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Key bauxite mines in Suriname, closed last November after attacks by anti- government rebels, are to

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

A trouble-plagued Sino-U.S. joint venture is receiving its second financial bailout in six weeks, of

A slump in electricity sales and mounting debt have forced the Bonneville Power Administration to in

Tennessee Valley Authority bought only 9,500 tons of steam coal, all for its Kingston, Tenn., steam

HTI Ships Inc. and its subsidiary Island Shipping Lines Ltd., which operates in the Guam-Japan trade

The Glidden Co. and Shinto Paint Co. of Osaka, Japan, have signed a technical licensing agreement na

The U.S. dollar fell sharply Friday on news of a downward revision in second quarter U.S. gross nati

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

The investigation of the Aug. 16 crash of Northwest Airlines' Flight 255 turned toward human factors

Singapore Airlines has ordered its first all-freighter version of the Boeing 747, and a West German

The government will offer part of its 31.5 percent holding in the British Petroleum Co. to investors

The Argentine government is considering a proposal to build Albania's first nuclear reactor, a senio

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Astronomers think they've found a way to take the twinkle out of stars. If it works, it coul

For comedians and cartoonists, the letter that's late or the check that's in the mail but never quit

The agreement signed Friday by Argentina to restructure $34 billion of its $54 billion foreign debt

The Chilean government is considering a plan to allow government-owned firms to enter into debt-for-

Australia Monitors Beef Exports to USSYDNEY, Australia - The Australian Meat and Livestock C

The U.S. Commerce Department is making incorrect assumptions about British Columbian softwood lumber

Unilever has agreed to purchase from the British Secretary of State for Education and Science part o

The Seafarers International Union of North America opens its triennial convention today facing old p

The packaging industry wants to make sure that table grapes don't turn to wine before their time.

Celebration to Mark Ore.-Calif. Rail LinkASHLAND, Ore. - A hundred years ago Charles Crocker

Venezuela on Thursday extended a weeklong military alert in the Gulf of Venezuela despite an easing

U.S. export enhancement programs are biting into markets that traditionally belonged to the European

Mack's New Workers To Report Aug. 31WINNSBORO, S.C. - An official of Mack Trucks Inc. said t

A report issued at the weekend by Japan's Economic Planning Agency stresses the country's economy fi

Harmonized System Training Course. Series of three-day courses sponsored by the National Customs Bro

The Reagan administration soon may lift remaining sanctions against certain Japanese electronic impo

The Environmental Protection Agency said it will permit growers and importers of table grapes to sel

KPL Gas Service, Topeka, Kan., said it has renewed a coal supply contract with Arch Mineral Corp. th

Modern techniques of genetic engineering are "powerful and safe" and no more dangerous than selectiv

The counsel for the Dalkon Shield Victim's Association says the case of the intrauterine device "is

A New York bankruptcy court has agreed to allow American President Lines to take over the United Sta

A refocusing on the U.S. trade deficit and other negative economic fundamentals will push the dolla

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

The Transportation Department agreed to make available to Northwest Airlines the names and addresses

The recent slide in oil prices was checked by the close of trading last week after a fall of over $2

The exploding Pacific Rim trade has increased the volume of shipping to the San Francisco Bay area,