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The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

An expected purchase of U.S. poultry by the Soviet Union will help that nation feed its people this

Several Japanese oil companies have separately asked the Ministry of International Trade and Industr

The general public has regarded British Rail as something of a joke ever since a British Rail planne

K MART STORES USE RECYCLABLE PLASTIC BAGSK mart Corp. has begun using recyclable plastic bag

THE STOCK MARKET HAS BEEN A MOST RELIABLE predicter of recessions, someone once quipped; it has fore

Grains and soybeans surged ahead Monday as traders scrambled to buy contracts following rumors that

An old train ship destined for the scrap heap is causing a lot of commotion off the Soviet coast.

1424 (Oct. 2, 1989) Previous day - 1420 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

BROKER OFFERS PROGRAM FOR FREQUENT SHIPPERSTYIII Associates Inc., a transportation broker, i

As a part of an agreement to be announced later this week in Washington, the United States and the S

REFINED NICKEL STOCKS ROSE IN FIRST 6 MONTHSStocks of refined nickel at smelter refineries r

ZENITH AGREES TO SELL ITS COMPUTER GROUPZenith Electronics Corp. said Monday it was selling

BABCOCK INDUSTRIES INC. (Fairfield, Conn.) - Harold E. Davies was named president of its Acco Materi

Members of the United States-Zimbabwe Business Council this week conclude a two-week visit to the Un

The U.K. opposition Labour Party is in favor of joining the exchange rate mechanism of the European

The telefax machine, a device that would have sent shivers down the spines of old-time doctrinaire d

State and local governments have appointed members of the new board in charge of Philadelphia's port

THREE COMPANIES SHIP AID FREE OF CHARGELINDEN, N.J. - Relief cargoes for victims of Hurrican

Oct. 2, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

The Intermodal Container Transfer Facility, which has been operating less than three years at the ne

Two U.S.-flag ocean carriers are questioning the Military Sealift Command's decision to reject bids

A resurgence in wheat export demand and tighter-than-expected U.S. wheat stocks has bolstered soft r

ITEL REPORTS INCREASE IN ITS SHARE OF APCOAKLAND, Calif. - Itel Corp. notified the Securitie

Prudential Insurance Co. of America has filed a $31 million lawsuit against three law firms over a c

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

Local longshore contract negotiations in Philadelphia, New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., were heading do

Donald N. DeMarino had no illusions about his job as the newest deputy assistant secretary for Afric

It's Monday afternoon and 200 cattle are up for auction at Peoria Union Stock Yards Co. A da

Buyers and sellers alike agree the steam coal market is firming, but the Tennessee Valley Authority

Sept. 29, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

Oryx Energy Co. will concentrate future domestic exploration efforts on natural gas, even as it is a

Sept. 29, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Electronic data interchange took another important step forward here last week as some 120 delegates

Americans stayed away in droves, but enough regional buyers piled into Christie's auctions of Chines

The Interstate Commerce Commission has approved the sale of a line givingtrains operated by

U.S. and West Germany last week began treaty talks in Washington, and Charlotte, N.C., leaders are r

CORROON & BLACK CORP. (NEW YORK) - Ronald J. Taylor, currently president of the company's Reinsuran

The state's Agent Orange Commission gained new life Thursday when the Assembly voted to appropriate

Rising prices for plywood and copper - materials widely used in the home construction industry - pus