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Since Jan. 1, the ban on exports of Alaska North Slope crude oil has been partially lifted, and as m

BRITISH RULES RESTRICT SOME CHEMICAL EXPORTSBritish companies are unlikely sources for chemi

TRANSPORTATION TABLE TO MEET IN WASHINGTONThe outlook for 1989 in the railroad, trucking and

Ford Motor Co. already provides 14 percent of the West's passenger cars, but now the automaker would

The prospect of 100 percent duties on U.S. walnuts and dried fruit imported into the European Commun

Higher volumes of containers filled with Christmas goods from Asia and strong exports on both the At

Car rental companies have been hard put to come up with the kind of glamourousattention-getting prom

A decision by the Federal Reserve Board to allow U.S. banks to accept foreign currency deposits star

WHEN TALKS ON MERGING precious metal futures operations broke off between the New York Mercantile Ex

Computer Graphics: Assessment and Forecast, Jan. 11-13. Sheraton Grand on Harbor Island, San Diego,

The chemical industry trade association in the United States is working closely with other countries

The number of applications for new drug approvals is doubling every year, a pace that threatens to c

The Justice Department urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an appeal from ocean carriers and long

A federal appeals court, ruling in a trademark-infringement case, Thursday spared Toyota Motor Corp.

ALCAN BUYS ASSETS OF JARL EXTRUSIONSAlcan Aluminum Corp., the U.S. subsidiary of Canada's le

Imagine a stack of French toast piled halfway to the moon. Or enough sandwiches to circle th

The prime rate is expected to be increased soon, perhaps today, if the U.S. employment data show str

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

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West German officials said on Thursday no evidence was found to support the U.S. allegations that th

Airborne Express, the third largest U.S. express package carrier, immediately will begin handling wo

Traffic Club of Philadelphia. 81st annual dinner. Jan. 10. Rep. James Florio, guest speaker. Hershey

The retailing industry's electronic Tower of Babel is crumbling. In a major advance for the

Huron & Eastern Railway Co. has acquired the former CSX Transportation line running between Bad Axe

ROYAL FINANCIAL BUYS MACCABEES LIFE STOCKSOUTHFIELD, Mich. - Maccabees Life Insurance Co. an

The U.S. dollar pushed higher Thursday despite double dollar-selling intervention by the West German

New applications for unemployment insurance benefits increased to a seasonally adjusted 319,000 in t

The Christmas shopping season proved the best in nearly two years for the nation's largest general r

Securities brokerage Security Pacific Hoare Govett announced Wednesday it was getting out of the Bri

Japanese companies captured half the world's $50.2 billion semiconductor market last year by concent

Eastern Air Lines, smaller and deeper in debt than a year ago, begins 1989 facing a release from man

Wary over the ability of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to maintain its latest pr

KUWAIT'S OIL MINISTER SEES $15-$18 OIL IN '89Kuwait's oil minister said Tuesday he expects o

PUERTO RICO MARINE MANAGEMENT INC. (Edison, N.J.) - Robert Alvarez was named director of corporate c

Foreign trade is a positive note in an otherwise troubled Yugoslav economy. Inflation has pr

A group of mid-sized trucking companies converted higher freight rates into robust earnings gains du

A sharply divided Oakland Port Commission voted 5-2 to proceed with a reorganization plan that calls

North Atlantic shipping lines have lost only a minuscule portion of their business as a result of th

An increase of five percentage points in the surcharge Pennsylvania health- care providers pay to a

Embattled Sodarcan Inc. has consolidated more than a dozen subsidiaries and sold its marine underwri