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Another slash in the Japanese official discount rate in response to mounting pressures from Washingt

Japan Fund Converted To Open-End StatusJapan Fund Inc. said its shareholders approved the co

The chairman of the House Merchant Marine Subcommittee urged the secretary of transportation to give

Virginia is trying to sell itself as a good place to locate a business, as well as a place for forei

The Federal Aviation Administration says tall buildings included in a controversial $1 billion water

Spurred by a surge in grain traffic, railroad freight carloadings have increased over 1986 in four o

Leaseway Earnings Fell in QuarterLeaseway Transportation Corp. announced first quarter earni

SP Receives Award For Employees' SafetyWASHINGTON - Southern Pacific Transportation Co. has

Commercial Credit Co. announced that it has acquired a Fort Worth, Texas concern that provides manag

Titan III to Launch Japanese SatelliteHughes Communications Inc. said it will use a Titan II

At least 58 near collisions of airplanes have occurred over Southern California so far this year, an

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

On US Textile and Apparel Trade: There are now three things certain in life: death, taxes an

Warwick Insurance Co. said it formed an inland marine department and named Pam Mestman Silverman in

Demand for platinum reached an all-time high last year, while investor interest looks like continuin

An advisory committee to Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry agreed to revise its l

Alpha Solarco Inc. has signed two $175 million development contracts with the Pawnee and Otoe-Missou

The State Consumer Protection Board said the Long Island Lighting Co. has failed to provide a reason

Ten companies that have been successful in promoting the sale of New York state products abroad will

Export Insurance Pact To Assist Tool MakersFive machine tool firms are the first to qualify

A crippled U.S. warship headed for port Monday after an Iraqi missile attack killed at least 28 men

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

Congress must require that 20 percent of all U.S. oceanborne commerce move on U.S.-flag ships, labor

Key sections of multi-employer pension plan law remain unsettled following the Supreme Court's inabi

A cotton buyer from China was talking to a California grower's representative who casually mentioned

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

Reagan Reaffirms Protectionism StandPresident Reagan reaffirmed Monday he would veto any pro

The newly elected president of the Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey said all segments of t

Plans for a $10 million corporate conference center and 120-room hotel in this Putnam County town we

Trucks loaded down with tree trunks still rumble down Highway 101 each morning in a routine as perpe

Canada has much to gain from a proposed free trade agreement with the United States, a Ports Canada

Record inflation disclosed by the Brazilian government portends a threatening wave of hyper-inflatio

Commerce to Probe Pipe Fitting ImportsThe International Trade Commission cleared the way for

Heads of state and government from the seven most powerful economies in the Western world will gathe

The York Country Sheriff's Department has seized in Toronto harbor a Bahamian-registered cargo ship

Worlds of Wonder, the toy manufacturer that scored a hit with its Teddy Ruxpin computerized teddy be

Dry cargo handling at Maine's four ports increased 19.4 percent in 1986, giving state officials evid

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

Duty Free Shoppers Ltd., the U.S.-owned company that specializes in airport and similar outlets, has

BAe Acquires Stake Of Aerospace GroupBritish Aerospace PLC (BAe) announced Monday that it ha