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The topic was Just-in-Time inventory control. But the issues turned out to be people and management.

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 3/4/89* Fully Utilized Textile Quotas as of 3/4/89

China Monday ordered a halt to the movement of hundreds of thousands of peasants who have flooded in

To free up cash, Sea-Land Corp. has sold title to four of its largest containerships, and is close t

ATARI GAMES GETS INJUNCTION IN DISPUTEAtari Games was granted a preliminary injunction barri

Secondary market prices of Third World debt continued to slide last week, as the Venezuelan debt sit

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

British pound futures lost ground last week on pessimism about January's U.K. current account balanc

Crude oil output by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is expected to average 19.7 mi

OILSEED OFFICIAL SEEKS CHANGE IN FARM POLICYAn overhaul of U.S. farm policy is needed to ens

A cut in the International Coffee Organization's robusta coffee quota today is nearly certain with t

STANFORD WINS VICTORY IN DISPUTE WITH VOLTThe Supreme Court said a contract dispute between

DENVER MAYOR WEIGHS ANOTHER AIRPORT VOTEDENVER - Denver Mayor Federico Pena said he will con

Sales of foreign cars in Japan surged in February from a year earlier despite an overall 8 percent s

Supermarkets have launched a campaign of deception to try to defeat a proposed plastics tax that is

Britain Monday dismissed as absurd French attempts to block imports of Nissan Bluebird cars made in

BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB INC. (Framingham, Mass.) - James Halpin was named president. He replaces John Le

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners tackled the thorny issue of advisory or rate-mak

INSURANCE COALITION CHALLENGING FED MOVEA coalition of insurance agent groups announced it w

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Commodity Research Bureau: Britain's Pound 6A* Albert L. Kraus - M

TRAILER TRAIN DEVELOPS ARTICULATED FLATCARCHICAGO - Trailer Train Co. has developed an artic

Although Japanese electric utilities will be paying almost 10 percent more for Australian steaming c

Aircraft manufacturers last year booked a record 1,028 orders for new jetliners, causing industry an

Reliance Group Holdings Inc. is pulling back its reinsurance business from the brokerage community a

The new president of the Association of California Insurance Companies says the insurance industry m

Richard Heckert, chairman of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., is "very bullish" on the European Commun

IF THE TAX RISKS ARE LESS THIS WEEK and the future looks a little brighter for the transportation, t

Orders are up at South Korean shipyards, but heavy debts and labor problems continue to plague the a

Customhouse brokers and freight forwarders, the middlemen who book and receive international shipmen

REPORT: JAPAN WEIGHS TIGHTER MONEY POLICYTOKYO - Japanese government bond prices fell sharpl

The scam seemed almost foolproof in its simplicity. A group of five planned to fan out acros

EVERGREEN INTERNATIONAL (U.S.A.) CORP. (Jersey City, N.J.) - Richard Huang was named president of th

Joseph Chau, president and chief executive of Hong Kong Islands Line, has formally announced the end

Amines Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pa., said it will increase list and off-l

A Japanese oil company plans to send a team to Iran this week to discuss Iran's crude oil price hike

Federal Express Corp. has assured government officials that its Tiger International Inc. subsidiary

Few barge traffic disruptions resulted from last month's moderate flooding of the Ohio River.

The history of the 50-mile rules on stuffing and stripping containers is coming to a close, and it i

The Federal Maritime Commission has adopted rules designed to increase its powers to combat unfair f

Public confidence in the implications of free trade was tested early this year, when the economic gr