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Pending export control revisions in the House and Senate trade bills could help U.S. exporters signi

Spokesmen for a salvage expedition that surveyed the wreck of the Titanic said Monday that an explos

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

Philips Seeks Share Of N. American PhilipsEINDHOVEN, Netherlands - N.V. Philips' Gloeilampen

James River Corp. of Richmond, Va., and Papierfabrik August Koehler AG of Oberkirch, West Germany, s

Australia may have to halt or ease meat exports to the United States to keep within its quota level,

A new company has raised $20 million through a public stock offering to take advantage of the improv

The Philippine minister for economic planning bitterly assigned blame for her country's recent polit

Japan Plans to Expand LDC Trade InsuranceTOKYO - Japan will expand its trade insurance from

Meat production is expected to edge higher next year in some of the world's biggest livestock-produc

Kuwait's foreign minister says his government gave Syria free oil to attend the Islamic summit in Ku

Gov. Michael Dukakis bowed to consumer groups in making several changes in his universal health insu

There has been an 800 percent increase in reports of pilots flying in restricted air space, violatin

A British-flag tanker was attacked Monday night and set on fire, apparently by Iranian gunboats off

A 564-foot freighter collided with a car-carrier ship Monday in dense fog off the coast of Californi

Mon., Sept. 21, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Crude Drug Supplies Evaporate as DroughtHits Western IndiaA drought in Gujerat State

Nearly 40 years after the Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls was created, the

China has issued tough new regulations to combat illegal pricing and speculation that have clouded i

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. has been awarded the Plastic & Rubber Institute's Prince Philip Award

Rep. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., will try to get the ball rolling on insurer-provided long-term care insuranc

A new air services agreement between Canada and Britain "bodes well for consumers on both sides of t

U.S. congressmen ended a visit to the Caribbean saying they will propose legislation to remedy compl

The decline of sovereign debt prices in the secondary market that has prevailed since spring is now

U.S. personal income rose 0.5 percent in August to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $3.750 trill

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are experiencing such rapid growth in cargo volume that toge

The use of styrofoam cups and so-called clamshell food and beverage containers soon may be outlawed

Insurers should take more care when assessing risks in a war zone, speakers addressing a gathering o

Belvedere Corp. announced Tuesday that its wholly owned subsidiary, Belvedere America Reinsurance Co

A streamlining of Malaysia's plastics industry is needed to reduce competition and boost the sector

Michael Jackson's slick, much-heralded tour of Japan has given Pepsi Cola a badly needed boost in Ja

Finance Minister Svetozar Rikanovic Monday said Yugoslavia's debt-servicing is unacceptable and hint

Neil R. Austrian joined the investment bank Dillon Read & Co. as a managing director. He will be act

Issues of trade are expected to be discussed in greater detail Friday in New York when U.S. Secretar

1031.5 (Sept. 21) Previous day - 1034.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

The industry laughed when Jim Darnell first talked about putting rollers on pallets to make the load

The Louisiana Land & Exploration Co. said that a subsidiary will acquire an additional 2.5 million b

The government says the maker of some portable propane heaters that were sold in the 1960s and which

Caribbean shippers say they will boycott a shipping conference that has increased rates on cargo bet

ITALIAN WINES. Effective immediately, the methanol requirements applicable to Italian wines imported