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Two years after a mandatory car seat belt law took effect in California, a wave of lawsuits across t

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

The U.S. dollar drifted lower in a listless market Tuesday on profit-taking following Friday's gains

After Ronald Reagan defeated him for re-election in 1980, President Carter told friends that his dow

Fed's Vice Chairman Favors Stronger DollarTOKYO - Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Manuel

Pressure is mounting on the Reagan administration to step up the fight against Latin America's might

Coal Subsidy Proposal Is Not GATT PriorityAn Australian proposal calling for General Agreeme

The government-owned Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority has offered to buy five former United S

The Boeing Co. expects to build jetliners with plastic wings within 10 years, a company official sai

KaiserTech Ltd. has reached agreements in principle to sell the remainder of its chemicals assets fo

VALVOLINE OIL CO. (Lexington, Ky.) - Robert M. Harbison was promoted to executive vice president of

Airline and air freight carriers are lobbying to retain their unfettered exemption from payment of t

A quote box that appeared Feb. 12 in a story about American Carriers Inc. rejecting an acquisition b

As in recent years, it is probably futile to expect any major program or funding surprises in the Re

Connecticut legislators will hear testimony Friday on a bill that would ban sex discrimination in in

Fred S. James Acquires Seattle BrokerageFred S. James & Co. Inc., a national insurance broke

The one-week delay until Feb. 26 of Mexico's bond-for-debt exchange was needed to give banks more ti

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

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Pre-Press Equipment Show Starts This WeekDUSSELDORF, West Germany - IMPRINTA 88, the world's

Five-Day Workweek Approved in JapanThe Cabinet has approved an ordinance that will give gove

Which trading partners account for most of the trade deficit? Japan accounted for 38 percent of it i

Nearly 10,000 imported New Zealand lambs remain confined to their quarantined quarters here this wee

The pending U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement is a win-win deal because it will stimulate a higher le

Marad Denies Review Of Fuel Subsidy IssueThe Maritime Administration won't review its denial

U.S. business eagerly awaits the U.S.-Canadian trade liberalization pact in the belief that increase

Ebasco Constructors Inc. has won a $21.9 million contract by the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers to co

Pacific Lighting Corp. Announces New NamePacific Lighting Corp. changed its name to Pacific

NORTHWEST AIRLINES (St. Paul, Minn.) - William H. Sitter was elected executive vice president, admin

Moody's Investor's Service has downgraded from A2 to B2 the ratings of $785 million of senior subord

Olympia & York Offers To Hike SFSP StakeOlympia & York Development Ltd., launched a $245 mil

Iraq claimed its 25th air strike of the year on Iranian oil targets along the gulf coast Tuesday as

When Walter Boehnke started his family business in Aransas Pass almost 50 years ago, it was a tiny f

Eastman Kodak Co. Tuesday announced two new professional films. Kodak Vericolor 400 professi

* Albert Kraus - Markets and Money 15A * William S. Peirce - New Electric Competition 16A* R

One tanker hit the city's yet-to-be-occupied prison barge and another rammed an anchored vessel off

Japan might offer to phase out import quotas on beef and citrus fruit by 1993 to forestall a U.S. co

City officials will raise weight limits for fuel oil trucks if the tugboat workers' strike disrupts

If a railroad wants to keep its customers happy, it has to speak their language - and that applies t