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Taiwan is facing some hard choices about its internal path, even as it battles with the United State

A company that got its start grading railroad routes across Indian Territory, as Oklahoma was once k

Japanese Utility Plans 2 Atomic Power PlantsNIIGATA, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. will b

Fertilizer ProductionDown 10 percentProduction of the combined fertilizer nutrient g

W.R. Grace & Co. announced the extension of its $20.50 a share tender offer for all of the outstandi

Celanese Corp. acquired a $12 million equity interest in Codon, a privately held biotechnology compa

New Hampshire Yankee Corp. officials are encouraged" by a federal contractor's determination that on

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says Boston Edison Co.'s emergency procedures at its Pilgrim nucle

San Diego Gas and Electric Co. eliminated nearly 200 positions since June andplans more trim

Igene Biotechnology Inc. announced one of its proprietary bacterial enzymes is being used in a new e

In keeping with its five-year, $1 billion capital expenditure program, BASF Corp. expects to invest

A 165-megawatt natural gas-fired cogeneration project will be built in Bayonne, N.J., by a partnersh

The U.S. dollar advanced Thursday on the market's bullish reaction to a 0.5 percent gain in retail s

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

U.S. coal exporters who traditionally supply Japanese steel mills with high quality coking coal face

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

Thursday, Dec. 11, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

As competition for Navy shipbuilding and repair contracts goes into high gear, Puget Sound shipbuild

December 11, 1986 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

Following recent Japanese Finance Ministry approval, Nomura Securities Co. and Daiwa Securities Co.

Saudi Arabia may be prepared to accept a modest across-the-board cut in the present Organization of

Nestle AG, the world's No. 1 food-processing concern, has signed an agreement for the setting up of

The Northwest European spot oil market steadied in response to tentative signs that the Organization

A state commission is seeking an attorney general's ruling on whether the Port of Houston Authority

Ex-Im Bank to Help Boost Sales to IndonesiaJAKARTA, Indonesia - The U.S. Export-Import Bank

IDB CHILE - $40.5 million from the Inter-American Development Bank to help improve sanitatio

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York added five firms dealing in U.S. govern ment securities to its

America Honda Motor Co. is negotiating with Sanyang Industry Co. in Taiwan to ship 1,000 to 2,000 Ac

The U.S. government should be doing more to assist hard-pressed exporters in winning new markets, bu

Chinese citizens who have become prosperous under China's economic reforms will have to pay an inco

Bridges don't die like people do, but when they fail they still require autopsies. Enter the

The folks at Digital Microwave Corp. hope a dish on every roof becomes as common as a chicken in eve

The $7.7 billion new loan facility being arranged for Mexico shows the world's financial system has

US Retail Sales Rebound WASHINGTON - U.S. retail sales rebounded in November from October's

Dag to Join Cool CarriersAs PresidentSTOCKHOLM, Sweden - Bo Natt Och Dag, president

PARTING SHOTS (IN THE DARK): This is my last column for the Journal of Commerce, but I didn't want

General cargo movement through Hampton Roads last month was down 15.7 percentfrom November 1

Canada and the United States remain far apart on their softwood lumber dispute, in spite of proposal

Some of the nation's largest profitable corporations will be able to legally avoid federal income ta