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When trains loaded with 10,000 tons of chemicals rumble down the Columbia River Gorge and roll past

The European market for organic colorants is projected to climb to 167,300 tons by 1991 from a 1987

U.S. and Japanese officials acknowledge that their latest agreement to increase sales of U.S. consum

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Sweden's largest insurance company says its newly acquired U.S. insurance company will concentrate o

American International Group Inc., the large international insurance company, reportedly will move 2

MAJOR QUAKE REPORTED IN SAN FRANCISCO AREAA strong earthquake jolted Northern California Mon

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. will cut its common stock dividend 27 percent under a plan that will sett

AUSTRALIAN MINERS END 10-DAY WALKOUTSYDNEY, Australia - Striking Australian coal miners retu

Here, amid the ancient rice paddies and verdant vegetable gardens northeast of Tokyo, lies the airpo

Controlling interest in Braniff Inc. has been acquired by BIA-COR Holdings, a real estate investment

THIONYL CHLORIDE UP AT OXYCHEMNIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - Occidental Chemical Corp. is increasing

A Panamanian cargo ship and a South Korean fishing boat collided early Monday in the East China Sea

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The Federal Maritime Commission at its next scheduled meeting Wednesday, June 29, will consider the

FREE MARKETS SEEN TRIGGERING FARM LOSSLONDON - Total reliance on free market forces to contr

The insurance industry must prove to Congress that it needs the McCarran- Fergus on antitrust exempt

MOZAMBIQUE PLANT TO BE REACTIVATEDLISBON, Portugal - Portugal, Mozambique and South Africa s

Competitive bidding for electricity capacity in New York state may be hindered by a turf battle betw

Plastic container demand is projected to grow over 5 percent a year through 1992 to 7.6 billion poun

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. of New Orleans asked Transportation Secretary James F. Burnley to halt the

Severe drought in the United States has prompted hopes that Argentina's agriculture export earnings

The Senate vote today on an amendment to legislation requiring advance notice of plant closings will

Today's Journal of Commerce was reduced in size due to technical difficulties.

CHEMFIX TECHNOLOGIES SIGNS TREATMENT PACTSMETAIRIE, La. - Chemfix Technologies Inc. recently

A story on these pages June 24 concerning cargo assessments being reduced at the Port of New York &

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The jury in a case linking the hazards of asbestos and smoking found Friday that American Tobacco Co

The 300-year-old Lloyd's of London is famous for insuring the limbs of Betty Grable, the nose of Jim

To help cope with anticipated cargo growth of around 10 percent annually over the next few years, Ai

Americans' personal income, held back by a decline in subsidy payments to farmers, rose a modest 0.3

It's official. The United Nations has given the EDI for Administration, Commerce and Transpo

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European Commission Vice President Lord Cockfield said the European Community must move toward a com

An effort to design the world's first seagoing vessel driven by superconductivi ty has begun in Japa

Western European aviation experts called on the Common Market leadership last week to remove current

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency filed lawsuits late last week against Chrysler Corp. and 11

CONSULTANT TO AUDIT NJ AGENCY OPERATIONSWOODBRIDGE, N.J. - The New Jersey Highway Authority

The sudden drop in heavy truck sales for Freightliner Corp. last month is no sign that demand is coo

A $60 million plan to rebuild Seattle's central waterfront should stress working maritime uses, comm