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Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone received a warning from Democratic Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV Thur

Interest rates will continue to dance to the dollar's tune over the near term, credit market analyst

GENERAL NEWS Consumer confidence rose in March. Page 3AFINANCIALInterest rates will

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

The Textile and Apparel Group of the American Association of Exporters and Importers has set April 2

Chocolate mogul Hershey Foods Corp. is getting into chewing gum, nuts, rolled candy and breath mints

Florida Power Corp. entered the spot market to buy 600,000 tons of coal for the second half of 1987,

Copper, Gold Output Down at BougainvilleBougainville Copper Ltd.'s production of gold and co

No Injuries Reported As Tornado Hits Fla.LEESBURG, Fla. - A tornado tore a five- to six-mile

Current growth of the stock index futures markets may be only the "tip of the iceberg" and could get

A week after registering some of the sharpest increases of the year, gasoline prices could be headin

Ecuador, using oil lent it by Venezuela, resumed oil exports Wednesday for the first time since an e

Local officials here are upset that Belcher New England Inc. wants to convert some former Texaco oil

Brazil, a significant petroleum importer, expects to reach petroleum self- sufficiency in a decade,

The owner of a radioactive materials storage site whose license expired two years ago has been charg

Nippon Steel Corp. of Japan has paid a Malaysian government-backed company 467.5 million ringgits ($

Businesses plan to increase spending for new plant and equipment 1.8 percent this year after cutting

Conrail Registers 43 percent Rise in NetConrail reported net income increased 43.3 percent t

Ryder System Changes Customs Service NameLONG BEACH, Calif. - Ryder System Inc. of Miami, an

Caterpillar Inc. has thrown a heavy hat into the ring in the race for the electronic diesel engine m

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

Contracts for new construction will decline 2 percent to $239.1 billion in 1987 as continued strengt

Ashland Chemical Co. is targeting Florida's estimated $30-million-a-year market for marine resins wi

Although overall U.S. production of sulfur declined in the first four months of the year and invento

Merck Earnings Increase 28 percentRAHWAY, N.J. - Merck & Co. reported net income climbed 28

Sonat Inc. said Wednesday it has completed the sale of Sonat Marine Inc.'s tug and barge operations

The European Commission said it opened an anti-dumping investigation against Japanese exports of pri

Fires following earthquakes are a greater threat to property insurance companies than building colla

For many people, spring is a season for renewal, a pickup in the pace of life. But it is als

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

Mexico is renewing oil sales to Guatemala, the Ministry of Energy and Mines announced. The o

Gasoline inventories declined moderately, according to the latest weekly supply bulletin from the Am

The seven-month-old U.S.-Japan Semiconductor Arrangement of 1986 will work if given sufficient time

GATT Will Probe US-Japan Chip PactThe council of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

US Energy Corp. Plans Uranium MineRIVERTON, Wyo. - The U.S. Energy Corp. said it intends to

Textile importers claim their problems with Customs began to worsen when Con gress passed the Anti-D

GENERAL NEWS The Philippines is threatening to demand new talks on its debt restructuring.

The U.S. dollar edged higher Wednesday with the aid of an expanded currency swap program among major

Officials claimed the Argentine government won most of its demands in negotiations on a new loan and

Early last January the U.S. Customs Service seized a shipment of men's pantsfrom Hong Kong.<