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ASSESSING NIGHT TRADING WAIT-AND-SEE ATTITUDE REIGNS ON CBT FLOOR

Suzanne Cosgrove | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
A wait and see attitude reigned on the Chicago Board of Trade floor in the days after the CBT member

JAPAN, CHINA WILL DISCUSS CORN SALES

Knight-Ridder Financial | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
Japan and china will soon begin negotiations to establish the amount of corn China will export to Ja

CHEMICAL MARKETS

Journal of Commerce Staff | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
Air Products Lists PricesFor MethanolAir Products and Chemicals Inc. will introduce

COMPLAINTS CITE PLEDGE VIOLATIONS

Neel Patri | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
Developed countries already are violating agreements to liberalize trade reached at a ministerial m
Maritime

KAISER COAL UNITS FILE CHAPTER 11

Journal of Commerce Staff | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
Kaiser Steel Corp. said five of its coal subsidiaries filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of t
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WAVE OF INNOVATION FORECAST

Charles Thurston | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
The U.S. chemical industry is poised for a new wave of product innovations that will be based on mat

BANK OF ENGLAND URGES TRADE BE LIBERALIZED

Janet Porter | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
The Bank of England has added its voice to calls for a more liberal international trade regime in su
Maritime

NEWS SUMMARY

JOC Staff | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
GENERAL NEWS The U.S. economy showed signs of re-inflating as the government reported a shar

RCA TO SELL TUBE PLANT IN BRAZIL

Journal of Commerce Special | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
The local subsidiary of RCA Corp. is selling its color television tube production facility to a Braz
Maritime

US INVESTORS LEAD FLIGHT FROM BRAZIL

James Bruce | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
Lured by more attractive tax laws back home or spooked by price freezes and rising nationalism here,
Maritime

NEWS SUMMARY

JOC Staff | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
GENERAL NEWS The U.S. economy showed signs of re-inflating as the government reported a shar
Maritime

WEAKER DOLLAR SWELLS US TOURISM

A Staff Report | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
The United States is a hot spot for tourists from all over the world, thanks largely to the weak dol

NIPPON STEEL TO LAY OFF 19,000

A.E. Cullison | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
Nippon Steel Corp., the world's largest steel product manufacturer, informed its 54,000-member union

JAMAICA-ALCAN PRICING DISPUTE WILL BE DECIDED IN ARBITRATION

Canute James | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
The Jamaican government and Alcan have sent to arbitration a dispute over the pricing of alumina (re

MARITIME BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
Canal Panel Sets Up Apprentice ProgramThe Panama Canal Commission March 9 will establish Mar
Maritime

THE ECONOMY WHOLESALE PRICES JUMPED IN MONTH

JOC Staff | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
The U.S. economy showed signs of re-inflating Friday as the government reported a sharp gain in whol

EX-IM PLAN TARGETS FOREIGN CUSTOMERS

Journal of Commerce Staff | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
The Export-Import Bank said it will begin financing operations and maintenance contracts of U.S. fir

CONSUMER CONFIDENCE TAKES SHARP DROP

Journal of Commerce Staff | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
Consumer confidence, which held at relatively high levels throughout most of 1986, dropped sharply i

HERMAN SHOWS UP AT IBU PICKET LINE SIGN OF SOLIDARITY

Gloria Joseph | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
Solidarity among West Coast unions motivated James Herman, president of the International Longshorem
Maritime

SUBSIDY BILL SEEN AS A BEGINNING REACTION RESTRAINED

Robert F. Morison | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
Reaction was restrained to the introduction in Congress of the first of what will be a raft of bills
Maritime

USED CRANES HELP PORT COPE WITH CARGO GROWTH

Carl Cahill | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
The number of tons of imported steel moving through the state-owned terminal here is rising rapidly
Maritime

CHARTER INDEX

JOC Staff | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as
Maritime

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TAKES STAND AGAINST SERVICE PACT LIMITATIONS

Robert F. Morison | Feb 16, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
The Justice Department's Antitrust Division doesn't support ocean carriers' ef forts to limit provis
Maritime

NEWS SUMMARY

JOC Staff | Feb 12, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
GENERAL NEWS Retail sales plummeted a record 5.8 percent in January. Page 3AFINANCIAL
Maritime

ANALYSTS EXPECT OPEC TO HOLD FIRM ON OUTPUT

(Ap) | Feb 12, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
Some members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries may be cheating on their productio

FINANCIAL BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports | Feb 12, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
S&P Rates Tokyo Debt Preliminary Triple-AStandard & Poor's Corp. assigned a preliminary trip

PICKENS GROUP SELLS SHARES IN DIAMOND SHAMROCK CORP.

(Ap) | Feb 12, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
A partnership headed by oilman T. Boone Pickens Jr. has sold its stock in Diamond Shamrock Corp. af

FOREIGN EXCHANGE

JOC Staff | Feb 12, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

OIL IMPORT TAX GETS THUMBS DOWN

Dallas Morning News | Feb 12, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
Weeks before the release of a Reagan administration study on the national security implications of r

OCCIDENTAL SIGNS INDONESIAN PACT

Journal of Commerce Special | Feb 12, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
Pertamina, the Indonesian state oil company, signed an oil exploration and production contract with

MERRILL SELLS HONG KONG STAKE

P.T. Bangsberg | Feb 12, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
After five years of anguish, Merrill Lynch's thundering herd is quietly shuffling away from a Hong K

ENERGY BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports | Feb 12, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
Japan's Arabian Oil Expects Profitable YearArabian Oil Co., Japan's largest oil producer, is

CHEVRON ACQUIRES ALL HBC SHARES

Journal of Commerce Staff | Feb 12, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
Chevron Corp. acquired all outstanding shares of Huntington Beach Co. HBC shareholders are entitled

SDR RATES

JOC Staff | Feb 12, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

DOLLAR MOVES UPWARD BASED ON THREE RUMORS

Knight-Ridder Financial | Feb 12, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
The U.S. dollar rebounded Thursday from a morning downturn traced to soft U.S. retail sales figures.

STOCKS DECLINE IN HEAVY TRADING

Gordon Platt | Feb 12, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
Stocks declined in heavy trading Thursday on news federal prosecutors filed insider trading charges

APPROACH OF NUCLEAR AGE HAS MEXICANS JITTERY

(Ap) | Feb 12, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
Mexico is on the verge of entering the age of nuclear power with the opening of its Laguna Verde pow

PREMIUM TAX EXPANSION PLAN COMES UNDER FIRE IN FLORIDA

Paula L. Green | Feb 12, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
The Florida insurance deparment and a trade group representing Florida insurers are opposed to the g

EARLY G-5 MEETING TERMED 'DIFFICULT'

(Ap) | Feb 12, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone indicated an early meeting of the Group of Five will be d

INSURANCE BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports | Feb 12, 1987, 7:00 PM EST
150 Groups Join To Fight Budget CutsOne hundred fifty groups representing physicians, hospit
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