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A proposed rule by the Department of Transportation that would require any shipper of hazardous mate

BP Detergents International announced that it has acquired the PT Wheelock Marden Indonesia Ltd., a

Oslo Investa, the Norwegian investment firm, has purchased the 357,000- deadweig ht-ton Swedish tank

Shipping in the South American trade is subject to a tangle of restrictions and national-flag regula

When Erik Holter-Sorensen takes a vacation, he spends four weeks on an island - not a balmy tropical

The maker of an antibiotic commonly used to treat cuts and scrapes is stinging from its latest legal

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Canada's Stelco Inc. is making inquiries about the purchase of a significant amount of spot market

After being walloped by a series of economic calamities, Jamaica may finally be poised for the econo

The U.S. Navy is considering positioning large barges in the Persian Gulf for use as offshore bases

Japanese officials meeting U.S. representatives at semiannual trade talks in Hawaii starting today h

Japan reported that its seasonally adjusted trade surplus rose to $7.68 billion in July from $6.88 b

Sea-Land Service Inc. may participate in a hotly disputed mainland-Hawaii service case, a Maritime A

The Tennessee Valley Authority bought 13,500 tons of coal in five contracts awarded on Aug. 21 and

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. has showed its continued strength in the phone business by winnin

Digital Equipment Corp. wants everyone to know that its ship has come in. Not just any ship

North of nearly everything, on an island nearly off the map, Norwegians and Russians are braving the

Japan will remain the largest market for both life and non-life insurance in terms of the growth of

When the Massachusetts insurance commissioner last Monday banned sex discrimination in the sale of i

Daniel J. McNamara has served as president of Insurance Services Office Inc. since its inception in

The head of an organization pushing for limits on medical malpractice awards said last week that fai

New Service Rates Insurance CompaniesStandard & Poor's launches a new service this week to s

Thousands of claims have been filed by homeowners and businesses in the Chicago area as a result of

A state court gave insurers a temporary reprieve against a pending ban on health insurers' use of th

The dollar may break through temporary support levels in the days or weeks ahead and drop to record

Leaders of Britain's largest miners' union are to decide on Sept. 6 whether to call a strike or work

The U.S. dollar's level against the deutsche mark is hurting West Germany's industrial competitivene

General Public Utilities Corp. said electricity sales were 3.6 percent higher during the first seven

Taiwan Won't Import Coal From ChinaTAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan will not import coal, grain, cott

After posting increases in net new orders for May and June, U.S. producers of machine tools reported

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

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

Latin Debtors Weigh Cap on Interest RatesMONTEVIDEO, Uruguay - Officials from 11 Latin Ameri

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

Fri., Aug. 28, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The reshaping of the U.S. financial services industry is likely to generate continuing battles among

North Carolina has abandoned plans for an investment office in Japan because the legislature did not

The Soviet Union could become virtually self-sufficient in food by the mid- 1990s, with important co

The United States is going all out to get more business for U.S. computer companies in Singapore, th

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