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A few weeks ago, 2,000 automobile dealers who sell mostly Japanese cars invaded this city to lobby t

Tariff Cuts Approved By Taiwanese CabinetTAIPEI, Taiwan - The executive Yuan, or cabinet, ap

NCA Levels Criticism At Trade LegislationThe National Coal Association is lodging more criti

Lightning struck two container cranes at Norfolk International Terminals when a thunderstorm passed

So now that there are all those home computer programs to help book business travel, I guess we don'

Pennwalt Hikes Price Of Sodium ChloratePennwalt Corp. is increasing its off-list prices of s

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

The Nakasone administration will try harder to improve access to Japan's market for semiconductors m

The 18-year-old joint service agreement between Australia National Line and Associated Container Tra

Britain's visible (merchandise) trade deficit during the first three months of the year was sharply

Indonesia's total exports in 1986 were worth US$14.805 billion, down 20.35 percent from 1985, data f

The Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday settled insider trading charges against Kidder Peabo

The world could probably "smooth over" a two-month cutoff of oil suppliesfrom the Persian Gu

Divers for British Nuclear Fuels Ltd. were trying Thursday to repair a six- inch hole in a pipeline

A top economist told Congress that the country is facing increased dangersfrom rising inflat

New England Agrees To Oversize RulesCAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Five of six New England states, actin

THE JAPANESE CONSORTIUM of NYK Line, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines and Y.S. Line announced last year its inten

Reauthorization of the Airport and Airways Trust Fund gained ground in the House as the Department o

Disease Could Reduce Argentine Beef ExportsThe outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Argenti

A turnaround in container leasing has boosted rates and profits and should result in further increas

Calif. Panel Approves Auto Pollution GearSACRAMENTO, Calif. - Assembly Speaker Willie Brown'

A sharp decline in foreign investment apparently spurred China's announcement of new initiatives des

A prominent Hong Kong business leader warned Japan that it should buy more Hong Kong products.

Foreign banks operating in Brazil are keeping their eye on the progress through the country's consti

A table accompanying an article in Thursday's edition on public stock offerings misspelled the name

The Massachusetts Port Authority says it could lose significant cargoes to Canadian ports if the U.S

NY Service Stations Face New Filing PlanALBANY, N.Y. - Most retail gasoline stations in New

The House Banking Committee voted 48-1 Thursday to seek House approval for a House-Senate conference

The Maritime Administration's new trade route system has drawn its first objection and its first app

Senegal appears ready to take delivery of 10,500 metric tons of mixed U.S. wheat, its first shipment

Current projections point to grain supplies remaining well in excess of de mand over the coming 12 m

The European Community's plans to tax vegetable oils and fats will not affect oilseed imports, an EC

UK, Japanese Sign Economic AgreementThe signing of an economic cooperation agreement Thursda

1015.0 (June 4) Previous day - 1024.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in L

The Philadelphia price range for regular grade No. 6 fuel oil for Friday, May 15, was incorrectly qu

Hartford Insurance Group said its life insurance operation signed an agreement to acquire a 22 perce

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is likely to exceed its 15.8 million barrels a day

Ente Nazionale per Energia Elettrica, the Italian state utility, was believed to be discussing at a

GENERAL NEWS Moderate growth and rising inflation are in store for the U.S. economy this yea

Despite price cuts by the ports of New Orleans and Pascagoula, Miss., several key rubber shippers ar