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A short-term supply squeeze may be developing in Spain's natural gas markets, with demand seen strai

JAPAN TO EASE RULES ON LARGE RETAIL STORESJapan's Ministry of International Trade and Indust

Getting paid is a major concern for U.S. companies wishing to do business in developing countries.

The U.S. Postal Service again wants to offer Express Mail users a volume discount. It seeks

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Brazilian monthly inflation will be equal to approximately zero, said Zelia Cardoso de Melo, Brazil'

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U.S. farmers are prepared to accept the elimination of existing sugar import quotas, which would not

Tue, April 17, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

California Gov. George Deukmejian has signed an executive order to coordinate and expand the state's

Ten large insurance companies operating in California rolled up nationwide profits of $2.1 billion i

PRIMERICA REPORTS 37 PERCENT RISE IN NETFrom Wire and Staff ReportsPrimerica Corp.'s

Ohio Edison Co.'s bulk sale of electric power to a Washington, D.C., utility is coming under scrutin

Some business executives here are taking a distinctly offhand view of the government's loudly promot

Like the rest of America, the Senate has developed a rapidly growing addiction to telephone facsimil

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SOVIETS ASK JAPANESE FOR ECONOMIC TALKSEduard Shevardnadze, the Soviet Union's foreign minis

Spying on Cuba has taken a new turn as port officials in Miami prepare for what they think will be a

Announcing the second major sale of New York City waterfront property in six months, the Port Author

Hawaii's insurance industry drastically overhauled its definition of fire insurance coverage when it

Ten companies are requesting licenses from the Federal Maritime Commission to operate as ocean freig

VOLVO GM TO ASSEMBLE TRACTORS, TRUCKS IN USVolvo GM Heavy Truck Co. plans to start assemblin

CSL INTERMODAL (Hunt Valley, Md.) - Joseph P. Pirozzi was promoted to director, intermodalsales. He'

Two major Midwestern railroad holding companies reported sharply higher first- quarter earnings this

YEUTTER STRESSES NEED FOR FARM TRADE REFORMBarriers to global trade have dropped for many pr

TUESDAY'S INFLATION NUMBERS were rotten to the core. Consumer prices surged 0.5 percent in M

Shell International Marine, a subsidiary of the Royal Dutch/Shell Group of companies, has bought fou

Torchmark Corp. began soliciting proxies on Monday for its proposed slate of five independent nomine

AXA-MIDI, HOYLAKE ASK FOR MORE TIMEThe Paris-based Axa-Midi and the Bermuda-based Hoylake

Japan's sugar refineries are combating a decline in household sugar consumption by cutting productio

SLOOOWLY THEY CAME . . . Step by step, the Japanese are starting to play a role in the groups that c

ISUZU JOINTLY DEVELOPS HIGH-POWERED BATTERYJapanese carmaker Isuzu Motors has invented a bat

The overvalued Canadian dollar is proving "disastrous" for exports and is the key factor behind a sh

A study released Tuesday forecasts that expanded automobile production in the United States by Japan

JAPAN'S LIFE INSURERS REPORT RISE IN ASSETSThe combined assets of Japan's 25 life insurance

The Japanese cabinet today is expected to approve a draft bill to liberalize Japan's commodity futur

INDIA MAY NEED SUGAR DESPITE RECORD OUTPUTNEW DELHI, India - India could have to import suga

QUESTION: HOW CAN A NATION WIN in the postwar world? Answer: Lose the war to the United States and i

The yen continued to slide Monday and the dollar rose on forecasts that the U.S. merchandise trade d