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A three-week-old drought has raised fears of heavy damage to Thailand's corn crop, the Bangkok Post

Foreign Producers Of Granite TargetedA group of U.S. granite producers and fabricators asked

The European Community Commission Wednesday called off an investigation into the financing of a $1 b

Shutdown of Transtar Not Sign of InsolvencySouthwest Airlines, which said its Transtar Airli

A judge has ordered the British ferry company Townsend Thoresen to pay 400,000 (US$640,000) in legal

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

Wed., July 29, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Merck & Co. plans to purchase up to $1 billion of the company's stock is indicative of the pharmaceu

Diamond Alaska Coal Co.'s effort to win a coal supply contract from South Korea's national utility c

A federal judge has dismissed a suit filed by a dissident ranch heir against Exxon Corp. and the Kin

Brazil is miscast as a villain in U.S. trade debates, but it will still make heroic efforts to resol

Air freight imports to Taiwan increased almost 50 percent in the first six months of this year compa

Judge Orders Trial Over Disputed DecimalNEW YORK - United States Lines won the opening round

The Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp. was slapped with a proposed $615,000 fine Wedne

It's easy for either Iran or Iraq to lay underwater mines throughout the shallow Persian Gulf. And i

The timing of rival toy exhibitions to be held in Hong Kong is likely to cause confusion and logisti

It's barely two weeks old, but the fledging Red River Valley and Western Railroad is looking to grow

Airbus Industrie has placed more than $2 billion worth of purchase orders for aircraft engines made

West Germany is bullish on Venezuela despite this South American democracy's multiple economic diffi

A British-made lightweight concrete mixer features a new design that replaces the familiar heavy ste

Traditional Exports Tin, rubber, copra, petroleum, coffee, coconut oil, palm oil, iron steel

Although the ability to transmit electricity without resistance offers many potential benefits, peop

Middle South Earnings Fell 9.5 percent in QuarterMiddle South Utilities Inc. reported second

Exxon Corp. declared a cash dividend of $1 a share on capital stock, payable on Sept. 10 to sharehol

Munich Re AG, the world's largest reinsurance company, reported that it expects a parent company pro

The House Wednesday turned back attempts to remove limits on liability for the nuclear utility indus

July 29, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Far Eastern owners expanded their containership fleets significantly in 1986, according to an annual

American President Launches Asia ServiceLAS VEGAS, Nev. - American President Lines has begun

Jack Abram, chief executive officer of Topgallant Group Inc., says the line wants to discuss with th

The Singapore shipping scene experienced several welcome improvements last year against a worldwide

Low pay and brutal working conditions are creating a truck driver shortage that is disrupting large

A wide scope of state insurance legislation that ranges from health coverage for drug abusers to new

Naming a spouse as the sole beneficiary of a life insurance policy may be the common practice, but i

Possible existence of a second insurance policy covering the bugged" U.S. Embassy in Moscow has come

Norfolk Opens Terminal for VehiclesMERIDIAN, Miss. - Norfolk Southern opened a new vehicle u

Ernest "Rip" Patton spends approximately one week of every month talking about truck safety.

Postal Workers Stage Strike in South AfricaJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A strike by half of

Six former top officials and technicians at the Chernobyl power plant were found guilty of gross neg

President Alan Garcia's decision to nationalize the financial system and close down private foreign