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Take it from someone with 44 years in the retail and importing business. Two things determin

Hitachi Unit, Beres Enter Business PactTOMS RIVER, N.J. - Beres Industries Inc. said it has

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

The stock market churned up and down in uncertain fashion again Wednesday as participants awaited th

Union Carbide Corp. has acquired Rochester, N.Y.-based Eastman Kodak Co.'s, photoresist unit, which

Ontario's Ministry of the Environment has made a rare move across the U.S. border on a hazardous was

The films group of ICI Americas Inc. announced it will spend an estimated $50 million to expand the

ImmunoGenetics Inc.'s first quarter net income soared 74 percent to $202,648, or 3 cents a share, co

Accusing each other of shortsightedness, Canada and the United States are engaged in a bitter disput

The omnibus foreign trade bill has made substantial progress thus far this year in Congress but stil

Maryland PSC Clears Rate Cuts by BG&EBaltimore Gas and Electric Co. has been authorized by t

The growing number of state recycling laws has focused attention upon the ability to recycle bottles

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

On the 50th anniversary of the Hindenburg dirigible disaster, a British company Wednesday resumed co

Stephenson Clarke Shipping Co., owner of the small cargo ship Arlington, reports that computer-contr

Ports in Great Britain handled a record volume of freight last year. Figures prepared by the

Ted Ruhly, president of Moller Steamship Co., which operates Maersk Line, said Maersk is evolving ra

GENERAL NEWS Waste disposal experts see the unwanted barge of New York garbage as an omen of

The House Interior Committee drafted legislation to renew the Price-Anderson Act's limits on nuclear

Financial guarantee insurance is a hot topic in New York again with both state legislative houses ha

Paying for Merchandise Woolworth's uses letters of credit, the most common means of financin

Mack Trucks Inc. reported earnings of $4.6 million, or 16 cents a share, in the first quarter. In th

The congressional approach to the trade problem represents a terrible act of national self-delusion,

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has approved a research contract with Jerrold Petr

Racal said Wednesday its worldwide sales in this fiscal year of Racal-Redac computer-aided engineeri

New oil exploration and better recovery from existing wells are the twin elements in China's plan to

GENERAL NEWS Waste disposal experts see the unwanted barge of New York garbage as an omen of

Taiwan Sets Missions To Purchase US GoodsTAIPEI, Taiwan - The Taiwan government will send tw

Once lauded as heroes, the builders of Siberia's Baikal-Amur railway are now all but forgotten by au

Erland Raastad, former manager of Kloster Cruise A/S, has announced plans to establish a new cruise

Rockwell International Corp.'s Automotive Operations said the company has signed an agreement with V

New Timer Ideal For Short Track UseUnion Switch & Signal Division of American Standard Inc.

Despite millions of dollars invested by Brazil during the past decade in intermodal facilities, inte

Ecuador will resume pumping oil through a repaired pipeline by early August, World Bank officials sa

The Senate approved by a solid margin a Democratic budget for fiscal 1988 that is designed to draw P

South Korea, buoyed by a growing current account surplus, announced Wednesday that 11 state-financed

A VISIT TO THIS NEWSPAPER'S HEAD OFFICE in New York - my first in two years - left numerous and ofte

Isotechnologies Inc. is based in Hillsborough, N.C. An item in this column on May 1 incorrectly loca

Consumers Power Co. shareholders Wednesday approved a board of directors' recommendation to create a

The total value of dollar-denominated warrant bonds floated abroad this year by Japanese corporation