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Echo Inc., a Japanese-owned maker of outdoor power equipment, plans to start exporting to Japan lat

The president's Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense will decide next month whether to draft le

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Saudi Arabia's $800 million investment in Texaco Inc.'s U.S. refining and marketing operations is a

Dow Chemical U.S.A. announced price increases for several product lines, including dicyclopentadiene

Braniff Inc. flew 407.8 million revenue passenger miles in May, up from 268.9 million RPMs in May 19

Electronic catalogs are helping retailers break up one of their most damaging logjams. Mis-p

Fueled by soaring use of facsimile transmission machines, Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd. saw its

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Local International Longshoremen's Association officials are keeping their men at work in Jacksonvil

The Journal of Commerce's Industrial Price Index continued to nudge the 102 mark last week, standing

The American Farm Bureau Federation, the nation's large farmer group, at the weekend urged Agricultu

Capping a week-long meeting, the nation's insurance regulators Friday passed model legislation, incl

Israel's consumer price index rose by 1.2 percent in May, twice as high as last year's inflationary

Yoshifumi Kaneda is very proud of his new Honda. It looks like an ordinary two-door Accord, except t

Ten proposals for petrochemical developments in Thailand worth over $900 million have won government

REICHHOLD HIKES LATEX PRICESDOVER, Del. - The Emulsion Polymers division of Reichhold Chemic

In the past six months, a group of brazen thieves has stolen six high- performan ce turboprop airpla

In China, container services on the mainland are rapidly expanding due to the growth of foreign trad

The Interstate Commerce Commission was grappling during the weekend over how best to maintain servic

The idea of putting your ship under a foreign flag is not a familiar step for U.S. shipowners. But i

The dollar will remain stable to slightly higher in the near term, but many traders continue to beli

An increasing number of insurance companies are offering substantial premium discounts to the owners

The International Trade Commission will continue to focus on Japanese trading practices during the m

The American Law Institute, the American Bar Association and the University of Colorado School of La

BATUS EXTENDS TENDER FOR FARMERS GROUPLOUISVILLE, Ky., - Batus Inc. said Friday that its who

Auto insurance rates could rise by an average of $97 a car for all drivers next month if the state a

Taiwan's government spokesman predicts his country's trade surplus with the United States will fall

WORLD COFFEE CROP EXPECTED TO DROP 10 PERCENTThe world coffee crop for 1988-89 is expected t

THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION held firm last week when industry groupsapplied pressure

Scallop Petroleum Corp., a unit of Shell Oil Co., once the largest utility fuel supplier in the indu

Domestic coal producers and importers are facing a tough challenge from rivalfuels in Europe

The export control agency Cocom June 14 approved the sale of three European aircraft to the East blo

After months of intense debate, Apple Computer Inc. has dealt a major defeat to Adobe Systems Inc.,

The New Zealand, a 123-foot yacht that will compete in the America's Cup races in September in San D

In a 5-4 opinion ignoring Justice Department views, the Supreme Court ruled that creditors of indivi

A widely followed advertising forecaster said Wednesday that he expects U.S. ad spending to rise 8.4

Imported car and truck dealers urged Commerce Secretary C. William Verity not to try to get Japan to

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