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California truckers who carry household and office goods may get a 25 percent rate increase next wee

Pine Top Insurance Co. was placed in liquidation with about $76 million more in liabilities than ass

The U.S. dollar pushed broadly higher Wednesday on speculation Japan and West Germany may soon lower

Occidental Petroleum Co. hit oil in the Peruvian jungle, and the well is capable of producing 8,065

The gradual decontrol of the oil industry in Israel begins this month. "Decontrol includes a

Agricultural prospects in South Africa are the "best in years," the South African Agricultural Union

The Department of Agriculture said it planned to purchase fruit and vegetable products, including or

The Soviet Union will impose no taxes for the first two years on joint venture arrangements between

Inflation registered the lowest reading in 25 years during 1986 with U.S. consumer prices rising on

The average U.S. factory worker earns as much as $9 for every dollar paid a worker in South Korea, L

The golden arches of McDonald's may soon be attracting Moscow residents eager for the taste of a Big

The indebted countries of Latin America can expect interest rates charged by foreign banks to fall n

In 11 years as director of the Alabama State Docks, Robert M. Hope has weathered two governors, the

A dockworkers' strike looms on the horizon at the port of Miami if Seaboard Marine Ltd. sets up oper

Sen. Lauricella Wins New Orleans AwardState Sen. Francis E. Hank" Lauricella of New Orleans

The Greek Chamber of Shipping is seeking government authorization to set up a marine stock exchange,

A task force of New Jersey corporate leaders, following a year-long study of liability insurance, ha

Twelve workers were contaminated by a radioactive leak at the world's largest nuclear reprocessing p

Air express carriers are slated next month to unveil revised Electronic Data Interchange standards t

The so-called "big four" sugar exporters - Australia, Brazil, the European Community and Cuba - are

GENERAL NEWSThe U.S. inflation rate is the lowest in 25 years, and home building performed s

The Bundesbank wouldn't make an early announcement about whether it will hold a press conference aft

Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone told California's Gov. George Deukmejian Wednesday that changing Ja

Mazda Motor Corp. will concentrate this year on developing its share of the domestic Japanese auto m

A key player in aviation issues before Congress said he has serious problems with industry proposals

Ryan Says It Won Pact To Operate UPS FleetWICHITA, Kan. - Ryan International Airlines, which

Highway funding legislation was moving on the legislative fast track in both houses of Congress this

Too many high-technology products are on the illegal exports list, said Theodore W. Wu, Commerce dep

Sino-Japanese Talks TOKYO - Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone met with Chinese Vice Premier T

US-Iran Talks Defined NICOSIA, Cyprus - Iran's Prime Minister Hussein Musavi said that the U

Swiss, EC Near Accord On Removing BarriersGENEVA, Switzerland - Swiss life insurers are unha

The government told several power plants to stop using polluting fuelsbecause weather-relate

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

French state-run oil group Compagnie Francaise des Petroles, or Total-CFP, is delaying the developme

Mexico to Hike Price Of Oil by 40 CentsMexico's state-owned oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos

The port of Pascagoula plans to wrap up a 25-year master plan in 1987 with completion of a new termi

The Reagan administration and Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker made conflicting proposals

Willy de Clercq, the European Community's external relations commissioner, arrives in Washington tod

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