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The cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita has suffered a major loss in public support

MidAmerica companies are expressing greater interest in investing in China, state trade promotion of

Morgan Grenfell Group PLC's announcement that it will eliminate 450 jobs is part of a continuing dow

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

Japanese police raided the offices of two domestic companies Wednesday seeking evidence to support g

GEC, SIEMENS CLOSER TO PLESSEY TAKEOVERA 1.7 billion ($3.12 billion) takeover bid launched

CONSTRUCTION SLOWDOWN IMPERILS CHINESE JOBSOne-fourth of China's 24 million construction wor

The two containerships being retired from Italian Line's service to the U.S. East Coast are going to

AMAX COAL INDUSTRIES INC. (Indianapolis) - William H. Johnson was named general manager of Midwest o

Hopes for scheduling talks between carriers serving Chicago's O'Hare International Airport took a tu

The U.S. Postal Service lost $597 million in the 1988 fiscal year but expects to finish the new year

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

1485 (Dec. 7, 1988) Previous day - 1487 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

A memorial service will be held Monday for F.H. Pex Muldoon, 67, chairman of the board and chief exe

In a major effort to raise rates in the inbound trans-Pacific trade, the principal carriers in the w

BIGGEST HMO REPORTS THIRD QUARTER LOSSMaxicare Health Plans Inc., the nation's biggest healt

A report from the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago suggested that Midwest communities and states shou

BANK OF AMERICA (San Francisco) - R. Thomas Decker, executive vice president, was named to head the

W. GERMAN STATE TO SELL BANK STAKEFRANKFURT, West Germany - The West German state of Hesse s

Australia's three major private banks are enjoying record profits and solid growth. Westpac

NO DATE SET YET FOR US-SOVIET SUMMITPresident Reagan Wednesday said no date has been set yet

Italian Line is due to take delivery later this month of a new containership that will be used in th

The Federal Maritime Commission asked for comment on its proposed rule changes to ease provisions re

EC STARTS PROCEEDINGS OVER SPANISH TOBACCOBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community said We

The days of lower oil prices will end by 1992 and that decade will be marked by higher prices that w

Refining and marketing, once the long-suffering stepchildren of the oil industry, have finally emerg

The first stirrings of a possible new attempt to reach a compromise between rail labor and managemen

The headline for a People item appearing on Page 9A in the Friday, Dec. 2, editions of The Journal o

American Mutual Insurance Cos. will cease writing personal lines in six states even as it hopes to c

Murray Lawrence was re-elected chairman of Lloyd's of London on Wednesday for another year from Jan.

Economic growth in MidAmerica will be keeping pace with the rest of the nation, ending the region's

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev cruised past the New York Stock Exchange in a motorcade Wednesday, b

China hopes there will be no more multilateral agreements limiting trade in textiles after the prese

* Trading With Nigeria 4A * Tom Connors - Washington 8A* Views Mixed on Anera's Bid To End I

West German manufacturers are concerned that differing national standards for industry will continue

Canadian Trade Minister John Crosbie has vigorously condemned this week's U.S. announcement of conti

Antwerp has launched a determined campaign to prove it is a cut above its rivals in the fiercely com

London authorities are sprucing up the greater-than-life-sized bust of Karl Marx on his tomb in Nort

Utilities and conservationists appear at first blush to favor a proposal that Massachusetts utility