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Flags of convenience are here to stay and will grow, Liberia declared in a spirited defense of the o

Labor leaders and opposition groups reacted bitterly to the government's decision to lift price cont

Mexico Appoints Pemex DirectorFrancisco Jose Rojas Gutierrez, a close associate of President

The Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident in the Soviet Union last April produced no urgent reason

General Motors Expects Increase in Truck SalesTwo new full-size General Motors Corp. pickup

Americans took out $105 million more in consumer credit than they paid off inDecember, the s

The U.S. share of the South Korean feed grain market is rapidly eroding due to greater use of feed-q

A few years ago, some Americans fretted that the Japanese were poised to race ahead of the United St

Two U.S. studios have signed a major television licensing agreement with China's only national telev

The Interstate Commerce Commission adopted final rules clearing the way for trucking companies to se

The Department of Transportation sent an order to the president establishing the legal framework for

Midway Airlines said it dedicated one of its Boeing 737-200 aircraft to the city of Orlando, Fla., i

A few surprises may be in store for some companies when the Harmonized System of Coding goes into ef

Chrysler Corp.'s principal operating unit, Chrysler Motors Corp., is talking with distributors in Eu

The United States will not hesitate to take legislative or executive action against attempts to subv

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

Americans invented the transistor in 1947 and the integrated circuit on a small silicon chip a decad

GENERAL NEWSThe January employment report, one of the first major readings of the economy th

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Postings for spot natural gas sold on the Natural Gas Clearinghouse Inc. generally rose in February,

Fiberglass Sales ForecastTo Grow 2.5 percentSales of fiberglass composites will grow

Transcon Reports Loss for QuarterEL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Transcon Inc. reported its loss narrow

Cars may be smaller and construction may have slowed, but demand for steel is not plunging the way t

The European Community and the United States face stormy trade relations, despite the recent settlin

Despite heavy foreign competition, many U.S. electronics companies say business conditions for their

With a successful Treasury refunding accomplished, the credit markets are likely to drift downward w

The dollar moved higher Friday on news of a huge increase in January non-farm em ployment and a repo

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

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The U.S. Customs Service unveiled its new $5 million "war room" in the Reagan administration's war o

Last December, The Journal of Commerce offered free help-wanted classified ads to former employees o

Seattle port commissioners voted unanimously to jump into the hotly contested on-dock rail race - bu

The top priority for New York State's utilities during the 1987 session of the state legislature is

Bigger is getting to be not always better in the property and casualty business. The loss of

American General Profits FlatAmerican General Corp. reported fairly flat fourth quarter oper

Oil prices fell in Europe, despite a smooth start to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countri

Cuomo Leads Opposition To NRC Reactor PlanALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. Mario Cuomo called on

TRUCKING INDUSTRY DEREGULATION legislation may be ready for congressional consideration within two w

The government's report on January employment, one of the first major readings of the economy in the

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