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Continuing its emphasis on interest rates, the stock market fluctuated nervously Thursday as investo

Stanford R. Ovshinsky, president of Energy Conversion Devices Inc. claims that scientists in the com

The U.S. dollar edged cautiously higher Thursday as the market awaited the results of the Treasury a

Truck companies and shippers will continue to mitigate electronic transmission headaches with the on

Akzo Chemie Raises PriceOf MonomersAkzo Chemie America is raising all selling prices

That great American invention, the theme park, has burst upon an astonished Hong Kong. Until

Air Products and Chemicals Inc. has announced a multimillion-dollar expansion of its specialty amine

The House Ways and Means Committee is expected to act promptly on textile and footwear import quotas

Higher costs of clothing, shelter, medical care and restaurant meals sent consumer prices up by 0.5

The New York Insurance Exchange Inc. announced that Joseph La Monte has joined its staff to assist i

The New York Insurance Exchange Inc. is starting to develop long-term goals following the close of i

Francis L. Gracon was appointed vice president, personnel, of Sea-Land Corp., and will oversee corpo

A strike of about 4,500 electrical workers at a General Electric Co. plant will last at least past t

An economic research group is advocating numerous changes in the way employers and the government de

GENERAL NEWS Corporate restructuring in the 1980s has been painful but it helped make U.S. c

The surety industry paid out $1.1 billion in claims on premiums of $1.25 billion in 1986, producing

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has asked the state Supreme Court to reconsider its decision to review a

Transco Energy Co. reported a consolidated net loss for the first quarter of $69.5 million, compared

More than 150 tons of Washington-grown asparagus is being featured in 300 Japanese groceries as the

It has gotten considerably easier for business travelers to land reasonably priced air fares since

The shakeout under way in the air courier industry should wind down by the 1990s, resulting in the v

Milk is the most valuable agriculture commodity in Washington state, once again replacing wheat for

SP Hopes to Open Coastal Route in Calif.SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - Southern Pacific Railroad

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

For the week ended April 25, piggyback freight hauled by the nation's major railroads totaled 96,304

The Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Board Options Exchange Thursday announced they have begun

Pratt & Lambert Inc. announced first quarter net income up a record 35.8 percent to $864,000, or 29

GENERAL NEWS Corporate restructuring in the 1980s has been painful but it helped make U.S. c

Worms have occupied a tiny, relatively unknown but certainly not lowly niche in international trade

UAE Could Ignore OPEC Output LimitsDUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The United Arab Emirates wi

ERA, Skywest Join Air Cargo SystemANNAPOLIS, Md. - ERA Helicopters Inc. and Skywest Airlines

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

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

IT WASN'T the typical rah-rah keynote address, but the speech delivered by Alexander F. Giacco, the

Both inbound and outbound marine cargo movements grew strongly in last year's fourth quarter, helpin

Events are quickly overtaking the proposed merger of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and the Souther

Preston Martin doesn't like being called king of the S&Ls" any more than he appreciated an earlier

The game of trade is becoming deadly, and a very real threat exists that none will win and everyone

With its staggering losses during recent years, the shipping industry has earned a bad name among ba

Ocean Transport and Trading will transfer its ships to the Isle of Man registry Aug. 1 after its off