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APL Withdraws Bid For Foreign CharterAmerican President Lines Ltd. has withdrawn its applica

LCP Hikes Price Of Caustic SodaEDISON, N.J. - LCP Chemicals & Plastics Inc. has announced an

Two unsubsidized U.S.-flag ship lines are joining three subsidized carriers to form the United Shipo

The automobile industry for the most part pushes the Born In America image, yet the Cadillac Motor C

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Nuclear Power Plants Shut Down in NY, Calif.The New York Power Authority's James A. Fitzpatr

Negotiations on a new national coal labor contract will begin here Nov. 12, coal industry labor and

Portugal to Join EC Monetary SystemBRUSSELS, Belgium - Portugal will join the European Monet

A leading employment index developed by the Center for International Business Cycle Research at Colu

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

An expert witness for an insurance company said Sunday that A.H. Robins Co. would have to pay $2.5 b

Soltex Polymer Corp. has announced that it will increase capacity at its Deer Park, Texas, high dens

The United Auto Workers gave notice to Navistar International Transportation Corp. of Chicago that i

Countertrade is gaining importance among Asian nations as a way to deal with balance of payments pro

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. surveyed 215 banks across the country and found that Black Monda

West Germany's posted a balance of payments surplus of 1.63 billion deutsche marks in September, fro

Food prices nationally will close the year about 4 percent higher than in 1986, due primarily to ris

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Noboru Takeshita, president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, was formally elected at the week

An offer that was too good to pass up has prompted Bausch & Lomb Inc. to sell its microscope busines

Major U.S. trading partners should follow this country's lead and automate their Customs operations,

Clinical Sciences Inc. announced an agreement to become the sole supplier of recombinant DNA-produce

CF Buying Back Up to 2 Million SharesPALO ALTO, Calif. - Consolidated Freightways is buying

Users of electronic tariffs have found little to justify concerns about such systems. Centur

Amid a business community atmosphere of mounting despair and impending rebellion, the holding compan

Authorities of the Bank of Japan won't slash the nation's discount rate no matter what the West Germ

The dollar has no short-term support and is likely to continue to fall in the next few weeks, econo

Airbus Industrie of North America, saying it will step up its marketing and customer support efforts

Companies Reduce Crude Oil PostingsTexaco Trading & Transportation Inc. said it reduced its

Senators spurred by the nation's worst Amtrak accident unanimously passed legislation calling for $1

More than 10,000 visitors from 21 foreign countries were in town last week for the annual Comdex com

The two railroads involved in the transfer of 900 miles of track in southern Montana got their chanc

US Will Reopen Beef Export ProgramThe U.S. Department of Agriculture said its chilled beef c

It was only a year ago that Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III sat on top of the political-econom

The Europe Container Terminus (ECT) has appealed to Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers for help in it

Tidewater Barge Lines of Vancouver has completed the acquisition of Columbia Marine Lines, according

The first Chinese apparel plant located outside China is getting ready to turn out cashmere garments

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

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

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