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The U.S. embargo on purchases from South Africa stands out as the exception in that country's otherw

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

Ciba-Geigy Corp. said it would start human tests soon on a prospective vaccine against HIV, the viru

The chief Senate backer of a bill to restructure the Federal Aviation Administration said Congress s

Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita's much heralded tax reform plans already are running into trouble, o

With traditional Chinese hoopla of firecrackers and lion dancers, RJR Nabisco Inc. formally opened i

June 22, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

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Chief executives from two of the nation's most prestigious corporations are prodding Congress to ena

The U.S. dollar surged to an eight-month high against the deutsche mark Wednesday on bullishness fol

Morton Thiokol Inc. specialty chemicals group agreed in principle to purchase the solid thermoplasti

Executives running the Virgin Atlantic Airways cargo operation in the United States are picking thei

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer announced the sale of six new planes to Wichita, Kan.-based

Painstakingly crafted plans to end a 26-day strike at South Korea's largest auto plant fell apart W

CHINA VENTURE TO MAKE CANNED FOODS, FLAVORSCHANGSHA, China - A new joint venture company has

BAHAMAS - $6 million from the Inter-American Development Bank for projects in the agricultural, fish

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

When Mexican consumers buy their tortillas this year, there's a greater chance than last year that t

Alert for the new snags and sandbars brought by the drought, river pilot Marvin Bowman peered from t

The path to successful automation is paved with cash. And along with the expense of installa

HUGHES AIRCRAFT WINS PACT FOR CIRCUIT CHIPEL SEGUNDO, Calif. - Hughes Aircraft Co., a unit o

They call it Tiger. And it could put a roar into millions of computers. Tiger is an acronym

NEW GROUP TO FOSTER AEROSPACE INTERESTSWASHINGTON - The National Industrial Transportation L

Texas Association to Improve Distribution, summer meeting, June 23-24. Marriott Riverwalk Hotel, San

A late rally in soybean futures pushed agricultural commodities mostly higher again Wednesday wiping

At a time when many big-name commodity funds have been doing poorly, Robert Stotler, a newcomer to t

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The British government must act immediately if the decline in the country's merchant shipping fleet

IRANIANS ASK JAPAN TO BOOST OIL IMPORTSAn Iranian delegation Wednesday asked officials of Ja

U.S. businesses and banks are placidly letting aggressive Japanese and Europeans take advantage of t

U.S. cutlery importers slugged it out this week with domestic manufacturers over whether the U.S. In

Traditional Exports Footwear, foodstuffs, wine, steel, cement, fruits and nuts, pottery, jew

The tug and barge industry is almost certain to win relief from a burdensome fuel tax collection sys

Improvement in the U.S. merchandise trade deficit this year will be front- loaded into the first hal

CARGILL ASSUMES LEASE ON GRAIN ELEVATORCHICAGO - Cargill Inc., Minneapolis, will assume Cont

The United States and South Korea are close to an agreement to coordinate strategic export control p

The insurance industry, trial lawyers and motorists all must assume some responsibility for premium

Japan's subtle efforts to gain an influential voice among the world's biggest industrial democracies

The drought has reduced hydroelectricity output to 30 percent of normal in the western United States

Huntsman Chemical Corp. subsidiary Huntsman Chemical Co. Ltd., based in Carrington, England, is incr