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Japan must push restructuring of its export-driven economy to make it more dependent upon domestic d

With a difficult Christmas season behind them, retailers are meeting here this week to look ahead to

The landlocked western Canadian province of Alberta is giving further support to port development on

U.S. car manufacturers begin 1988 production this week with a build noticeably below the year-ago co

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

A private economic mission of about 100 businessmen will visit Manila in early April to find out wha

Both sides in a west coast labor dispute that is crippling Canada's grain exports have been summoned

Sonat Offshore Drilling Inc. and Petroleum Engineers Inc. said they formed a joint venture, Offshore

Some fuel oil terminals in the Midwest are temporarily short on supply given the high demand for fue

As officials of Rio Grande Industries Inc. prepare their plans for operating the Southern Pacific Tr

The Federal Aviation Administration has fined Buffalo Express Airlines Inc. $950,000 for operating w

Longshoremen at Montreal intend this week to escalate their pressure tactics on port employers unles

Criticism of Bundesbank intervention policy from French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac is partly just

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Europe Import Agents Must Transpose CodesAgents handling imports from U.S. suppliers will ha

A little over two decades ago, the first Consumer Electronics Show drew 9,000 members of a $5 billio

Formal government go-ahead for a $1.2 billion petrochemical complex in Thailand, the country's secon

BASF Corp. chemicals division is increasing capacity for toluene diisocyanatefrom 135 millio

A new overnight "sprint" train service out of Portland is proving popular with shippers, according t

Mandatory guidelines covering hospital tests of patients for AIDS virus infection are needed to stop

Japan Ready to Accept GATT's Import RulingJapan is ready in principle to accept last month's

Jamaica's foliage and cut-flower industry expects bumper harvests this year to accommodate U.S. cons

After a tussle with seven other bidders, Unisys Corp., headquartered in Detroit, has won a US$650,00

EPA to Delay Curbs On Use of PesticidesThe Environmental Protection Agency said it was postp

TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY JAMES BURNLEY IS EARNING THE SAME OLD MARKS for exhibiting the same old att

Transportation users are unhappy with the nation's ability to move people and goods and expect furth

A western Canadian airline may buy 82-passenger British Aerospace BAe 146 jets, in part because of d

Women's International Trade Association Meeting. Jan. 12. Philadelphia. Contact Charlie Fairburn at

Fri., Jan. 8, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

China agreed Friday to accept substitutes for some Toshiba Machine Co. products, partially resolving

Treasury Minister Nigel Lawson said last week that 1988 will bring another year of strong economic g

A drop in heating oil consumption in 1987 caused the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries'

1319.5 (Jan. 8) Previous day - 1295.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in L

NY Transport Official Joins Research BoardThe Transportation Research Board has named Frankl

The foreign exchange market is likely to remain highly volatile, following one of the most turbulent

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said the stock index markets remained healthy during the Oc

U.K. stock market analysts have an optimistic outlook for share prices during the first quarter, as

A British company has developed a chain saw sharpener that will grind saws quickly and accurately wi

Import Surge Blamed On Commodities FlowA semiofficial government analysis of U.S. trade data

The Tennessee Valley Authority continued to turn to the spot market to supply coal for two of its ge