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

Tue., April 14,1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Ten years ago, Paul Aron left his job as a money manager for Dreyfus Corp., the big mutual-fund oper

Kuwait plans to charter three oil tankers from the Soviet Union in a bid to repel Iranian attacks on

Turkey applied Tuesday for membership in the European Community, evoking criticism from some politic

20th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank. April 27-29, Royal Hote

The American Bureau of Shipping, which celebrates its 125th birthday this month, has branched into n

The state Senate has approved two bills that would expand the investment opportunities of insurance

The American Bureau of Shipping was incorporated on April 22, 1962, as the Ship Classification Socie

A proposal to curb floor broker activities at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange was voted down by more

Island Shipping Lines said Maritime Administration decisions on pending applications to enter the ma

The Federal Maritime Commission formally started an examination of conditions facing shipping in the

UK Cocoa Grindings Rose in First QuarterU.K. first-quarter cocoa grindings were up 15.92 per

Jorio Dauster, Brazilian Coffee Institute president left for London Tuesday to set up an auction for

Hundreds of California taxpayers are collecting millions of dollars in refunds for state income taxe

TREA Breaks Ground For Rhode Island PlantNORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. - TREA Industries, a unit of

Aerospace concern Northrop Corp. said its first-quarter profit edged up 3.3 percent, while revenue r

Names on the covers of the corporate brochure tell the story, starting with ''D.W. Aaron" and ending

While several U.S. companies hammer out annual coking coal contract terms with Siderbras, Jim Walter

Humorist Will Rogers observed during the Depression that Americans might be the first nation in hist

International air express carriers are vying for a bigger piece of the shipper pie as they continue

FINANCIAL Central bank intervention braked the dollar's slide Tuesday, but traders remained

Texaco Inc. has hired a high-powered lobbying team to convince state lawmakers to cut the size of th

The number of working oil and gas rigs in the United States dropped for the first time in four weeks

Neste of Finland has reached agreement with the Soviet oil export agency Soyunznefteexport, to buy 3

Gasoline prices in Northern California and Nevada have crept a penny higher for the third straight m

State legislators have cleared a bill to pay injured dock workers at federal compensation rates that

China's plans for huge investment in its sprawling but largely outdated iron and steel industry may

Bonn Questions Soviets On Increased RadiationBONN, West Germany - The Bonn government said i

India's Oil Company Posts Record ProfitNEW DELHI, India - India's state-owned Oil and Natura

Nearly half of the licensed insurance salespeople for Delaware are giving up their license to do bus

The Greater Baton Rouge Port Commission has dropped an effort to sidestep normal procedure and name

Bechtel Signs Contract For Hydroelectric UnitBechtel signed a contract with the Lewis County

Iberia, Spain's state-controlled airline, will announce an ambitious $5-$6 billion fleet modernizati

Rapid growth in South Korea's toy industry is creating shortages of vital compo nents, increasing th

Sponsoring opera is business as usual for Texaco and thus the oil company can and will continue to s

Audi of America Inc. said it will change the name of its cars sold in the United States and Canada t

A new Puerto Rican program designed to spur employment in both Puerto Rico and neighboring Caribbean

Plastic Resin Output Rose 9.3 percent in DecemberProduction of plastic resins totaled 3.824

GATT Workers Stage Strike Over SalariesAbout 350 administration employees of the General Agr