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British business leaders are more confident about prospects for the economy and for industry in gene

The Reagan administration's soon-to-be released federal budget begs forcomparison with the T

An importer who receives merchandise that is faulty or does not comply with federal safety regulatio

The United States and Taiwan are continuing negotiations on U.S. access to the insurance market here

Growth in Hawaii has been a major factor in Matson Navigation Co.'s success. In the old days

This great seaport on the Elbe has fallen on hard times. The port is steadily losing busines

Calif. Seat Belt Law Seen Having ImpactCalifornia drivers are buckling up in record numbers

Hilton to Manage Hotel in BeijingHilton International Co. said an agreement has been signed

US Trade Reprisals WASHINGTON - The White House will announce today trade reprisals against

OILING FEWER WHEELS: The ramifications of OPEC's deliberations and the oil market's machinations are

Hurricane Betsy cost the insurance industry: a) $500 million; b) $715 million; c) $5.8 billion; d) t

Entering 1987, the deck is stacked against U.S. coal exporters, whose fortunes rode high in the earl

The dollar hit another six-year low against the deutsche mark Monday in nervous, choppy foreign exch

Monday, Dec. 29, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

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

Hopes for a last-minute year-end rally by the stock market faded Monday as the market drifted downwa

Arco Chemical Products Europe Inc., a division of Atlantic Richfield Co., announced it has negotiate

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

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

Reliance Group Unit Increases Zenith StakeReliance Financial Services Corp., a unit of Relia

Hanford's N Reactor Temporarily Shut DownRICHLAND, Wash. - The Hanford nuclear reservation's

Shipping Prices Help FirmMusk MarketThe market for synthetic musks is reported to ha

Lilly Industrial Coatings Inc. announced it has purchased London Laboratories Ltd. for approximately

American Hoechst Corp. announced it will not be possible to complete the voluminous collection and t

More closures may follow the recent decision to cease production at two Australian coal mines.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has approved issuance of a statement that would allow elect

PROGRESS IN INDIA: A friend of mine from graduate school has found some big changes upon returning t

Wary of possible U.S. protectionist moves, South Korea plans to limit its trade surplus with the Uni

Workmen have scrubbed the great granite buildings along Shanghai's famed waterfront Bund, and the ci

Spending on Japan's program to send its first astronaut aboard a U.S. space shuttle will be cut in

Chinese Teen-agers Offer Experiments for ShuttleThe Chinese Society of Aeronautics will manu

Officials proposing to cut the work week from 48 to 40 hours say they expect to run into resistance

For rich executives and middle-class entrepreneurs in Hong Kong, there is too much risk in not makin

One out of four Belgian families relies on a second, unreported income to make ends meet, a newspap

Yugoslavia's Parliament adopted the 1987 economic plan that only expresses hopes for containing runa

Shippers say they are not thrilled about a 10 percent rate increase proposed by two conferences in t

Iran-US Negotiations THE HAGUE, Netherlands - U.S. and Iranian officials meet today to negot

Entrepreneurs in this English-speaking Caribbean republic are still rejoicing over the recent electi

A single maritime company with a handful of ships and barges is making nearly as much money as all o

The credit markets appear to be moving sideways during the holiday period, thereby explaining analys