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Within little more than a year, the United States may have a radically different trade classificatio

Business leaders here predict the withdrawal of Britain's Barclays Bank couldshift the forei

Alexander & Alexander Services Inc., New York-based broker, is forming a risk retention group to spe

BANKINGSouth African business executives term Barclays Bank's pullout from South Africa a se

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

Seed exports have sprouted into a huge business, with roots extending into many countries seeking to

The National Maritime Union insists that its suit against the Reagan administration's reliance on ve

The Agriculture Department has moved 1.8 million bushels of Iowa corn to North Dakota because of a l

Provincially owned BC Rail is still attempting to clear its mainline, 150 miles north of Vancouver,

Executives from the longshoremen's union representing major ports in eastern Canada will gather in M

The American quality of life is heavily dependent on a healthy industrial infrastructure, said a top

Monsanto Chemical Co. and FMC Corp. have filed anti-dumping and countervailing duty petitions with t

Retail gasoline prices dipped about a third of a cent over the past two weeks despite rising wholesa

The administration of Australia's civil airways services is to be changed. In a bid to cut c

An avalanche of private lawsuits seems to be in the making in the Ivan Boesky insider trading scanda

Trucking analysts believe a dissident Leaseway Transportation Corp. shareholder will have trouble pr

Italy, Britain and Greece got the biggest shares of the 2.5 billion European Currency Units (about $

Volkswagen and Ford confirmed here the formation of a $4.5 billion international joint venture holdi

The tone of the Uruguay round of multilateral trade talks will be determined by trading nations' wi

Business executives expect that the team of economics ministers in the Philippines are likely to re

The strike aboard a number of Smit-Lloyd BV vessels last week was suspended, but union members will

The AFL-CIO's Metal Trades Department will sponsor a conference here Dec. 1 and 2 on the alarming d

Brazil's newly formed National Council of Coffee policy, comprising domestic coffee producers, expor

DECEMBER 9 - Mock Trial, insurance broker and insurer sued for an uncovered loss from claims

Pickets went up outside Lockheed Shipbuilding Co. after its week-long strike produced no resolution,

First Interstate to Sell San Francisco BuildingFirst Interstate Bancorp agreed to sell its b

The Pacific Rim remains an attractive and growing trading partner for the West Coast, but each natio

Caltex to Give S. Korea Control of Oil RefinerySEOUL, South Korea - Caltex, which owns 50 pe

An Interior Department draft study recommended that the oil-rich Coastal Plain of northeastern Alask

The U.S. dollar turned lower against most major foreign currencies around midday Monday after moving

The feasibility of 24-hour global trading in gold futures - or otherfinancial instruments -

Gorbachev in India MOSCOW - Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev left Moscow for a visit to In

Company Agrees to Buy Unisys Corp. OperationsA company formed by New York-based Clayton & Du

The harshness of Brasilia's new adjustments to its nine-month-old economic stabilization plan, as we

European Community foreign ministers Monday indicated they want to prevent a flood of petrochemical

As the port of Tacoma's budget director revealed a new 30-acre container terminal on the drawing boa

American President Lines said it has ordered two fast, highly fuel-efficient ships from the Bremer V

Radiation treatment that usually follows removal of a breast-cancer lump drives the cost several th

Eastern Rejects Union Coalition's BidEastern Airlines said its board declined to give furthe

A rally led by blue-chip stocks pushed the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials above the 1900 level