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The rapid appreciation of the won against the U.S. dollar appears to have stalled over the past two

"GATT is dead." The distinguished audience at the World Economic Forum at this Swiss ski res

U.S.-built machine tool orders climbed again in December, closing out a year that saw a 69.5 percent

George Bush began his presidency by moving on several economic issues at once, making some deft move

Wall Street reacted warily Friday to a bid to buy all of Illinois Central Transportation Co. for $20

The European oil spot market was engulfed in bearish sentiment Friday with North Sea crude stumbling

KUWAIT DENIES CHARGE OF QUOTA VIOLATIONSKuwaiti Oil Minister Sheikh Ali al-Khalifa al-Sabah

McDonnell Douglas Corp., one of the world's three major manufacturersof commercial aircraft, is proj

NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR EARNINGS WILL FALLSANTA CLARA, Calif. - National Semiconductor Corp.

The booming cellular phone industry has settled on a transmission standard for the future that shoul

Automation is gathering increasing momentum in the freight forwarding business, with key companies e

Cargo volume through the Port of Hampton Roads increased by 15 percent in 1988, according to year-en

RAIL TRAFFIC SUMMARY FOR 1988 IS AVAILABLEAtlantic Systems Inc., a New York consulting firm

Officials at Evergreen Marine Corp. (Taiwan) and a Japanese shipyard are reportedly close to signing

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

The Federal Maritime Commission has decided to delay for about a month the effective date of a capac

Are U.S. trial lawyers doing the general public an injustice in the way they operate to win multimil

California Assemblyman Pat Johnston, D-Stockton, has introduced legislation to create a state no-fau

Ocean freight forwarders in the New York and New Jersey port region, citing a surge in exports and t

The U.S. Customs Service suspended temporarily the authority of Lawrence C. Melilli of New York City

VOTAINER BEGINS NEW EUROPEAN SERVICECHARLESTON, S.C. - Votainer Consolidation Services (Sout

Port traffic in the third quarter of 1988 showed a healthy increase over the corresponding 1987 peri

A majority of the more than 1,000 blue-collar workers who have left their jobs at Electric Boat in t

DU PONT TO PRODUCE FLUOROAROMATICSWILMINGTON, Del. - E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. announced

British politicians called Thursday for a major shake-up of Western export restrictions to the Easte

The pound sterling and the U.S. dollar both are heading for a fall, said Richard O'Brien, senior vic

HARMONIZED SYSTEM - FOOTWEAR. With the implementation of the Harmonized System, various existing Cus

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has reported its first operating profit in three years, indicating a return to h

In the first apparent deal of its kind, three Soviet companies are investing in a California joint v

CSX CORP. (Richmond, Va.) - William V. McHugh was named president and chief executive officer of Yuk

Air Products & Chemicals Inc. will increase prices for all of its industrial and medical gas product

The chairman of the trade association that represents freight forwarders in the New York and New Jer

FEDERAL EXPRESS SEEKS TO OPERATE TIGER RUNSMEMPHIS, Tenn. - Federal Express Corp. said it ha

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

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

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Apparel imports surged in November as U.S. buyers and foreign manufacturers sought to use up quotas

PEROT SYSTEMS OPENS BRANCH IN TROY, MICH.Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot, the nemesis of Gen

Consolidated Rail Corp.'s new chief executive told securities analysts here Wednesday that the compa

AMERICAN ADMIRALTY BUREAU LTD. (New Orleans) - Peter A. Low was appointed director of commercial lit