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WHAT DID THEY DO TO KEN? Two consuls general aired their trade views at the second annual port of Bo

GENERAL NEWSThe Congressional Budget Office gave Congress its annual options list for spendi

Owners of four U.S.-registered vessels asked the Maritime Administration for permission to sell them

Champion Loses Fight Over Brand Name UseA high court judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought b

The Soviet Union has granted joint venture licenses to three West European companies since new trade

Hammering home the emerging Japanese superiority in semiconductors, a Japanese company plans to anno

In the shipping industry, as in the rest of the business world, bigness creates prerequisites that s

Mission Agrees to File Under Chapter 11Mission Insurance Group Inc. said it will agree to a

Siemens AG, West Germany's largest electronic group, said itexpects rising sales this year but warne

Some 3,000 tons of radioactive whey powder originally slated for export to Egypt will be destroyed,

An unusual alliance of consumer and industrial interests is proposing major powers for Massachusetts

Champion Loses Fight Over Brand Name UseA high court judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought b

The European Community said its trade with Japan is up, but so is its trade deficit. The tra

Who's been one of the principal forces behind efforts to improve auto, work place and product safety

An unusual alliance of consumer and industrial interests is proposing major powers for Massachusetts

Operating Profit Of Travelers SoarsHARTFORD, Conn. - Travelers Corp. reported fourth quarter

Six New Jersey residents facing charges of driving while intoxicated have filed suit claiming the st

The Connecticut Insurance Department has not yet decided its position on an industry-opposed bill th

The number of jobless in the 12-nation European Community rose to 16.4 million in December, the high

General Electric do Brasil announced plans to increase its investments this year by 25 percent over

Double-stack railcars have proven to be a godsend for auto parts shippers and the ocean carriers tha

Choosing a mutual fund isn't an easy task. The profusion of funds - growth funds, select por

A U.S. official urged Taiwan to take dramatic steps to open its markets to U.S. exports. San

Judging by the splash they made at a trade fair here last month, one of the big discoveries at the

London underwriters are boosting war-risk insurance rates for ships calling at Kuwaiti ports, in the

An Iranian gunboat has fired two surface-to-surface missiles at a Norwegian- owned tanker in the Per

Residents of the Northeast have been shoveling a lot of snow lately, but it could be worse - they co

Prince Sultan, Saudi Arabia's defense minister, announced early last week that five foreign shipbuil

Talks aimed at ending the strikes in Rotterdam's conventional cargo sector began Wednesday and carri

One era ended and another smoothly began as Seaboard Marine Ltd. launched the first non-union operat

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

Starcom International Inc., an electronic rate and tariff publishing service, is narrowing its focus

Senator Line Opens Headquarters in Calif.MOBILE, Ala. - Senator Line, which plans to open a

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

Weds., Feb. 4, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The leader of the tax reform campaign in the Senate last year warned airport executives to expect fu

Delta Coal Sales Inc. is threatening to export coal from Pennsylvania, instead of its own western Ma

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp.'s tortured attempt to merge its two rail lines may face even tougher