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

AFG Renews Offer For Lear Siegler SharesAFG Partners has renewed its bid to buy Lear Siegler

The government plans to relax controls over the supply of several key materials, including scrap iro

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

Iran-Iraq Conflict NICOSIA, Cyprus - Iraq said its warplanes attacked an oil tanker in the g

The adoption of a model Risk Retention Act and the denial of a proposal to include defense costs wit

The growing determination of southern African states to implement economic sanctions against South A

Containerization & Intermodal Institute. All-day seminar on the impact of the 1984 Shipping Act on c

Shintech LaunchesPVC UnitFREEPORT, Texas - A new company, K-Bin Inc., a wholly owned

THIS TIME THE RUMORS ARE TRUE. Lyndon Olson, chairman of the Texas State Board of Insurance, confirm

GENERAL NEWSThe folks at Digital Microwave Corp. hope a dish on every roof becomes as common

The huge imbalance of trade between Japan and the European Community is expected to dominate talks t

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

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

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

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

Edward J. Muhl, insurance commissioner of Maryland, and John E. Washburn, Illinois's director of ins

Volkswagen do Brasil has sold its share of a giant cattle ranch - almost half the size of Rhode Isla

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

Fertilizer ProductionDown 10 percentProduction of the combined fertilizer nutrient g

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

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

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

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

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

The State Department hopes to pin down Peruvian officials on that country's maritime policy.

Demonstrators from the International Longshoremen's Association showed up Thursday for a meeting of

The port of San Francisco is considering a proposal to expand its cruise ship terminal. Port

Nineteen years ago, the corroded steel bars on Point Pleasant, W. Va.'s Silver bridge finally gave w

EC to Likely Furnish Syria's '86-87 WheatThe reported sale of 646,000 metric tons of French

Following Algeria's disappointing attempt to boost overseas sales of liquefied natural gas, or LNG,

Soviet inventories of cattle, hogs and poultry on state and collective farms were all at record leve

Car Deliveries to Ports Lag Behind Last Year'sFreight car deliveries to port areas are runni

Israeli hoteliers say fear of terrorism has precipitated such a sharp drop in tourism that they may

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

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

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

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