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Japanese Ambassador Nobuo Matsunaga tried on a pair of U.S. shoes, pronounced them good and vowed to

Destructive fires would consume thousands of homes after a large earthquake on Los Angeles' Newport-

Cellular telephone service enabling clear communications throughout North America via satellite, par

All tobacco retail shops in South Korea are now allowed to freely sell foreign cigarettes, the Korea

The port of Portland's decade-old plan to build a new soda ash bulk loader was tossed into the nearb

A delegation from California is seeking a new type of real estate investmentfrom Japan, enco

President Reagan's administration has pledged to six other leading industrial countries to "do every

Poland's Communist leadership, emboldened by the program of Kremlin leaderMikhail Gorbachev

The International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation has approved a telecommunications facili

A delegation from California is seeking a new type of real estate investmentfrom Japan, enco

Dollar Hits New Low In Postwar TradingThe dollar fell to a new postwar low against the yen a

Arms control, human rights and a possible summit between President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail

THE TRUSTY JAWBONE was again the blunt instrument of economic policy, as government officials tried

Japan and UK Sign Insider Trading PactJapan's Finance Ministry signed an agreement with the

Thursday, April 9, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The outlook for the world's major stock markets is positive, according to a quarterly report publish

Caterpillar Inc. named James W. Wogsland executive vice president, financial and legal counsel, and

GENERAL NEWS House adopts a Democratic budget plan after delivering a knockout punch to the

GENERAL NEWS House adopts a Democratic budget plan after delivering a knockout punch to the

Pending next week's quarterly estimate by the Commerce Department, the 1987 outlook for capital spen

The House made the Democratic plan its champion budget, after sending President Reagan's request cra

Scindia Steam Navigation Co., a pioneer in Indian shipping, faces a major crisis, with 20 of its 27

The Federal Maritime Commission served notice that it's ready to close this country's trades to Peru

Sales of class 8 heavy trucks exploded in March while smaller class 7 truck sales drooped from last

Doubts and criticism continue to dog the major nations over whether they are doing enough to improve

British industrialists will be expressing deep concern about the dangers of bilateral trade pacts an

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Rep. Walter B. Jones, D-N.C., chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, is afte

The nation's single largest labor contract, affecting virtually every home and business in the Unite

The European Community said Thursday it would investigate industry complaints that Japan was dumping

A member of East Germany's ruling Politburo indicated that the Soviet-allied state has no plans to c

Unions do not want Congress to enact a variable-rate premium for federal pension benefit insurance.<

Lloyd's of London Thursday offered to contribute 103 million ($165 million) towards recouping the

The search for an adequate health insurance plan for the nation's elderly is beginning to resemble t

ARNOLD PALMER said recently that American senior professional golfers are lazy. If they once knew ho

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

The House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee produced legislation to provide catastrophic acute care

NY Promises Payments If Guilty of MishapALBANY, N.Y. - Gov. Mario M. Cuomo has said that if

The sharp drop in the U.S. dollar and a consequent plunge in bond prices Thursday carried over to th

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