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Japanese small- and medium-sized companies must move quickly to combat threats posed by the rising y

The economy fell short of its first-quarter growth targets because of poor management, including fai

General Motors Corp.'s Chevrolet-Pontiac-Canada Group promoted several people, Robert J. Schultz, gr

Employees of two major Japanese airlines returned to work Friday after a 24- hour strike, but flight

The Journal of Commerce, a Knight-Ridder newspaper, promoted Alan D. Newborn to vice president of ad

Virtually every U.S. banker is now a detective. Under the Money Laundering Control Act of 19

An employees' union of Union Carbide of India Ltd. plans to try to block the company from closing a

Peruvian-flag carriers have asked the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission for more time and hearings be

Top Stories The French government faces tough times despite some economic policies institute

The United Auto Workers said it settled its differences with four union locals in talks that followe

RIGHT CHURCH, RIGHT PEW; or, preaching to the converted at the International Intermodal Expo in Atla

The Presidential Commission on the Merchant Marine and Defense will get an earful when major maritim

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The municipal bond insurance industry will likely see Ambac Indemnity Corp. become a much tougher co

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Thursday, April 23, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

A leading insurance consumer advocate says tort reforms have nothing to do with the easing of the in

A state Supreme Court judge Friday threw out New York's tough restrictions on smoking in public plac

Australian producers of steam coal cannot bear further price reductions being demanded by Japanese b

BP Coal, a subsidiary of British Petroleum, could be dropped as the likely fuel supplier for a propo

The Journal of Commerce this week adds two more cities to the gasoline table for reseller rack sales

North Sea oil prices strengthened after the Easter vacation with Brent crude for May delivery tradin

Acres upon acres of towering fir trees and an abundance of seafood make forest products and fish obv

Sluggish first quarter earnings may spark another round of trucking industry rate hikes later this y

United Airlines pilots' $4.5 billion bid to purchase the airline from UAL Inc. gained further moment

Massachusetts consumers and insurance companies are increasingly frustrated with the state insurance

Cotton may never be king of the diverse West Coast economy as that crop once was in the deep South,

You'll notice major layout changes in today's Journal of Commerce. These changes come after nearly t

The Navy's Military Sealift Command tentatively plans to use civil service crews instead of private

John Dutton has big plans for the Alabama State Docks. For starters the new director is hoping to de

The Alabama State Docks, saddled with a $13 million annual debt service for McDuffie Terminals, suff

The Japan Fund Inc. adjourned its annual meeting until May 15 because ithasn't yet received

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. has taken another step in the globalization of its business by an

Takeda USA Raises Price of 3 VitaminsTakeda USA will increase the price of three vitamins, e

A strong earthquake shook northern Japan early Thursday, rocking buildings and triggering automatic

France said Thursday it has picked a Swedish-French consortium to buy a state-owned telecommunicatio

Owners of an oil tanker that exploded and sank off the northern California coast near a federal mari

A big buildup in inventories and more improvement in the U.S. trade balance pushed U.S. economic gro

A slowdown of output and incomes for the United States and other big industrial countries during the

The three leading U.S. automakers will be forced to retrench still further in the next five years as