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

If Agriculture Department economists are correct, U.S. sugar production may increase again this year

Philadelphia Exchange Plans Evening TradingIn an effort to generate more business from Tokyo

Friday, March 27, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

West Germany's farm minister strongly denounced a package of European Community farm policy proposal

Gold is expected to rise to US$440 through April and to move to a high of $480 by mid-year, analyst

Texaco Inc. filed a motion for a rehearing of its appeal in the Pennzoil case with a Texas Court of

The International Coffee Organization meets today in London to review the state of the market after

March 30, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Saudi Arabia is reportedly negotiating multibillion dollar oil barter deals to circumvent problems i

Premier Andreas Papandreou said the Greek-Turkish crisis over Aegean oil rights had ended and that G

Mexico's Oil Policy Focuses on FlexibilityMexico's oil strategy is focusing on a "highly fle

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' production for March is expected to be an estimat

Electricite de France, the French state-owned utility, managed to boost its electricity exports in 1

Witco Corp. is set to spend over $7 million to expand and modernize its bulk oil terminal in Jackson

A Monsanto Co. subsidiary, Permea Inc., formed a new venture, Kinetek Systems Inc., to target the es

Styrene Monomer Price Hits 48 Cents a PoundStyrene monomer prices are continuing to firm wit

Middle South Utilities Inc. plans to discourage heavy industry's use of cogenerated power at least u

SmithKline Beckman Corp. and Damon Biotech Inc. announced an agreement for the manufacture and sale

The European Commission's investigation into price fixing by eight leading pro ducers of polyvinyl c

Southern Company Services Inc. said it bought 222,000 tons of coal on the spot market for Mississipp

China Expects Output Of Coal to IncreaseChina, the world's largest coal producer, will incre

Chinese Petroleum Corp. tapped M.W. Kellogg Co., Houston, to design and build a 400,000-metric-ton-a

ICG and USX Sign Shipping ContractThe Illinois Central Gulf Railroad has signed a three-year

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

Intermodalism may be the buzzword of the 1980s in transportation, but many intermodal carriers feel

Imagine 2,000 sets of eyes scanning the likes of a 10-story-high box that weighs 2,500 tons.

Consolidated Freightways Inc. denounced pending legislation to raise the national speed limit to 65

The surprise decision to scuttle a joint venture between Deere & Co. and the Detroit Diesel Allison

Mocatta Group appointed Keith Smith group chief executive of this unit of Standard Chartered Bank of

Sales of new homes fell for the second consecutive month in February, declining by 2.7 percent, the

President Reagan's imposition of tariffs on Japanese electronics products may take some of the steam

Panic selling engulfed the financial markets Monday, as the dollar fell to a record low against the

SFSP Stock Purchase NEW YORK - Analysts are skeptical that Henley Group acquired nearly 5 pe

Plunging freight rates will force first quarter earnings for the nation's largest trucking companies

The big boom in new double-stack orders has just passed by and is headed off into the sunset, a stud

The 1987 navigation season on the St. Lawrence Seaway opens today in an atmosphere of cautious optim

Business executives expressed uncertainty over the impact of a U.S. decision to impose 100 percent

GENERAL NEWS The Supreme Court refused to review the Transportation Department's decision no

Tomorrow is April and for many Americans that means one thing, the return of baseball. But s