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The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

On a moonless night, across the dangerous waters of the Persian Gulf, wooden dhows move quietly towa

Three Charged in Scam To Cheat InvestorsFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Three people who allegedly h

US Shaves Estimate Of Winter Wheat CropThe Agriculture Department Thursday estimated 1987 wi

This Democratic city that received a Republican president on Wednesday is trying to climb out of eco

It is hardly a coincidence that when terrorism, political or social disorder overseas erupts and cla

John Breaux may be new to the Senate, but he's not new to Congress or to the maritime industry.<

Dainippon Ink & Chemicals Inc. said it would delay its $473 million hostile bid for Reichhold Chemic

UGI Corp.'s AmeriGas Industrial Gases subsidiary will supply 100,000 cubic feet an hour of gaseous n

Dow Corning Corp. has announced plans for a $27 million research center to develop new silicone prod

Debt-burdened Third World countries may find it harder to draw more foreign income as the use of the

A consensus for a new economic reform program is building in Mexico, however, it will require substa

Marine scientists warn that even minuscule amounts of a tin-based paint used to keep boat hulls free

Sun Hikes Postings For West Texas CrudeSun Co. raised its posted buying prices for West Texa

Two remote-controlled machines have nearly completed removal of sediment from the reactor containmen

Tiffany to Establish Shop in West GermanyTiffany & Co. announced it plans to establish a sho

China has embarked on an ambitious program to boost livestock production, which could have a signifi

US Sprint Communications Co. named Robert H. Snedaker president Thursday, as the money-losing long-

The Labor Party government of Prime Minister Robert J. Hawke will probably be returned to office for

A compact, digital-display temperature controller from Britain can be used with thermocouples or res

The foreign exchange markets were rattled Thursday by rumors the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in

The following comments are excerpted from Mr. Gorbachev's address to the central committee of the Co

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

Prudential Asia Investment Ltd., a Hong Kong-based subsidiary of Prudential Life Insurance Co. of th

BOB GREENES, a long-time hand on the New York oil heat scene, took great exception to a story that r

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Hickey-Freeman Co. has reached an agreement to manufacture men's suits for Gieves & Hawkes Ltd., a m

Even prayer couldn't reduce rapidly escalating liability insurance premiums for about 1,000 Roman Ca

Life insurers are starting to make money the old fashioned way again. Whole life insurance,

GMI Starts Importing Chinese Oak VanitiesGM International Inc. of Elkhart, Ind., said it has

The car market in the United States will be so glutted by 1990 that Japanese automakers will have no

Royal Nedlloyd, the Rotterdam-based shipping and energy group, said it made a loss in the first half

Japan and the Far East have become the port of Boston's prime trading partners, outdistancing northe

GENERAL NEWS President Reagan takes budget battle on the road. Page 2AFINANCIALNine

Stock prices rose into record territory Wednesday, largely in anticipation of strong second quarter

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by abasket of currencies deno

The economic slowdown in the world's biggest industrialized countries is threatening efforts to reso

The official Tass news agency reported that an Aeroflot jetliner carrying 167 people landed safely a

When Cessna Aircraft Co. announced last year it was suspending production of piston-engine planes, t