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Top Stories: Merchant ship losses in the Persian Gulf as a direct result of the Iran-Iraq c

Top Stories: California is pushing for greater export markets for its agricultural products.

The United States appears to gain more new jobs from a given level of exports than it loses through

The world's major coffee producers and consumers, whose brewing dispute over quotas have stymied eff

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization said that the world agricultural commodity market continu

NJ Governor Talks Trade With ChineseBEIJING, China - N.J. Gov. Thomas H. Kean has arrived in

Electronics Leads Scottish ExportsNEWTON, Mass. - A major U.S. electronics contract manufact

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A growing appetite for vegetables is changing where some crops are produced in the United States and

Peru, Latin America's most recalcitrant debtor, has approved two deals to repay banks with products

The Detroit plastic injection tooling company D-M-E sells 300 molding kit sets in Michigan every mon

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Supplies of fruits and vegetables in the Soviet Union are down, and farm workers are running out of

Negotiations on drafting a 1988 European Community budget broke off late last week with no agreement

Argentina's available official reserves are down to barely one month's imports as trade terms slide,

Renewed vigor for Brazilian exports helped generate a record $1.43 billion trade surplus for August

The United States needs all the help it can get in improving its trade imbalance, and the Rev. James

AVIATION FAA Administrator Allan McArtor's staff produced a lengthy list of hoped- for initi

The government's unwillingness to underwrite the U.S. Landsat system of Earth-viewing satellites may

The Chicago Board Options Exchange named Stephan Schoess to a new position intended to encourage Eur

The World Bank will lend between $17 billion and $19 billion to the developing world in its fiscal 1

Reagan to Address Opening Session at UNPresident Reagan will address the opening session of

The outgoing chief White House economist stressed that U.S. policies are geared to providing growth

Impact '88 may sound like a cutesy name for a major air-safety initiative. But representatives of th

After almost 20 years of operating as one of the most secretive companies in the shipping business,

Taiwanese are pestering travel agents for airline tickets to nearby Hong Kong, inundating brokers wi

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

Few seats go empty at Worlds of Wonder Inc.'s Fremont headquarters. But these days, followin

Fri., Sept. 18, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Demolition to make way for construction of the world's tallest building is under way in Australia.

Companies large and small are taking advantage of a little-known clause in the law that created the

Senate Republicans applauded hearings in the Senate Commerce Committee on product liability law refo

The maximum benefits under temporary disability, worker's compensation and unemployment insurance wi

Falling commodity prices, rising debt, undependable weather conditions and political tensions combin

With conflict over hospital cost containment threatening to scuttle Gov. Michael Dukakis' universal

The United States is losing its competitive edge in the world, and basic values such as the work eth

More than 700 executives, most paying $850 for the privilege, learned that the foreigners are coming

Soaring insurance premiums and weak demand from shippers are leading to a consolidation in the barge

The sunshine streaming in from the western sky casts a golden glow along 4th Avenue, making the flow

New Managing Agency Opens Houston OfficeAtlantic Insurance Services, a newly formed managing