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While new U.S. trade legislation this year seems assured, it may be less radical than previous versi

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines chose wisely when it named George Marshall senior vice president of marketing fo

The Jardine Matheson trading conglomerate is expanding its franchised food interests in North Americ

AKZO Chemie America's U.S. patent covering the solvent production of aramid fibers was declared inv

Olympic Airways is to receive an injection of fresh capital, buy at least three new aircraft and set

Deckhands at Crowley Maritime Corp. tugboat companies on San Francisco Bay and Puget Sound walked of

Candia, the Piraeus-based shipping services company specializing in Suez and Panama canal transittin

Sanyo Electric Develops New Solar CellSanyo Electric Co. of Japan said Monday it has develop

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

World Bond Markets Rose 3 percent in JanuarySalomon Bros. said its World Government Bond Ind

CME Slashes Limits On February BelliesThe Chicago Mercantile Business Conduct Committee unan

The reimposition of coffee export quotas and consumers' concerns about the health risks associated w

The Jardine Matheson trading conglomerate is expanding its franchised food interests in North Americ

The country's top Communist Party and government organs have launched a campaign to cut down on wast

The growth of plastic alloys and blends in the world and the United States is projected at 10 percen

House Speaker Jim Wright, D-Texas, doesn't like the way regulators have been handling problems in th

Legislation that could lead to mandatory acreage set-asides for major farm commodities was reintrodu

The financially troubled West Indies Shipping Corp. is losing three of its shareholders. Th

Nearly three out of 10 Americans held an unfavorable opinion of the auto and home insurance industry

A panel of the state Court of Appeal is weighing arguments in an unprecedented clergy malpractice su

The U.S. Department of Commerce preliminarily determined that both Belgian and Israeli industrial ph

The Long Island Lighting Co. should sever its ties with Lyn Nofziger, an ex- presidential aide who i

Del E. Webb PromotesE. JohnsonPHOENIX, Ariz. - Del E. Webb Corp. promoted Erick L. J

Britain's financial services industry is providing its customers with some of the most sophisticated

The port of Quebec reopened after a 21-week work stoppage was ended Friday with a new collective agr

A few years ago, some Americans fretted that the Japanese were poised to race ahead of the United St

Heavy truck leasing companies and dealers who sell big rigs met with government tax writers last wee

Japanese shipbuilding yards within the next few years will receive orders for two U.S.-designed Aegi

Michael Schwab, appointed to the port of Los Angeles Board of HarborCommissione rs only six months a

Suez Canal Authority Considers IncentivesThe Suez Canal Authority says it is prepared to neg

Chinese Maize Imports Expected to IncreaseChina's 1986-87 maize imports are expected to rise

Lloyd's Underwriter Refuses to Pay ClaimsA leading Lloyd's of London marine insurance syndic

February 6, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

Shell-California Production Inc. is moving its headquarters from Bakersfield to Houston, but company

Gum Arabic Imports Up, Mart Tight Imports of gum arabic gradually are beginning to pick up,

The layoffs of at least 30,000 miners in recent months are creating serious problems in Bolivia, lab

Venezuela Plans Bonds In Foreign CurrenciesVenezuela plans to issue foreign currency denomin

Fri., Feb. 6, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Northwest Pipeline Corp. accepted a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission order approving a settlemen

China Plans More Rules For Foreign InvestmentThe government is working out detailed rules fo