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Only five years ago, the arrival of the latest vintage of Beaujolais Nouveau, the new batch of young

The fur industry probably wishes it had a muzzle for the U.S. Humane Society, which this fall launch

Houston Lighting & Power Co. said Friday that it received a low power operating license for unit 2 o

SCECORP (Rosemead, Calif.) - David N. Barry III was elected vice president and general counsel of SC

COLOMBIA BACKS OPEC IN BID TO BOOST PRICESBOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia supports the Organizat

The federal government is dusting off its offshore gas and oil exploration program, but the wariness

The U.S. chemical industry will turn in another banner year in sales and profits, according to trade

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A story headlined Shipper Loses Bid to Waive Tariff Fee in The Journal of Commerce Dec. 12 on Page 5

CONRAIL (Philadelphia) - R. Paul Carey was named general manager, Albany division, and will be based

The World Bank has approved $552.7 million in major loans and other financial assistance to China an

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

Act now or pay later, speakers and registrants at a recent electronic data interchange conference wa

The Federal Aviation Administration gave final approval last week for Airbus Industrie's A320-200 to

David Gunn oversees the largest subway system in the world with the enthusiasm of a boy playing with

INDEX POINTS TO SOFTERUS GROWTHColumbia University's leading indexes of U.S. economi

Japan may well join the rest of the world on the higher interest-rate bandwagon but it will do so qu

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

The incoming Bush administration must not wait too long to come up with a reasonable solution to the

The U.S. dollar was broadly higher Thursday on indications of a tightening of money supply by the Fe

The best Christmas present Hong Kong toy manufacturers could get would be enough sales - especially

Crime may not pay, but the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey is finding it sure costs to fight

JAPANESE TRADERS RESIST PRICE HIKESDelegations from Iran, Kuwait and Iraq are in Japan seeki

Computers have brought a rare harmony to a corner of the maritime industry. Data processing

The Interstate Commerce Commission has denied a request from the state of Montana to reopen the proc

Raising the federal gas tax to reduce the budget deficit would jeopardize future funding for an alre

Japanese and American tourists and businessmen can travel to each other's countries without a visa u

TAIWAN BOOSTS IMPORTS OF US TURKEY MEATTAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's import ceiling for U.S. tur

The Dutch unit of a local conglomerate is holding talks on a merger with NV Medicopharma, a Dutch su

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Dec. 15, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

LYKES SEEKS TO ADD SUBSIDIZED VOYAGELykes Bros. Steamship Co. is seeking Maritime Administra

The nation's insurance regulators hammered out details Thursday for a final vote on a variety of mod

The American Insurance Association has recommended some form of competitive automobile insurance sys

Canadian National Railways plans to inaugurate the first regularly scheduled double-stack service in

The U.S. Department of Agriculture set the calendar 1989 U.S. sugar import quota at 1.125 million me

The European Community Thursday ordered its member states to deregulate the telecommunications servi

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

One observer called the stalled effort to send 200,000 tons of wheat to Pakistan aboard a super-size

Mobil Chemical Co. says it has eliminated the use of chlorofluorocarbon blowing agents in producing