establish its own cargo terminal in Hamburg, West Germany, according to industry s