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

EC DUMPING DUTIES SET ON COPPER SULFATEBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community Commission

One of the nation's youngest air freight forwarding companies and one of the Netherland's oldest in

The sudden acceleration this year of large tonnage shipments of garbage and other solid waste from N

The chief executive of the Arab world's largest shipping firm on Monday predicted a boom in Persian

Iowa Electric Light & Power Co. reported a 3.6 percent increase in kilowatt- hour electricity sales

This year's orders for Boeing Co. commercial jets are expected to climb to an all-time record of $20

The down-sizing of Eastern Air Lines was preordained 2 1/2 years ago. Perhaps even earlier.

AMERICAN PRESIDENT COMPANIES (Oakland, Calif.) - Peter M. Ruotsi was named vice president and qualit

A new major furor over Karen B. Phillips' nomination to the Interstate Commerce Commission has erupt

Japanese and South Korean companies are looking for a flood of orders when Iran and Iraq start to re

Coffee prices fell again in London Monday as traders worried about the impact of a sharp decline las

Southern California's transportation community wants to know if it should get wired. And in

STEVE JOBS' COMPUTER IS SLOW TO MATERIALIZESAN JOSE, Calif. - Steve Jobs seems destined to c

NEW LEAK MAY DELAY SHUTTLE'S TEST-FIRINGCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - NASA detected a new liquid hy

SmithKline Beckman Corp. reached a final agreement to invest $49 million in Nova Pharmaceutical Corp

India has been exporting spices and botanicals to the West for more than 1,000 years. And the commer

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A small company in Acton, Mass., is enjoying sales success abroad by making sure its overseas employ

The Terminal Corp. in suburban Baltimore is adding a stevedoring arm to its warehouse and trucking o

The debate over whether the European Community needs a single central bank is widening. Last

The U.S. dollar declined broadly Monday in quiet trading. Dealers said they were surprised a

A surging Canadian dollar is squeezing Canadian exporters' profits in the United States, forcing man

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Commodity Research Bureau: CRB Futures Index 6A* Albert Kraus - Wa

NUI Corp. is looking forward to more acquisitions in the gas utility business after completing the m

James Roe has joined The Journal of Commerce as vice president-systems, a new position, responsible

Consumption of bleach chemicals in North America is forecast to increase from 6.6 billion to 10 bill

A four-year-old U.S. policy of giving trade preference to small Caribbean nations has helped turn Am

WORLD COTTON OUTPUT MAY EXCEED USAGEWASHINGTON - World cotton production is expected to exce

FEDERAL EXPRESS HIKES TURBOFAN ENGINE ORDEREVANDALE, Ohio - Federal Express Corp. increased

Two employees of a Queens mental hospital have been accused of conspiring to generate more than $35,

1196 (Aug. 1, 1988) Previous day - 1197 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

TRUCKING FIRM TO END MOST NORTHEAST SERVICEOVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Ailing American Freight Sys

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

Wall Street is bearish on Bush. A poll taken among investment managers shows 52.6 percent ex

NORWEST CORP. (Minneapolis) - Ronald J. Havlik was named president and chief executive of Norwest Ba

Like harsh winters and high taxes, it is an enduring fact of life here. Each year, hundreds

AMERICAN CYANAMID ACQUIRES CONAP INC.WAYNE, N.J. - American Cyanamid Co. acquired Olean, N.Y

Boeing Co. reported second quarter income of $160 million, or $1.05 a share, on revenue of $4.7 bill

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