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

Chase Manhattan Corp. plans to continue selling Third World debt and building its loan losses reserv

AIR CANADA ORDERS THREE BOEING 747-400SSEATTLE - Air Canada has ordered three Boeing Co. 747

Western Union Corp.'s newest service introduction has its competitors seething. Competitors

Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady Wednesday said that the Bush administration is not preparing any p

A federal judge has dismissed a challenge by railroad labor to a tactic adopted by the carriers for

UNION PACIFIC POSTS JUMP IN PROFITUnion Pacific Corp. said its fourth quarter profit rose to

Trinidad and Tobago will ease import restrictions as part of an agreement for loans from the Interna

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

Fairly soon, the car-rental industry simply may stop debating whether its customers should be offere

Officials from China and Singapore signed a shipping accord Tuesday. It grants most-favored-

IT IS A MISTAKE to dwell on possible future dangers to the air cargo industry, Daniel Peudupin decla

The massive racketeering lawsuit aimed at putting the Teamsters union under government control may b

The U.S. employment cost index rose 1 percent in the fourth quarter to an unadjusted 141.9, the Labo

Automakers are expected to post record profits for 1988, but the outspoken new leader of the 20,000-

Electronic mail is lifting superpower relations to a whole new level. In the spirit of impro

Months after a private company won a ferocious battle to take over Manila's International Container

Jamaica must export to survive. When its government realized its legitimate exports were stuck in fo

An "Inside Talk on Insurance" column that appeared on page 9A in The Journal of Commerce on Friday,

$42 million from the World Bank's International Development Association for research, training and e

BANK OF BOSTON SELLS BRANCH IN CURACAOBOSTON - The First National Bank of Boston said it has

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-OPEC oil producers meet here Thursday unde

CSX Corp. has decided to keep the Greenbrier resort it owns in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.

Warning that inflation rates "clearly are too high," Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan suggest

GENERAL SIGNAL CORP. (Stamford, Conn.) - Arthur W. Zafiropoulo was named president, General Signal S

The lingering effects of the summer drought of 1988 will play a significant role in agriculture's ou

MERCK NET ROSE 32 PERCENT IN FOURTH QUARTERRAHWAY, N.J. - Merck & Co., the nation's leading

The Dutch government Tuesday launched the sale to private investors of a 34 percent stake in DSM NV,

Ocean carriers will move immediately to stop enforcing the 50-mile container handling rule now that

Carrier interests expressed disappointment Tuesday with a Supreme Court decision that they believe s

International airlines plan to increase freight rates modestly for hauling export shipments eastward

There is a huge difference between Donald E. Petersen, chairman of Ford Motor Co., and Lee A. Iacocc

Fireman's Fund Corp. reported Tuesday that operating income and net income for the fourth quarter en

The U.S. dollar rallied Tuesday on bullish remarks by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan,

A complex plan to fly 10 rare black rhinoceros from Zimbabwe to the United States collapsed because

Chlorine gas and liquid sales climbed to 1.83 million short tons in November,from 1.73 milli

BONN: INFLATION TO RISE; GROWTH RATE TO DECLINEBONN, West Germany - The West German Governme