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Driscoll Is Leaving Ore. Commissioner PostJosephine Driscoll, leaving office as Oregon insur

Oil exploration in Kenya is to receive a major boost in 1987 as U.S. and European oil companies move

It's a story often repeated in the energy industry: A producing company cannot sell natural gas beca

Crowley May Start New Barge ServiceCrowley Maritime Corp. said it may start a new barge serv

Senators, congressmen, a mayor and a governor showed up for day one of a hearing before a federal ad

Truck safety will decline under California's new motor carrier regulations, the California Trucking

If the United States goes ahead with increased duties on European gin, brandy, white wines, cheeses

Auto parts will be the Brazilian export hardest hit by Washington's decision last week to eliminate

Prospects for U.S. budget deficits to remain at high levels mean the growth- sapping trade deficit w

The fate of Korea Shipping Corp. remains undecided as South Korea's oldest and largest container lin

Thai maize exports last year rose 22 percent from a year earlier to a record 3,771,434 tons, the nat

Confirmation from Hapag-Lloyd, the West German shipping line, that its North Atlantic services will

Australian shipping officials are generally agreed that 1987 will be a tough year for the industry,

Grain exports declined 54 percent through Baltimore's three major elevators, and industry observers

Gulf Shipping Normal After Helicopter AttackMANAMA, Bahrain Merchant navigation in the so

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

Pratt & Lambert Inc. acquired Universe Paint Co., of Marysville, Calif. (Sacramento) for an undisclo

Hercules Inc. announced that it will not proceed with its previously announced tenderoffer for any a

Soviets, Finland to Sign Nuclear Accident PactHELSINKI, Finland - The Soviet Union and Finla

Adler & Shaykin entered into a letter of intent to sell its Joy Manufacturing Co. petroleum equipmen

OPEC-Mandated Prices Cost Kuwait 2 ContractsMANAMA, Bahrain - The Kuwait Petroleum Corp. can

China, the world's fourth-largest producer of steel, is planning heavyinvestments in the ind

Port of Grays Harbor officials are breathing easier now that the president's fiscal 1988 budget incl

Malaysia Reports Rise In Its Trade SurplusKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's trade surplus

Improving management, production and economic efficiency of industrial enterprises will be China's t

While Federal Express was making headlines with its ill-fated ZapMail electronic facsimile service,

Nearly half of the nation's air traffic controllers are asking the government to recognize a fledgli

Retail sales fell in nearly all of Mexico in 1986, especially in pharmacies and book stores, and in

Roundly criticized for a lack of public and private investment priorities, the Brazilian government

The European Commission said Tuesday it has cleared the creation of five commodity markets in London

British Gas PLC, the recently privatized utility, will self-insure its non- marine and marine risks

Brazilian Exporters Urge Action on PolicySAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazilian Santos state coffee e

The Customs Service set the initial rates on its new system of assessing interest on underpayments a

Himont Offers Two FormsOf PP ResinsWILMINGTON, Del. - Himont U.S.A. Inc. is offering

Carbide Hikes Surfactant Prices DANBURY, Conn. - Union Carbide Corp. announced an increase i

Petroleum prices on the spot markets edged up this week following a run-up in futures prices on both

GENERAL NEWS The Reagan administration can expect help from Congress on the budget, like it

President Reagan proposed new legislation to charge employers higher insurance fees if they don't ad

The Reagan administration unveiled part of its program to help make the U.S. economy more internatio

The three Rotterdam conventional cargo handlers that hoped to merge under the name Triton abandoned