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FIRE FORCES EVACUATION IN SPRINGFIELD, MASS.SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - Thousands of residents bega

Growth and change cut two ways at the same time in the still-successful regional airline industry, i

The British government has given in to demands from the shipping community and decided to bring down

Secretary of the Treasury James A. Baker III has persistently denied rumors he will be leaving his p

Trading in the secondary market for Third World debt continued in a narrow price range last week, wi

Compaq Computer Corp. of Houston announced Monday that it will expand its Asian presence by investin

China is seeking foreign science and technology to develop its agriculture and rural industry in a g

Prudential Life Insurance Co. is planning to enter the newly opened South Korean life insurance mark

The Illinois legislature is expected to pass a bill that would require the state's 7 million motoris

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Commodity Research Bureau's Futures Outlook 6A* Albert L. Kraus -

Japan's economy, boosted by personal spending and housing investment, grew 4.9 percent in inflation-

The Interstate Commerce Commission is waiting for a formal declaration by the Delaware & Hudson Rail

Westvaco Corp., a major manufacturer of paper, packaging and chemicals, Thursday announced an invest

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Electronic data interchange is the food industry's seasoning of choice. That's because the t

The Federal Aviation Administration has refused to review a 155-an-hour limit on flights at Chicago'

The TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement has filed new currency adjustment factors for shipments fr

Government agents, and evidence from Brutus the drug dog, showed no grounds to believe a plane chase

W. GERMAN RATE RISE IS MARKET ADJUSTMENTTORONTO - The rise in West German repurchase rates t

CONFERENCE ON FORESTS OPENS IN MALAYSIAKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Fifty experts from around th

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 6/18/88* Fully Utilized Textile Quotas as of 6/18/88* Reflects

CATERPILLAR INC. (Peoria, Ill.) - Keith G. Johnson, chairman of Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi Ltd. of

Massachusetts state senators today will take up the issue of automobile insurance reform, with indus

People's Insurance Co. of China, the state-run insurance monopoly, reported that its insurance premi

The heads of government of seven of the world's richest nations neared agreement Monday on steps to

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

June 20, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

COMPUTERS AND FRUSTRATION often go hand in hand. If you doubt that, just ask the United Stat

U.S. sales of lawn and garden chemicals, potting soils and soil conditioners totaled almost $2 billi

Aeromexico, the state-owned airline that was declared bankrupt two months ago, is being restructured

FRENCH YARD WORKERS STRIKE OVER JOB PLANWorkers at France's last surviving major shipyard we

CON-WAY CENTRAL PLANS NEW SERVICE CENTERSANN ARBOR, Mich. - Con-Way Central Express said it

The automotive and container divisions of Hyundai group, one of South Korea's largest export conglom

F.B. HALL TO COMBINE GLOBAL BENEFITS COS.BRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. - Frank B. Hall & Co. Monday

Kerry St. Johnston received a knighthood in the Queen's Birthday Honours list published earlier this

North American developments are not absorbing all the energies of P&O Containers. In respons

Natural gas production from the former Texas Pacific concession in the Gulf of Thailand should begin

In an apparent bid to fix damaged labor relations at Eastern Air Lines, Texas Air Corp. Chairman Fra

Chemical import volumes climbed steeply in April to 3.2 million metric tons, compared with 2.4 milli