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The increase in the value of the Japanese yen against the U.S. dollar since September 1985 has cause

The United States, Canada and Australia backed a European Community request for an arbitration panel

Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japan's prime minister, and his Chinese hosts are expected to tread softly around

CME Names ArakawaTokyo ChiefThe Chicago Mercantile Exchange appointed Takeo Arakawa,

Salomon Introduces New Currency HedgeSalomon Brothers introduced a new foreign currency hedg

Lebanese cargo airline TMA is targeting early December for a resumption of the wide-ranging freighte

Copper Glo Fuel Inc., Clarfield, Tenn., received a contract to supply 11,000 tons of coal to the Ten

U.S. firms, which in the past insisted Japan buy their telecommunications products as is, now are wi

The civilian government of Thailand, a precarious institution at best, is facing a new crisis only t

Japan is asking its top industries to avoid weakening the impact of U.S. economic sanctions against

BP Ventures granted a worldwide manufacturing and sales license for its novel pigment, called Shield

The combination cruise ship and automobile ferry Scotia Prince, which for the past six years has shu

Campaign Works MOSCOW - Politburo member Yegor K. Ligachev said the anti-alcohol campaign la

China has bought some corn from the United States for the first time in three years, the Agriculture

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange is "disappointed" in results from the National Cattlemen's Associati

Texas International Co. said it will offer to sell almost all of its domestic oil and gas properties

The main shipping channel into Boston harbor for petroleum products remainedclosed Thursday,

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IEP (UK), the investment group headed by New Zealander Ron Brierley, has raised its bid for the U.K.

Brown Transport Offers 1.6 Million New SharesBrown Transport Co., a holding company for one

Gas from Norway's Haltenbanken offshore area could be used in the future to generate half of Sweden'

The performance of large fossil-fueled electric generating plants continued to improve in 1985, acco

Three Eastern Airlines labor unions say they have agreed to fund an employee stock ownership plan an

A U.S. official has warned Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone that Japan faces a real threat

John Gaughan, U.S. maritime administrator, delivered a blistering attack on protectionism and other

ILA, Boston Agree BOSTON - The Boston Shipping Association reached tentative contract terms

The Soviet Union is bidding to break into Argentina's downstream fertilizer sector, even as attentio

The strike at the Amstar sugar refinery in Brooklyn ended Thursday as a result of the contract agree

A fierce anger is rising in this tiny, picture-postcard New England town. You can see it in

Canada is not in any danger of losing its share of the world wheat market despite a report by the U.

Lower oil prices this summer and sustained high refinery output have put high demand on oil terminal

Soviet citizens would like thousands of pizza parlors, not just the 100 or more Pizza Huts Pepsico i

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

Foam Aids ExplorationOf TitanicBuoyancy materials developed by W.R. Grace & Co. assi

U.S. firms, which in the past insisted Japan buy their telecommunications products as is, now are w

China will spend 45 billion yuan (US$12 billion) on urban development during the rest of this decade

The Panamanian chemical tanker Emir Man, 13,290 gross tons, is still on fire, Lloyd's said.

The racketeering indictment of Donald Carson, general organizer of the International Longshoremen's

The contract to lengthen the fifth Atlantic Container Line ship, Atlantic Conveyor, was placed by Cu

A U.S. official has warned Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone that Japan faces a real threat