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Issuing two classes of stock with unequal voting rights tends to increase the power of the insiders

The West German banking industry reacted in a favorable but subdued manner last week to the federal

When you're No. 2, you try harder, especially when you're Roadway Express. By most standards

A major stevedoring company, Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Co., will consolidate its operations in Hou

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

The Federal Maritime Commission extended to July 13 the period for comment on a request that it clar

Fuji Bank Ltd., Tokyo, named Hisaharu Kamiya senior economist of its research division in New York.<

Smaller overseas banks and those not wishing to meet stringent requirements for full entry into the

Despite the fact that U.S. companies have spent more than $200 billion on new facilities and equipme

Brazilian President Jose Sarney is preparing a virtual barrage of political gestures during the next

Mexico's minimum daily wage is being boosted by 23 percent Wednesday, but in real terms the base sa

Spirits picked up in the U.S. machine tool industry, as orders in May reached the highest monthly le

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The Reagan administration is winning some trade bill votes in the Senate, but losing others.

Top Stories Japanese industrialists are learning to cope with the effects of the sharp appre

Top Stories The maritime industry is increasing reliance on automation and computerization o

Senate Panel to Work On Air Quality BillAfter months of hearings, a Senate subcommittee toda

California's Department of Food & Agriculture has issued the first ban for a pesticide as a result o

GENERAL NEWS The International Trade and Computerization Conference and Exhibition is schedu

The Supreme Court sent an Arkansas truck tax dispute back to state court in what appears to be anoth

A pair of Bechtel Corp. subsidiaries that service 40 nuclear plants signed an agreement to provide s

Making the rounds of Tokyo's diplomatic cocktail circuit these days is a story that brings into shar

Quintette Coal Ltd., and its Japanese steel mill customers agreed to extend current metallurgical co

Another major nuclear accident is unavoidable, and there's a 50 percent chance of a core meltdown in

The Central Electricity Generating Board, Britain's biggest coal user, ordered 300,000 metric tons o

The "No Smoking" signs are going up everywhere as Americans puff fewer cigarettes and hear U.S. Surg

AIF Membership Approves MergerWASHINGTON, D.C. - The membership of the Atomic Industrial For

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

WORLD BANK KOREA - $150 million for low-income housing. A 15-year loan, at a variable intere

U.S. companies will have increased opportunities for exports to Mexico this year in several product

Measures to open Japan's farm markets would sacrifice rural households without resolving any major t

Next January first will mark a historic date in international trade" when a new tariff classificatio

DECOTEX - International Home Furnishing and Textile Show. Through June 30, Hall 38, Jacob Javits Con

China Expected to Cut Farm Exports in '87The Agriculture Department says China is reducing i

Disinvestment from South Africa has yet to bring an end to apartheid, as its advocates predicted, n

Nissan Plans to Open Arizona Test TrackTUCSON, Ariz. - Japanese automaker Nissan will open a

Industrialized countries increased financial aid to developing countries to a record $37 billion las

Ocean shipping service to Hawaii is still adequate despite the uncertainty surrounding United States

Two fleet managers debated the benefits of standardizing their equipment, both claiming significant