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The United States and Mexico will begin exploratory talks toward the negotiation of a comprehensive

A government lawyer who represents the public interest recommended United Parcel Service Inc. over E

S&P AFFIRMS UPGRADE ON FEDERAL DEBTStandard and Poor's Corp. affirmed three Federal Express

The U.S. dollar was lower late Monday except against the Japanese yen in ex- tremely slow trading re

June 11, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) June 11, 1990Bid AskedCopper-

PHELPS DODGE WORKERS OK TENTATIVE PACTPhelps Dodge Corp. has reached a tentative 3-year labo

Florida East Coast Railway Co. will be the rail carrier for R.R. Donnelley and Sons Co.'s new plant

While West Coast ports rush to build on-dock rail transfer yards, the Intermodal Container Transfer

Mon., June 11,1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

A nine-man Coast Guard-federal government investigative panel investigating oil spills in New York H

A story that appeared on Page 1B in The Journal of Commerce June 7 under the headline "Seifert to Le

In a last-minute change of events, four ocean carriers were excused from testifying before the Feder

MIDWAY AIRLINES flew 400.2 million revenue passenger-miles in May, up 35.8 percent from 294.7 millio

After almost five years of experience with the centralized examination of cargo in Southern Californ

The Pacific Rim is catching up to the United States as an export market for British Columbia.

High leather prices and an overvalued local currency are badly pinching the toes of Brazilian shoe e

ROMANIA FACES $25 MILLION QUAKE BILLBUCHAREST, Romania - Romania must spend more than $25 mi

Leading foreign chemical companies dramatically strengthened their position in the U.S. chemical ind

If a package absolutely must be delivered overnight, why not send it for same- day delivery if the p

EXXON DELAYS RESTART OF MARINE OPERATIONSMarine operations at Exxon Co. U.S.A.'s Bayway refi

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Japanese electronics giant Hitachi Ltd. dazzled the world's media when it announced last week it had

Norfolk Southern Corp. considered selling its North American Van Lines division but chose instead to

Last week's major oil spill in New York Harbor is likely to put more pressure on Congress to complet

Texas Instruments Inc. Friday joined a growing list of major defense contractors laying off Texans b

The Illinois Department of Insurance has formed the Urban Area Insurance Task Force as the beginning

Indonesia's coal production rose sharply in 1989 to 8.7 million metric tons, a 31 percent increase o

GRACE ENERGY CORP. (Dallas) - Robert W. Cannon, senior vice president of Grace Energy and president

Echoing New York's former mayor, Ed ("How'm I Doin'?") Koch, the new boss at Eastern Airlines, Marti

June 8, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

J.B. Fuqua never attended college, but the senior chairman of Atlanta-based Fuqua Industries Inc. is

RUSSIAN REPUBLIC SAYS ITS LAWS ARE SUPREMEThe Russian Federation, the largest Soviet republi

1278 (June 8, 1990) Previous day - 1297 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Speculation about who might be the next Federal Reserve vice chairman centered last week on David Mu

The director of Port Manatee on Florida's Gulf Coast last week accused the rival Port of Tampa of u

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT when insurance brokers convene, but it's neverdull. So

Union des Assurances de Paris (UAP), France's largest French insurance company, has been accused of

New York Mercantile Exchange June 7, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

The expanding Japanese power industry is counting on more U.S. coal supplies but not before American