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Mexico, which owes $104 billion to foreign bankers, has been in many ways a model debtor having foll

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

The Soviets have reported a sharp decline in traffic and hard currencyrevenues from the high

Insurance reform efforts were shifting into high gear here this week as legislative committees sched

Street-side window washers who peddle their trade with motorists in metropolitan Miami will be break

Pilot programs to provide affordable health insurance coverage to 14,500 uninsured New Yorkers are e

Conseco Inc., an insurance holding company, reported net income of $7.9 million, or 74 cents a share

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

PROSPECTS DIM AGAIN FOR ARGENTINE SOY CROPBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina's drought-batt

The shipping routes from the United States to Asia span 5,000 miles of open sea. But American produc

The government has urged Japanese oil companies to buy less from Iran as a result of the Salman Rush

China has discovered six new oil fields with reserves estimated to total 14 billion barrels of crude

Chevron Shipping Co. said last week that it ordered four new tankers from shipyards in Brazil and Ja

The political comeback of Michael Manley, sworn in this month as prime minister of Jamaica, reflects

Grand Metropolitan PLC, one of Britain's largest international companies specializing in drinks, foo

The Commerce Department said Monday it will investigate Japanese forklift manufacturers to determine

SEDGWICK GROUP POSTS DECLINE IN PROFITSThe downward trend of insurance rates worldwide and t

PHOENIX MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. (Hartford, Conn.) - Robert W. Fiondella, president of this mutual

CUSTOMS GROUPS MAKE MOST DRUG SEIZURESMost of the drug seizures made worldwide during 1986 a

WITH UNITY COMES POWER. That's what some members of the electronic data interchange communit

To outsiders, the United States presents a contradictory picture when it comes to electronic data in

MARINE TRANSPORT REPORTS HIGHER PROFITSECAUCUS, N.J. - Marine Transport Lines Inc., a leadin

A major new complex for refrigerated and frozen cargo will be announced today at the Port of Tacoma.

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The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

The chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee wants the Bush administration to r

Nine African ambassadors huddled with executives from the M.W. Kellogg Co. last week as part of an u

The structure of Southern California's electronic community cargo information system is beginning to

Census takers are about to launch a survey of the nation's housing. More than 41,000 homes i

China is not likely to cut its shipments of crude oil to Japan under term contracts despite agreeing

Australia has high hopes that its wool exports to China soon will increase. Those expectatio

Six oil producing countries that are not members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countrie

Any moves to escalate the Salman Rushdie affair into a full-scale trade war would rock the Iranian e

Colombia will temporarily freeze oil exports to cooperate with the Organization of Petroleum Exporti

A Peruvian research ship ran aground in the Antarctic, and most of its 53 crewmembers and scientists

An international standard for the next generation of larger shipping containers is still a long way

Official details emerged over the weekend of the tin export quotas agreed by seven of the world's la

REAGAN ADMINISTRATION ECONOMISTS, before they signed off, went to some lengths to defend their recor

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

William J. DeWitt was appointed vice president, domestic marketing and sales for Burlington Northern