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REGIONAL BLOCS Southeast Asia: Growing Opportunities for U.S. Business. Dec. 5-6. Manila Gar

A new executive director for the Port of Tacoma will be chosen shortly from within the ranks of the

FARRELL LINES MERGES WITH ARGONAUT MERGERThe Maritime Administration approved the merger of

For the week ended Nov. 19 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 11

Rollins Environmental Services Inc. announced the acquisition of Oil Process Co., a waste processing

CURATEK GETS FDA NOD TO SELL ROSACEA DRUGELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill. - Curatek Pharmaceuticals a

The Coast Guard has proposed amending its regulations to bring them into line with its general prohi

About 2,200 of the most senior Chrysler Corp. workers in Kenosha will continue to receive full pay a

The shareholders of Atlantic Container Line soon may reorganize the company in an effort to improve

As the world's trade ministers gather here for this week's big meeting, all eyes will focus on the a

CUSTOMS INVOICE FORM FOR FOOTWEAR RELEASEDThe Footwear Retailers of America and the Internat

The European Community ordered a French maker of car parts to repay $1.9 million of a state loan, wh

The father of no-fault auto insurance says skyrocketing costs for coverage may force state's to re-e

$500,000 from the Inter-American Development Bank to improve the equipment of low-income fishermen a

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

S. KOREA ANNOUNCES LIBERALIZATION DETAILSSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's Ministry of Fina

The U.S. government has yet to adapt its international economic policy-making to global realities, J

AMERICAN BRANDS INC. (Old Greenwich, Conn. ) - Louis F. Fernous Jr. was elected vice president of th

The Thai government has hammered out an official negotiating position on computer software copyright

NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL (Washington) - Frank Kittridge was named president of this oldest and

NUCLEAR PLANT ENDS RECORD-SETTING RUNSAN ONOFRE, Calif. - The start of a refueling outage fo

APPLE'S LAPTOP MAC WON'T DEBUT ON TARGETSAN JOSE, Calif. - Only a few months ago, knowledgea

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

COOPERS & LYBRAND (New York) - Eli Dabich Jr. was named national director, insurance consulting, at

A health insurance program to encourage early AIDS treatment instead of just paying claims for victi

The U.S. dollar will remain under pressure at least until the next U.S. trade statistics are release

Representatives of 20 South Korean companies are wending their way through key Midwest cities, hopin

European spot oil prices retreated Friday as the market had second thoughts about the efficacy and d

FAA SAFETY INSPECTION EXONERATES CONTINENTALHOUSTON - Continental Airlines has been cleared

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LEAR SIEGLER NOTES ASSIGNED B3 RATINGNEW YORK - Moody's Investors Service has assigned a B3

Plastic resin production will increase 6.6 percent in 1988, more slowly than during the 1987 boom wh

The European Community took its turn in the hot seat this year in annual discussions here on trade,

Shipping Corp. of India, or SCI, plans to acquire some 30 vessels aggregating 1.72 million gross reg

Ports can improve their financial picture by readjusting their habit of granting discounts on long-d

Topic: Marine Liability Insurance Premium Talk is a biweekly Q&A on insurance industry issue

Commerce Secretary William Verity Friday said, I presently do not believe that the dollar will neces

RICE MILLERS' PRESIDENT, S. GABBERT, RESIGNSThe president of the U.S. Rice Millers' Associat

Jacksonville Electric Authority fuel buyers received a rather unusual offer when they went to open b

The management of bankrupt United States Lines Inc. issued a statement Friday aimed at answering que