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The heavy demand for miniskirts in the United States is affecting more than male blood pressure - it

When Henry Orsi calls an important business meeting, employees at Giurlani USA's headquarters in Cam

Customs Offers Ruling On US Island ImportsThe U.S. Customs Service proposed an interpretive

U.S. banks are increasing their debt capitalization in Chile that will result in major investments a

Consumption of plastics in the manufacture of large automotive parts is forecast to grow at a rate o

Pennwalt Corp. announced that it has agreed to acquire a line of fungicides, insecticides and herbic

Two senior executives from Scandinavian Airlines System will direct the start-up and initial operati

GPU Nuclear Corp. engineers will use electricity to stop corrosion identified last November at the O

The American Stock Exchange plans to extend its international reach in the months ahead by adding fo

Railroad's Parent Firm Merges Phone UnitTULSA, Okla. - Kansas City Southern Industries Inc.

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

Much of the American Stock Exchange's growth in recent years has stemmed from the exchange's burgeon

Foreign shippers last year increased their share of Italian green coffee imports to 79.2 percent, co

By the time the last of 1,992 customers drove away from a Nissan Motor Corp. dock near San Francisco

Exxon Crude Postings Up 50 Cents a BarrelExxon Co. U.S.A. increased its posted buying price

The foreign aid program may be the most misunderstood and sometimes most unpopular federal program,

Retail sales edged upward a mere 0.4 percent in June, the fourth straight money of virtually unchang

The formal lifting today of 38 years of martial law in Taiwan isn't likely to have much immediate im

The new multilateral trade negotiations sponsored by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade coul

Shipper interests who want the American Bar Association to advocate U.S. ratification of the 1978 Ha

A bid by John R. Arwood to buy the 50 percent of Trans Freight Lines owned by TNT Ltd. precipitated

Rig Count Put at 891, 200 Above a Year AgoThe number of working oil and gas rigs in the Unit

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

USDA Purchases Beef For Sale to VenezuelaWASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture sai

Problems with the 1986 Risk Retention Act limit its usefulness, the National Association of Insuranc

In 1986 two idiots in Jamaica, without any experience, decided to manufacture garments, recounts Jam

Japan's Trade Minister To Visit WashingtonJapan's trade minister is scheduled to fly to Wash

Another surprising business connection has surfaced in the ongoing Massachusetts auto insurance mess

Coextruded films are expected to capture 25 percent of the 6.7 billion pound polyethylene film marke

Senate Set to Clear FAA, DOT NomineesThe Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committ

Thomas W. Teddy" Gleason Sr., who is retiring as president of the International Longshoremen's Assoc

The peso's daily devaluation against the dollar has been lagging behind Mexico's inflation rate this

Apple Computer Inc.'s profit jumped 65 percent in its third fiscal quarter on a 42 percent gain in r

For generations of newlyweds, Niagara Falls was the place to go, the cat's-meow of honeymoons. Today

One of the more formidable obstacles to affordable housing in the United States, a nation of 3,543,8

Negotiations between the European Airbus Industrie consortium and McDonnell Douglas on collaborative

A volatile wholesale market pushed the average price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States ov

Jack Wedge, who for years made his living as a shrimper in the pristine waters off the Florida Keys,

Offshore drilling by Continental Oil Co., or Conoco, a Du Pont affiliate, has struck oil in Congo.

The Illinois Central Gulf Railroad took a bold step and sued an Indiana utility for its refusal to t