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Liability coverage is costing consulting engineering firms an average 23 percent more than last year

The New York insurance superintendent said Tuesday that the current system of regulating insurance p

A $16 billion cleanup of the federal government's nuclear reservation in Eastern Washington appears

Japanese to Receive Oil Price CompensationAbu Dhabi will compensate Japanese oil companies f

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

Exploration contracts were signed Monday between Indonesia's state energy monopoly Pertamina and com

Rail freight carloadings for key commodities increased 7.2 percent in January over the same month of

Ivar Loevald, administrative director of Wilh. Wilhelmsen Ltd., denies that he is considering resign

Official Word Out: Philbin Is FMC ChiefIt's finally official: Edward J. Philbin is the new c

1563.5 (Feb. 29, 1988) Previous day - 1562.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchan

Topgallant Group has dropped its antitrust suit against Sea-Land Corp., said Jack Abrams, the group'

Sea-Land Service Inc. got a very good deal when it bought the 12 Econships formerly operated by Unit

The Maritime Administration has accepted a purchase option from Shell International Inc. of London t

Arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol rose more than 220 percentfrom 1970 to 19

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

Richard D. Sanborn was chosen to succeed L. Stanley Crane at the helm of Conrail. Mr. Sanbor

A British businessman stationed outside Chicago needs a day-old copy of his hometown newspaper, The

With U.S. exports booming and air cargo rates across the Pacific due to rise 10 percent to 15 percen

Fokker Delivers First 100 TwinjetsSwissair Monday accepted the first delivery of the new Fok

The U.S. economy has shrugged off the worst effects of the October stock market collapse and should

Japan and West Germany could make for a sounder world economic system by adopting more market-orient

March winds usually blow in the best of times for U.S. kite makers. But these days it's not just the

The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad changed its name this week in a back-to- basics move that officia

The azure sky above this booming ocean city is pierced, seemingly in all directions, by the spiny fi

Waterman Steamship Corp. wants to offer direct service between U.S. North Atlantic ports and those i

Another asbestos manufacturer has withdrawn from the Asbestos Claims Facility. Eagle-Picher

More than 1,000 key players in the trucking industry are gathered here for the annual meeting and e

The excitement in the air cargo industry will be increasingly centered on the export side of the bus

Producer prices for copper fell below $1.00 a pound Monday following sharply lower prices on the Com

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Canadians are missing opportunities to sell into the fast-growing Asian market by concentrating too

Suzuki of America Automotive Corp. said it launched an investigation to find out who's behind errone

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

There isn't much demand for fur coats in subtropical Hong Kong, but the colony is the world's leadin

AIR CARGO Excitement and thrills in the air cargo industry will be increasingly centered on

Environmental Diagnostics Inc. reported that the company has signed an exclusive distribution agreem

When Bloomington-Normal Seating Co. suggested that a hot line be installed at its plant and at the n

Automotive suppliers and motor carriers for the new Diamond-Star Motors Corp. assembly plant are get

Australian coal companies are optimistic that the downward trend in prices has bottomed. Bu

The latest turn of events in often-strained U.S.-Romania trade relations once again threatens to dis