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Australian National Line has ordered 200 refrigerated containers. The containers were manufactured b

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An increasing number of computer software companies are competing to sell their wares to sometimes r

August was a nice, quiet month almost everywhere but in the heavy truck industry, where sales storme

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter urged domestic industries to be more aggressive in marketi

A 1985 law requiring shipment of nearly 25 percent of donations of food to poor countries through Gr

Republican presidential candidate Alexander M. Haig Jr. says growth in the U.S. defense budget can b

Movement of information has become the hottest area in the personal computer revolution. "Ne

Steel production rose to 1.736 million tons in the week ended Sept. 5, an increase of 3.8 percent fr

Top Soviet officials, asserting the supremacy of traditional Marxist doctrine, rejected the notion o

After a busy day solving world problems and keeping the press corps at bay, where does the White Hou

A former eye doctor at the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation has filed a multimillion dollar la

Nuclear Veterans Fight VA's Legal Fee LimitVeterans are fighting a civil war-era law that ba

Compromise legislation to regulate lawsuits over injuries, backed by the trial lawyers and two influ

Prudential Corp. PLC, one of Britain's largest insurance groups, reported first half 1987 pretax pro

Engineers of the Toshiba Machine Co. saw a Cocom-prohibited propeller milling unit manufactured by a

Three key executives in the U.S. insurance arena gave their opinions on alternatives to insurance at

Concern about airline safety is leading more travelers to take out flight insurance. Last mo

The New York Insurance Exchange Inc. and the NYIE Security Fund Inc. said that the Security Fund wil

A justice's stay on a new prohibition against health insurers testing prospective New York customers

West Germany's unemployment rate was 8.6 percent in August, down slightlyfrom 8.7 percent in

Congress needs to deal quickly with a host of economic issues ranging from the federal budget to tra

Digital Equipment Corp. has announced two new members of its best-selling MicroVAX family of small c

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Navistar International Transportation Corp. said it would increase its new standard chassis and powe

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John Buono, county executive in this upper Hudson River port city, wants his town to break away from

Electronic Data Interchange users and all those involved in dealing with computers that are linked t

Mack Trucks Inc. went back on the offensive in federal court against the United Auto Workers followi

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The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union approved a new contract with waterfront ma

The U.S. Coast Guard is looking for people to serve on its Chemical Transportation Advisory Committe

A coroner Monday opened an inquest into the deaths of 188 people in the Zeebrugge ferry disaster, te

Belgian Bank Holders Approve Capital RiseBRUSSELS, Belgium - Shareholders of Societe General

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

Tue., Sept. 8, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Consumer confidence rose sharply in August, continuing an upward trend that began at the beginning o

Some shops reopened and college campuses were quiet Tuesday after authorities cleared out students w

A group of 25 Japanese banks will conclude by October a contract to buy about $250 million in subord

Elusive chemicals called "free radicals" may be to blame in the 10 percent of fire-related deaths no