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The summit this weekend between President Reagan and Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid in Mazatl

High-level U.S. Customs Service officials are examining global computerized communications standards

Despite forecasts of a declining population impacted by aircraft noise, aviation industry analysts e

Public Service Electric & Gas Co., Newark, N.J., reported a 0.1 percent decline in industrial kilow

Taiwan Power Co.'s purchase of a 60,000-metric-ton test shipment of sub- bituminous coal from Wyomin

Freight Forwarder Set To Open Denver OfficeExpeditors International of Washington Inc. will

A Conrail employee and poor maintenance by the railroad caused a Jan. 12 crash between a hopper car

The Federal Maritime Commission has agreed to shorten the comment period on a petition asking that i

European exporters want the European Commission to reject claims by European shipping companies that

The port of Portland and Dravo Corp. of Pittsburgh have settled their nearly five-year dispute over

A British company has developed an ornamental-pool pump, called Lotus Mermaid, based on a single pum

Members of a House subcommittee questioned several sections of the U.S.-Canada trade liberalization

Nobel Prize winning economist Lawrence R. Klein told Congress Tuesday it would not be ethical for ba

AIR CARGO The time-sensitive package is seen remaining distinctive. 5BAVIATIONSAS h

A spate of new regulations for above-ground oil storage tanks is being pushed in Congress following

The Energy Department is getting ready to launch a major new program intended to put more punch in U

Mesa Limited Partnership said Tuesday that it had contracted to supply gas to Kansas Power & Light C

Soichiro Ito, Japan's science and technology director-general, reassured Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-Ala

The Interstate Commerce Commission has granted the Itel Corp. an exemptionfrom some of its r

Feb. 9, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High L

Heavy truck sales got off to a flying start in 1988 with a gain of nearly 18 percent in January, acc

THE DOWNSIDE TO DEVELOPMENT of electronic data interchange comes when programmers try to add to thei

Spurred by strong exports, South Korea's current account surplus in 1987 more than doubled to $9.78

A high-level delegation from Thailand will hold talks in Washington next week in an effort to free a

In a move that has left the Athens business world delighted but bemused, Greece and Turkey are frien

Imagine Hanae Mori or Issey Miyake, Japan's two most famous fashion designers, designing automobiles

Jamaica completed its first debt-for-equity swap under a program designed to retire up to one-half o

We're not talking nostalgia here. We're talking bathrooms. The end seems nigh for the tradit

Tue., Feb. 9, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The government will send a negotiator to Washington this week to discuss a definite timetable for th

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

Volatile natural gas price fluctuations will be the norm until both buyers and sellers adjust to sea

Itel Corp. lost $900,000 on revenue of $350.1 million in the fourth quarter, compared with earnings

The port of Portland is sort of playing musical chairs with Oregon colleges. Nancy A. Wilgen

The head of the City Council's Environmental Protection Committee says stores should be banned from

The Massachusetts Port Authority reached an agreement with McAllister Brothers Inc. for payment of $

Koch Industries Inc. said its purchase of a 1,943-mile Gulf Coast pipelinerepresents the first time

L. Mann to Head Sears Jewelry UnitSears, Roebuck and Co., the nation's largest retailer, nam

New statistics showing a decline in both semiconductor shipments and new chip orders surprised indus