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The Port of New Orleans, bolstered by a surge in steel imports and a weak U.S. dollar, handled a rec

High Operating Rate Boosts Dow IncomeDow Chemical Co.'s earnings in the fourth quarter of 19

Jan. 30, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

VIRGINIA POWER (Richmond, Va.) - Jack H. Ferguson will retire on March 31 as president and chief exe

FCC PUTS OFF DECISION ON AT&T PRICE CAPThe Federal Communications Commission has postponed u

AUTOMATION LIVES AND DIES by codes. Codes are being used to spread information in the retail

Here is a quick quiz on Soviet economics. Q. What is a house in the country with running wat

If China Paper Partners Inc. succeeds with its plan to ship up to 1,000 tons of wastepaper a day fro

The dollar's New Year rally has boxed the industrial nations into a policy dilemma, economists say,

PHILIPPINE, IMF CREDIT PLAN TALKS RESUMEMANILA, Philippines Talks resumed between the Philip

WHITE & CASE FORMS SAUDI JOINT VENTUREWhite & Case, the New York-based law firm, said Monday

JAPANESE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO EXPANDThe Japanese economy is still on an expansionary track,

The Federal Aviation Administration warned U.S. airlines and airports worldwide in late December of

A leading economist's assertion the "GATT is dead" is rejected by U.S. business leaders, even though

The government has kicked off the first of a number of promised state renovation projects in the opp

Two weeks after futures markets were rocked by revelations of an FBI probe, government regulators wi

ARMSTRONG CALIF. PLANT TO MAKE PIRELLI TIRESHANFORD, Calif. - Pirelli Tire Co. said its prem

Now that 1989 is with us, employers will begin complying with tough, new regulations governing emplo

Flying may be the safest way to travel, but jittery airline passengers still are buying life insuran

Orange & Rockland Utilities Inc. said total 1988 retail sales of electricity grew 7.1 percent over 1

The Tennessee Valley Authority made two purchases, for a total of 6,000 tons of spot coal, from Indi

A furniture manufacturer in the U.S. Midwest wanting to know what retail outlets in Europe might be

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

Mon., Jan. 30., 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Commodity Research Bureau: Crude Oil 6A* Albert L. Kraus - Markets

Toyota Motor Corp. may keep using the Lexus name for its forthcoming line of luxury cars, except in

Chemical companies in Europe contend that a recent patent ruling by the General Agreement on Tariffs

Foreign trade gained a bigger profile in the major cabinet reshuffle announced Monday by Canadian Pr

Ship lines are amazed over a proposed project by a West Coast recycling firm to ship up to 1,000 ton

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

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index nudged lower last week as plywood and a some nonferro

MAJOR TRADERS AGREE ON NEW TEXTILE TALKSMajor trading nations have agreed to make a fresh st

Major mergers and acquisitions in the Canadian oil, airline and beer industries recently are seen as

Witco Corp. is planning a 50 percent capacity expansion of its Ponca City, Okla., carbon black produ

In a week that has seen one more city ban polystyrene food containers, plastics industry officials l

A high-ranking diplomat in the Dominican Republic's Foreign Ministry has resigned his post to direct

For 18 years, Texaco's Inc.'s Latin America/West Africa division has resided in Coral Gables as a qu

Pittston Coal Group and the United Mine Workers were prepared to bargain over a new contract through

* European Community 1992 Regulatory Roundup 5A * Kevin Commins - Currency Forecast 7A* Jim

U.S. companies looking to invade the promising Soviet market will soon get their first close look at