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Witco Corp. is planning a $2.6 million modernization project for its Concarb division carbon black p

Chinese Cotton Growers Receive IncentivesCotton growers in China's coastal Jiangsu province

Malaysian rubber output totaled 1.54 million metric tons in 1986, up 4.7 percent from the previous y

The Brunei government is certain that all of Brunei Shell's immediate customers have complied with c

Stocks Soar to Record NEW YORK - Stocks soared in heavy trading Tuesday, as investors came b

The Indian government is backing the idea of joint hydrocarbon ventures with Arab oil producers as p

Egypt Announces Cuts In Crude Oil PricesEgypt is dropping its crude oil prices by an average

Consolidated Natural Gas Co. reported fourth quarter net income of $54.5 million, or 66 cents a shar

February 17, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

Resin Output Rose 8.9 percentIn NovemberProduction of plastics resins totaled 3.683

After supporting it with subsidies of US$12.5 million over the past five years, Barbados will suspe

Stepped up airspace policing by the Federal Aviation Administration since a collision over Cerritos

A follow-up examination of a Danish report by the Norwegian classification society Det norske Verita

One of the things to emerge from the air transport industry's long shakeout is a boiled-down group o

Merger Agreement Eludes WestamericaSAN RAFAEL, Calif. - Westamerica Bancorp. said it has bee

United Is Cutting Flights to 7 CitiesUnited Airlines said it will suspend flights to seven U

Air traffic controllers trying to organize a new union have submitted enough sign-up cards for the g

Taiwan set up a special task force to prepare for a resumption of negotiations with the United State

Video piracy in Japan is spreading like a forest fire" and costing the U.S. film industry unacceptab

Oakland International Airport has won its first international customer since it was forced to stop s

Machinists union workers took an unscheduled holiday Monday at three McDonnell Douglas Corp. plants

Chinese Officials Order Tighter Price ControlsAuthorities have ordered tighter price control

Free Trade Zone. Elk Grove Village's free trade zone plans will be the topic at the International Tr

Taiwan set up a special task force to prepare for a resumption of negotiations with the United State

After 35 years of tight control, the Taiwanese government liftedrestrictions on the importation of g

IDB ECUADOR - $57.2 million from the Inter-American Development Bank for low- income housing

Czech Dissident VIENNA, Austria - A U.S. congressional delegation in Czechoslovakia on a hum

Video piracy in Japan is spreading like a forest fire" and costing the U.S. film industry unacceptab

European Community foreign ministers have instructed the member nations' permanent representatives t

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Obstacles To BusinessGrowth CitedConsumers' heavy spending at the expense of savings

Financial authorities of the five major industrial democracies are still trying to arrange another

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

Ford Motor Co., the nation's No. 2 automaker, reports nearly $3.3 billion in 1986 profits, surpassin

The European Community has decided to request a disputes panel to rule whether Japan is violating th

GENERAL NEWS Ford Motor Co. earned $3.3 billion in 1986, a 31 percent improvement over the p

OPEC's attempt to stabilize oil prices at $18 a barrel is floundering as several of its members viol

U.S. soybean producers urged the Reagan administration to retaliate against any tax the European Com

The chairman of the Senate Banking Committee proposed legislation to cut back on non-bank banks and

President Reagan said he will travel the nation to advance a series of administration proposals to i