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

Ten major Japanese banking institutions were reported at the weekend to havetentatively agre

GERMANY EXPANDS PAYMENTS SURPLUSFRANKFURT, West Germany - West Germany posted a balance of p

The U.S. shipbuilding industry may be mired in one of its worst downturns ever, but a small San Dieg

U.S. and European businessmen express a unanimous and heartfelt desire to ban chemical weapons, but

A serene Japanese garden, complete with babbling brooks and Oriental ornamentation, lies within Baye

A consumer class action lawsuit was filed Friday in Chicago against American Suzuki Motor Corp., a s

Digital Equipment Corp. will announce several personal computers and workstations Tuesday, including

One of Belgium's leading shipping companies is seeking to carve out a larger place for itself in the

Five years after the Australian currency was floated, its current altitude is damaging the country's

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

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British sugar trader E.D. & F. Man Ltd. revised its forecast for the 1988-89 (September-August) worl

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Frans Andriessen, credited with eroding the European Community's gigantic food mountains during his

The economy is roaring, manufacturing blossoming and foreign investment rising, but Thailand is begi

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

A veto of parts of the federal budget presented through the congress by President Jose Sarney tempor

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

ARCO NATURAL GAS MARKETING INC. (Dallas) - W.R. Rick Harper Jr. was named president and chief operat

The Port of Oakland named James J. O'Brien, the agency's No. 2 official, to become acting head of th

Air cargo and passenger carriers Thursday learned that they have less than two years to complete ins

Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. had to mortgage its railroad's rolling stock in order to help r

This week's decision by the U.S. Customs Service to reclassify minivans and sports utility vehicles

1555 (Jan. 5, 1989) Previous day - 1553 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

U.S. exporters of dried fruit and unshelled walnuts expect to lose most of their sales to the 12 nat

Former Florida Insurance Commissioner and Treasurer Bill Gunter was named senior vice president of a

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

The Environmental Protection Agency Thursday proposed banning a pesticide that it said is killing bi

The Port of Tampa's first Chilean fruit shipment for 1989 will mark the start of a multi-year agreem

W. GERMAN MINISTER PLANS VISIT TO USFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German Finance Minister G

Officials of the Commodity Exchange Inc. met late Thursday with Chicago Mercantile Exchange executiv

CONTINENTAL RECEIVES TOKYO-SEATTLE ROUTEThe Department of Transportation Tuesday complied wi

A story headlined, The Ins and Outs of Naming Huerta as Port Director in The Journal of Commerce Jan

The Reagan administration may try to emasculate a new trade law designed to improve working conditio

The Maritime Administration has agreed to reconsider a June policy decision allowing foreign-built v

EC CONSUMER PRICES ROSE 4.1 PERCENT IN NOVEMBERBRUSSELS, Belgium - Inflation on the consumer

IF YOU ARE TRYING TO SIFT THROUGH economists' forecasts as a cross-check on your business plans for

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. (New York) - Linda B. Staniar was named vice president of the public rel

College may be good for your health, researchers say, citing data thatcollege-educated Ameri