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U.S. companies plan to boost capital spending significantly this year to modernize facilities and ta

Increased Japanese crude steel production during 1988 has led to a jump in volumes of Canadian coal

Mid Pacific Air Corp., a cargo charter airline, is seeking fitness certificates and federal authorit

WHEN DESMOND J. LYONS left the Ford Motor Co. 15 years ago to enter the air cargo industry, his init

JAPAN REPORTS RISE IN CONSUMER SPENDINGJapanese consumer spending rose during the October-De

LALLY WILL SPEAK ON AIRLINE SECURITYA national expert on airline security, Richard F. Lally,

In case you have been holding your breath waiting for the government to start reporting monthly merc

The country's first magnetic-levitation train system will be built to transport guests at the Resort

SAMSUNG, COMPUSERVE INK DISTRIBUTION PACTSAN JOSE, Calif. - Samsung Information Systems Amer

Fifty scientists are planning to probe the greenhouse effect under a $6 million program in the Arcti

OPPOSITION CHAIRMAN TO RESIGN IN JAPANSaburo Tsukamoto, chairman of Japan's opposition Democ

Japan's Shipbuilding Research Association has reported successful completion of a six-year project r

ALGERIA - $58 million from the World Bank for locust control and meteorological systems. A 15-year l

GENERAL RE CORP. POSTS NET INCOME INCREASESTAMFORD, Conn. - General Re Corp. reported that o

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Tue., Feb. 7, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

OAKS NAMED ASSISTANT VP FOR CSX DISTRIBUTIONJames C. Oaks was appointed assistant vice presi

The pressure to cut health costs is more intense than ever, and the market for low-priced generic dr

Two major European Community farming organizations Tuesday called on the community to demand concess

Mexico's Finance Minister Pedro Aspe flew to Washington Monday for talks on renegotiating the countr

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange this spring hopes to extend to five years the span of delivery month

Congressional leaders and business groups are pressing the Bush administration to reverse a Reagan a

The United States should undertake a series of initiatives to strengthen its economic ties with Chin

The head of a state-owned company linked to construction of an alleged chemical weapons plant in Lib

The cost of shipping bulk cargoes such as coal and grain by sea has dropped substantially over the p

A shipwright wielding a mallet hammers wooden pegs into the unfinished hull of a sailing ship. About

Two Lebanese brothers suspected of laundering more than $1 billion in drug profits through Swiss ban

Finance Minister Pierre Beregovoy Tuesday announced plans for a major overhaul of the French insuran

Denmark's trade surplus in December fell to 343 million kroner from 1.6 billion kroner in November o

President Bush met with his economic team and visited Capitol Hill to prepare the ground for his Thu

Feb. 7, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Newcomer Air Hong Kong Ltd., the only dedicated cargo airline in the colony, has won approval for sc

The chairman of Lufthansa German Airlines said the European Community likely will bargain as a singl

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

New technology is putting electronic data interchange, or EDI, in the palms of users' hands.

U.S. Trade representative Carla Hills extended an olive branch to the European Community Tuesday on

1542 (Feb. 7, 1989) Previous day - 1553 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

CPT, JAPANESE FIRM SIGN MARKETING PACTCPT Corp. Tuesday announced an agreement with Kyowa Sh

What's there to feel good about in the shipping industry? Rates are too low in most sea lane

It is clear that top economic officials of the Group of 7 industrial nations are slowly groping thei