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News that Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker is retiring surprised and shocked the foreign

Korea Electric Power To Sell Euroyen BondsSEOUL, South Korea - The Korea Electric Power Co.

Presidential Airways Inc.'s financial and passenger figures continued to decline after one full mont

The Boeing Co. of Seattle will pay $275 million in cash to take over Argosystems Inc., a Silicon Val

Britain, which has threatened to revoke the licenses of Japanese firms doing business in Britain unl

Interior Secretary Donald Hodel took the Reagan administration's case for oil exploration and develo

Fleet-Defense Panel Turns Ear to ShippersThe Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense will

Japan's shipping companies currently stand at a major crossroads that, if the wrong moves are chosen

In this age of consolidation, PACCAR Inc. decisively turns thumbs down to the notion of combining it

Paul A. Volcker's rule of the Federal Reserve Board has earned him legendary status. He is s

Nationale-Nederlanden reported first quarter net profit rose 4.4 percent to 117 million guilders fro

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts is charging Harvard Community Health Plan, the state's l

A 66 percent rate request by one of the state's medical malpractice insurers has prompted the state

Legislation to increase the limits of liability required under motor vehicle insurance coverages for

PSC Nominee Pushes Lower NY Utility TaxALBANY, N.Y. - Utility taxes in New York state, three

Contrary to a perceived notion in the business community, the total number of people working for Cus

Both government and private industry economists predict exports of forest products will again increa

Erskine Sandiford inherited one of the few Caribbean economies that has been growing when he took of

Guenter Rohrmann, who has had enough years in the air freight business on both sides of the Atlantic

Alan Greenspan is one of the country's best-known conservative economists, a frequent adviser to pre

GRS Is Low Bidder For Transit Radio PactSTAMFORD, Conn. - General Railway Signal Co., a unit

Burlington Northern Railroad will introduce direct intermodal service between Detroit and its interm

Bruce Seaton, chairman of American President Cos., heads a list of transportation industry executive

A bankruptcy judge has cleared the way for lawyers and accountants to be paid in the United States L

Mortgage insurers can expect high underwriting losses for at least two more years, according to Mood

A seminar on workers compens-ation litigation with special empha-sis on medicine will be held June 4

Union Oil Co. of California has been found guilty of fraud in U.S. District Court here and ordered t

UK Firm Develops Tube-Bending MachineArtapp Machines Ltd., a British company, has developed

Union workers at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp. voted Monday to accept a proposed contrac

Britain's currency reserves rose $4.76 billion in May, according to official figures released Tuesda

Hercules Boosts Price Of Organic ResinsWILMINGTON, Del. - Hercules Inc. is increasing the pr

Fluorocarbon Co. acquired Cleveland-based Eaton Corp.'s $70 million industrial polymer products divi

Oil futures prices continued to climb Tuesday in response to a major pipelinebreak in Oklaho

A House banking subcommittee approved over $4 billion in funds for three international aid agencies.

New Home Sales Jumped 7.6 percent in AprilNew home sales jumped 7.6 percent in April, the bi

Nissan Trucks Add AutomaticsNissan medium-duty trucks for 1988 will be available with automa

If Congress agrees to open the wildlife refuge to oil and gas drilling, that decision could pave the

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

McDonnell Douglas Astronautics has been awarded a $480 million Air Force contract to develop and tes

The number of Japanese tourists annually traveling abroad will double over the next five years under