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Air Canada should be privatized as soon as possible, Claude Taylor, chairman of the state-owned airl

West Germany purchased 5 percent to 8 percent more goods from the United States in 1986 than a year

Air Cargo Move Seen To Surface TransportSPRINGFIELD GARDENS, N.Y. - Julius B Kupersmit, pres

U.S. corporations are intensifying their efforts to persuade the Reagan administration to ease some

Guinness PLC's stock price plummeted Monday following the company's announcement that it has set up

Officials from the world's eight leading coffee exporting countries decided Friday to call a full me

COMMERCE CHATTER: Senate Commerce Committee this week expected to name the subcommittees that will

Foreign capital flowing into West Germany last November set a record monthly high, according to the

Americans took out $4.02 billion more in consumer debt than they paid off in November, the lowest mo

Orders booked last November for new West German machines were 8 percent below the level a year befor

Sex Discrimination Suit Settled Out of CourtAn out of court settlement was announced in a cl

Japan's electronics industry showed little surprise at Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.'s recent r

Laidlaw Transportation Ltd. reported fiscal first quarter earnings of C$26.2 million, or 24 cents a

American Trucking Associations is expected to reaffirm its longtime support of rate regulation and c

Although P-I-E Nationwide Inc. claims to have developed the industry's first electronic bill of ladi

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Wooten cleared the way for McLean Trucking Co. to pay about 3,650 forme

The West German railroad is losing millions of marks because of the French rail strike that began D

The strikes crippling French trains and Paris subways have given fading unions - especially the Comm

The Federal Reserve hopes to prevent Japanese banks, even indirectly, from easily buying up U.S. ban

Reeves Transportation Buys Carpet ServicesPRESTON, Md. - Preston Corp.'s Reeves Transportati

Brazil is planning to reduce its coal purchases from traditional sources, which include the United S

The Flying Tiger Line continues its battle to prevent Cargolux Airlines International from beginning

Target Names Willson As Overseer in CanadaTarget Airfreight Inc. said it selected Willson Fr

American Hoechst Corp. announced that its tender offer for all ofthe outstanding shares of common st

New York Sen. Alfonse D'Amato is not happy with a General Accounting Office report on the Shoreham n

Damon Biotech Inc. signed an agreement with a leading Japanese pharmaceutical firm for the commercia

MMFG Buys FiberglassCompanyBRISTOL, Va. - Morrison Molded Fiber Glass Co., a subsidi

G.D. Searle & Co. announced that Cytotec (misoprostol), the first anti-ulcerdrug designed bo

Cascara Bark Mart Remains Soft The market for cascara sagrada bark remains soft and is expec

Friday, January 9, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Concorde flights between the West Coast and Hawaii may become available soon. A charter tour

Arco Chemical Co. announced the completion of the sale of its Arco Building Products units, ChemLink

Illinois Central Gulf Debt Ratings ConfirmedMoody's Investors Service confirmed the debt rat

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

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

Bank of Japan authorities will "intervene forcefully" in foreign exchange markets in an ongoing atte

Heavy central bank intervention enabled the U.S. dollar to maintain a steady tone Friday as the mark

Columbus New Zealand Rejoins E. Coast ServiceNEW YORK Columbus Line's Columbus New Zealan

The Mediterranean-USA Shipping Conference, covering routes from southern Europe and the Mediterranea

Transportation stocks sprang to life Friday after lagging blue-chip issues during the stunning New Y