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Philippines Resumes Talks With BanksTalks between the Philippines and a committee representi

The port of Portland today joins a growing number of ports using new double- stack rail cars dedicat

Brandt Resigns BONN, West Germany - Willy Brandt, the former West German chancellor and a No

Cruise passengers will continue to find attractive rates as long as cruise ship capacity exceeds dem

Negotiations over the future of Macao, a tiny Portuguese-administered enclave near Hong Kong, ended

Cracking a bottle of champagne on a railcar, K Line celebrated being the first Japanese-flag steamsh

The South Korean economy grew by 12.5 percent in real terms in 1986, the highest in 10 years, the Ba

Taiwan may cut tariffs on 800 items in April in a move to boost imports and head off foreign pressur

A senior official at the Ministry of International Trade and Industry expressed serious concern Mon

Philippines Resumes Talks With BanksTalks between the Philippines and a committee representi

If you're researching a maritime subject - whether it's the outlook for handy-size product tankers o

FOILING U.S. IMPORT CURBS is the goal of Taiwan and South Korea. They will make a joint effo

International Terminal Operating Co. has chartered the Delta Transloader, a catamaran floating eleva

France Awarded Saudi Sub ContractFRANKFURT, West Germany - Saudi Arabia awarded a multibilli

Negotiations over the future of Macao, a tiny Portuguese-administered enclave near Hong Kong, ended

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. will call at New York and Galveston with the three containerships it has a

Salvagers of the British ferry that capsized outside this North Sea port on March 6, killing at leas

Small business owners are strongly in favor of price restrictions on insurance companies, a new surv

If you have visions of legally zipping down New Jersey's highways at 65 mph, slow down. Even

Damages From Storm Listed at $40 MillionA southern storm earlier this month caused an estima

Stephen Toth learned about life insurance the hard way. Because his parents' life insurance

May E. Bostwick of Mukilteo, Wash., 101 last month, says she's "too tough to die." And Rhea

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

Salim Lewis, a well-known arbitrageur and former special adviser to the Securities and Exchange Comm

American Re-Insurance Co. celebrated the beginning of its new headquarters in New Jersey Monday in t

The foreign exchange market began the week by dumping dollars and buying yen, but analysts claim the

Institutional buying programs fed the stock market rally Monday, pushing major indexes further into

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

Mitsubishi Branch Sets $1 Billion Note PlanThe New York branch of the Mitsubishi Bank Ltd. M

Monday, March 23, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

The Commodity Exchange and the New York Mercantile Exchange have begun exploratory talks on a merger

Japan's sugar imports in the 1986-87 sugar year (October-September) will be set at 1.642 million me

The per capita use of sweeteners made from corn is expected to exceed U.S. sugar consumption in 1987

China Maps Plans To Combat DroughtThe government has held an emergency meeting to consider h

A dramatic fall in coffee prices will cost the already weak economies of Central America hundreds of

Aegon Insurance Group again raised the eyebrows of the tightly knit insurance community in Holland b

Congressional Democrats are trying to forge a trade bill that President Reagan will not veto, said T

An agricultural subsidy war between the United States and the Common Market has devastated Canadian

Latin America faces a possible decline in Inter-American Development Bank credits over the next year