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A proposal to clean up the harbor at Waukegan, Ill., to remove one of the worst PCB spills on record

With this year's hard red winter wheat harvest slipping further into the past, demand-side fundament

THE WORLD RAPIDLY IS TAKING NEW SHAPE. Last week may go down in history as a significant milestone i

Price increases announced by U.S. airlines over the last week or so reveal a dark side to airline de

A South Korean trade mission headed home over the weekend, after signing $291 million in contracts f

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 12/10/88* Percentage

The U.S. dollar continued stronger on expectations that Wednesday's U.S. trade deficit will show imp

A new label that will be wrapped around thousands of bottles of a famous wine has been unveiled in R

The United States needs to improve its economic and trade cooperation with China, and sign an invest

For the manager in charge of signing up new electronic trading partners, help is on the way.

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Domestic shipyards have won orders for at least 10 bulk carriers thanks to increased iron ore and co

The introduction of a new automobile insurance law next month in the state will not end the war betw

While others argue over subsidies and other governmental aids to shipping, John J. Bylo, a Los Angel

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Commodity Research Bureau: Canadian dollar 6A* Albert L. Kraus - M

People who make computers talk to each other will be facing some crucial issues here this week.<

FARM GROUP HEAD SAYS UK POLICY BURDENSOMELONDON - U.K. government economic policy is creatin

Administration officials and banking interests say far-reaching proposals by Soviet leader Mikhail G

KOREAN BANK TO CLOSE THREE FOREIGN OFFICESSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's government-owne

Mon., Dec. 12, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The United Arab Emirates will go all the way to support the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Coun

France on Monday blamed the failure of world trade talks in Montreal last week on U.S. obstinacy and

In an effort to ensure a smooth closing of the Saint Lawrence Seaway this winter, U.S. and Canadian

Rumors that SmithKline Beckman Corp. is about to become a takeover candidate have swirled around the

Margate Shipping Co. and Chestnut Shipping Co. are seeking Maritime Administration approval for an a

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ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES AMERICA'S ROAD TEAMThe American Trucking Associations announced the 19

Beleaguered Parisians, already suffering from a crippling transport strike, probably think every pub

JAPAN'S TRADE SURPLUS JUMPED IN NOVEMBERJapan's merchandise trade surplus surged 38 percent

Federal agencies do not have the right to issue retroactive rules affecting business unless Congress

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

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

After nine years of watching light plane sales plummet every time anyone looked, the top executives

Oil market analysts are increasingly bullish about prices in the first quarter of 1989, despite the

Rather than disappearing, as some critics claim, competition among airlines is intensifying, Patrici

SECURITY AGENCY OKS SCRAMBLING DEVICESThe National Security Agency has signed contracts with

EDI IS A MOVEMENT more than it is a technology. The simple definition of the technology is t

AMBAC INDEMNITY CORP. (New York) - Gayle F. Robinson was named senior vice president at this municip

In Chicago Transit Official Likely to Take DOT Helm in The Journal of Commerce, Dec. 9, page 1A, the

Britain's business community expressed disappointment rather than surprise or dismay at the outcome