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Trade with developing countries created more U.S. jobs over the past decade than those lost to compe

S. African Interest Sold DALLAS - Diamond Shamrock Corp. said it completed the sale of all i

The huge imbalance of trade between Japan and the European Community is expected to dominate talks t

Britain has granted an export license for six military radar systems for Iran, the London Daily Tele

The European Parliament has refused to adopt a 1987 budget proposal for the European Community, send

Volkswagen do Brasil has sold its share of a giant cattle ranch - almost half the size of Rhode Isla

Despite a diminished share for exports in total sales, Brazilian auto parts manufacturers boosted fo

British industry is well placed to take advantage of an anticipated upturn in the world economy, acc

Industry analysts fear Argentina's telephone expansion program may become a victim of President Raul

Taiwan is facing some hard choices about its internal path, even as it battles with the United State

A company that got its start grading railroad routes across Indian Territory, as Oklahoma was once k

Japanese Utility Plans 2 Atomic Power PlantsNIIGATA, Japan - Tokyo Electric Power Co. will b

Fertilizer ProductionDown 10 percentProduction of the combined fertilizer nutrient g

W.R. Grace & Co. announced the extension of its $20.50 a share tender offer for all of the outstandi

Celanese Corp. acquired a $12 million equity interest in Codon, a privately held biotechnology compa

New Hampshire Yankee Corp. officials are encouraged" by a federal contractor's determination that on

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says Boston Edison Co.'s emergency procedures at its Pilgrim nucle

San Diego Gas and Electric Co. eliminated nearly 200 positions since June andplans more trim

Igene Biotechnology Inc. announced one of its proprietary bacterial enzymes is being used in a new e

In keeping with its five-year, $1 billion capital expenditure program, BASF Corp. expects to invest

A 165-megawatt natural gas-fired cogeneration project will be built in Bayonne, N.J., by a partnersh

The U.S. dollar advanced Thursday on the market's bullish reaction to a 0.5 percent gain in retail s

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

U.S. coal exporters who traditionally supply Japanese steel mills with high quality coking coal face

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

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

Thursday, Dec. 11, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

As competition for Navy shipbuilding and repair contracts goes into high gear, Puget Sound shipbuild

December 11, 1986 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gall

Following recent Japanese Finance Ministry approval, Nomura Securities Co. and Daiwa Securities Co.

Saudi Arabia may be prepared to accept a modest across-the-board cut in the present Organization of

Nestle AG, the world's No. 1 food-processing concern, has signed an agreement for the setting up of

The Northwest European spot oil market steadied in response to tentative signs that the Organization

A state commission is seeking an attorney general's ruling on whether the Port of Houston Authority

Ex-Im Bank to Help Boost Sales to IndonesiaJAKARTA, Indonesia - The U.S. Export-Import Bank

IDB CHILE - $40.5 million from the Inter-American Development Bank to help improve sanitatio

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York added five firms dealing in U.S. govern ment securities to its

America Honda Motor Co. is negotiating with Sanyang Industry Co. in Taiwan to ship 1,000 to 2,000 Ac

The U.S. government should be doing more to assist hard-pressed exporters in winning new markets, bu

Chinese citizens who have become prosperous under China's economic reforms will have to pay an inco