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Chrysler Motors Corp. has purchased Nuova Automobili F. Lamborghini SpA., the Italian specialty auto

A big buildup in inventories and more improvement in the U.S. trade balance pushed U.S. economic gro

US '86 Pepper Imports Totaled $152 MillionThe United States imported $152 million worth of b

Topgallant Group Inc., a new operation that was a low bidder on a contract tohaul military c

Negotiators for Mack Trucks Inc. and the United Auto Workers struck a tentative agreement on master

The United States has made it clear that it is sympathetic to Kuwait's efforts to safeguard Kuwaiti

The suicide last weekend of a senior figure in South Korean shipping has touched off a wide-ranging

Electronic Data Systems Corp. of Dallas won a US$15 million joint venture deal in China to establish

Traders at the American Stock Exchange got down and boogied at 8 a.m. Thursday on the floor of the e

Global sourcing by U.S. manufacturers and technological advances are the two key external forces aff

Guinness Details Boesky Fund LossesGuinness PLC said Thursday it had an extraordinary charge

The Nakasone administration should move promptly to translate into action the latest recommendations

The governors of Oregon and Washington have banned the bomb - from a nuclear war preparedness drill.

The lower house of Parliament approved the budget for fiscal 1987 Thursday night after Prime Ministe

An antique Grumman Goose amphibious plane is hoisted from the water at the port of Long Beach and lo

Joe Clark, Canadian external affairs minister, has raised the possibility of Soviet penetration of C

Organized Crime Active in ChinaHong Kong triads have infiltrated China's southern Fujian Pro

Raymond F. Ashton was named vice president, operations, of Transax/RATES, a leading maritime informa

Harbor stevedoring companies say Gov. Mario Cuomo put New York back on an even footing with Baltimor

The United States may shave its trade deficit with Japan by up to $7 billion this year, a Treasury D

Beginning Jan. 1, 1988, the personal needs allowances given most elderly Medicaid nursing home resid

Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. reported first quarter operating profit rose to $

UK Insurer Pay-outs For Theft Claims RiseInsurance companies paid out 375.2 million ($611.6

The U.S. dollar drifted downward Thursday on what appeared to be the market's perception that the da

Florida's controversial insurance and tort reform law was upheld Thursday with a minor exception by

With foreign reserves of US$265 million, enough to cover three months' imports, Trinidad and Tobago'

The stock market continued its recent pattern of volatility Wednesday as prices fluctuated up and do

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

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

One of the key figures in the mammoth fraud that nearly wrecked Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Bhd. had his

Thursday, April 23, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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Despite protestations to the contrary, railroads have not yet decided whether they love or hate thir

ICC to Boost Fees For Various FilingsThe Interstate Commerce Commission announced its fees f

BASF Corp. announced it is raising the invoice price for purified ethylene oxide by 2 cents a pound

Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. said first quarter kilowatt-hour sales of electricity were up 1.9

In a story published April 10 on the use of polycarbonate in compact disc applications, sales volume

Hard-pressed Indonesia, suffering from low oil prices, saw its trade surplus more than halved last y

AEP Plans '88 Start On Fluidized Bed PlantAmerican Electric Power Corp. expects to break gro

Union Carbide Corp. reported a 74 percent net income leap for first quarter of 1987 as a result of i