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Terminal Corp. Terminal Corp. BuysLumber OperationThe Terminal Corp. has purchased t

Kemper Reports Drop In Operating IncomeLONG GROVE, Ill. - Kemper Corp. reported Tuesday that

General Accident Faces Pullout Battle in Mass.Massachusetts insurance regulators and General

Some ports sponsor beauty contests and dinner dances, but in fitness-minded Los Angeles, the port is

A bankruptcy court has shielded United States Lines pension funds from being used by the company for

Knight-Ridder Inc., the media company that owns The Journal of Commerce, reported fourth quarter ear

A Cheltenham, Pa., man has accused Hertz Corp. in a federal lawsuit of using falsified damage claims

Southern Co.'s Sales Of Electricity Rose 6 percentThe Southern Co. said that total electrici

Software publisher CRS Systems has added new capabilities to its Express Package Shipping System. CR

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1427.0 (Feb. 3, 1988) Previous day - 1408.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchang

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

Sears, Roebuck and Co., one of the nation's largest importers, posted stronger earnings in the fourt

Sea-Land Corp. has restructured the marketing organization of Sea-Land Service, its containership su

Delta Airlines said its merger with Western Airlines and the establishment of a hub at Cincinnati he

Taiwan Considers Plan To Cut Trade SurplusTAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan is considering a plan to r

Continued voluntary restraints on exports of steel to the United States will injure U.S. wire produc

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China must open its domestic markets even wider before it can become a full- fledged member of the w

The AFL-CIO is urging the Senate Labor Committee not to add more benefits to proposals mandating tha

Martha Seger may be a voice in the wilderness among the six members of the Federal Reserve Board, wi

Miss. Utility Receives Aluminum Railcar BidThrall Car Manufacturing Co. said it submitted a

The fuel-grade ethanol industry will depend on federal and state subsidies at least through the turn

Kenan Earnings Slide In Final Quarter of '87CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Kenan Transport Co. reported

Maritrans Partners LP, a partnership that manages a fleet of tugboats and ocean tank barges, reporte

Factory orders shot up 2.5 percent in December, with much of the strength coming from a big increase

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

It's 8 p.m., but tomorrow has already arrived on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade. Tr

Federal Bankruptcy Judge James E. Yacos, who will preside over the reorganization of Public Service

Using a plan developed when an oil barge sank at the entrance to Long Island Sound, salvage crews th

A Maersk Line containership was due to begin unloading containers in Tacoma on Wednesday after a stu

British Aerospace Unit Promotes 4 ExecutivesBritish Aerospace Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of t

Ferry workers continued an illegal strike into a second day on Wednesday, forcing the suspension of

Consumption Up In Textile SectorCHESTER, N.J. - U.S. consumption of textile finishing agents

Prices for a variety of crude drugs are moving up, as droughts in Spain and India create shortages,

Traffic Club of Philadelphia, rail night and election, Feb. 8. Williamson's Restaurant, Belmont and

A RECENT GATHERING OF WHEAT SHIPPERS from eight states and reps from two railroads has earned divide

Trade Bill Rated No. 1 Priority for CongressTwo powerful congressional leaders said Wednesda

The House Mining Subcommittee has scheduled a March 10 hearing to take Congress' first look at the i

Western technology and money are needed to further explore for and develop oil and gas in Southeast