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Brazil's Coffee Exports Up Sharply in 1986-87Brazil's coffee exports rose sharply in the pas

The U.S. dollar rose slightly in quiet trading Monday. Analysts were unsure why the dollar c

Brazil will seek a non-conventional long-term renegotiation of its $112.7 billion foreign debt as we

Unleaded regular self-service gasoline prices are 1.5 cents a gallon higher in September than they w

The heat's on at fabricators of head hardened steel rail as a Chicago company develops a new hardeni

Employees at the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad resumed their strike over the weekend, after the li

SEL Canada, Tandem Take Shares in AMCIOMAHA, Neb. - AMCI, Automated Monitoring and Control I

Finguerra Named To TRIP BoardGeorge J. Finguerra, president and chief operating officer of t

In an effort to increase oil exports to prewar levels, Iraq has signed a billion-dollar contract to

Gross domestic product will probably grow by 12 percent this year, twice as much as estimated in the

The U.S. Maritime Administration is eliminating four representatives in foreign embassies,and many s

The quick demise of Milne Truck Lines Inc., one of the West's largest regional carriers, raises a fa

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Large amounts of oil, gas and electricity in energy-short Vietnam are stolen for resale or personal

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

The Gulf Ports Association, still reeling from a 1985 political blow dealt by Great Lakes ports, hav

British coal miners Monday began a national overtime ban stemming from a dispute with state-owned Br

The Maine workers compensation market is shrinking as nearly a dozen insurers - holding about 50 per

September 21, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gal

Several port directors say Houston's proposed $100 million state-of-the-art bag-handling facility co

The president's budget director is not convinced that the latest congressional budget deal is good e

Recent disclosures of illegal sales to the Soviet Union by Japan's Toshiba Machine Corp. have put th

US Sees Threat To Nuclear Arms PactVIENNA, Austria - A U.S. official said Monday U.S. partic

AVIATION There has been an 800 percent increase in reports of pilots flying in restricted ai

International Coffee Organization producers, who planned to make a proposal to consumers Monday on t

Continental Corp.'s plans to sell its $432 million life insurance operations stem from a long-term s

Federal Aviation Administration chief Allan McArtor announced Monday that his agency would begin ins

Singer Division Wins Delta Simulator JobBINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Singer Co.'s Link Flight Simulati

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

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

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

What goes up in the heavy-truck market will come down next year, says Data Resources Inc. in a recen

Sept. 21 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchangeprev.Close High Low

Pharmacia Leo Inc., an affiliate of Pharmacia AB, a Swedish-based biotechnology and pharmaceutical c

Pfizer Buys Complex From Gulf & WesternPfizer Inc. announced an expansion and consolidation

Aetna Employees To Get Care InsuranceHARTFORD, Conn. - Aetna Life and Casualty Co.'s 49,000

Bechtel Group, the nation's largest construction company, says it expects this week to become the fi

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Plomarity Is Elected Gulf Ports PresidentPENSACOLA, Fla. - Harry G. Plomarity, port director

If Long Island Lighting Co. is taken over by the Long Island Power Authority, electric rates will be