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Plans for a $10 million corporate conference center and 120-room hotel in this Putnam County town we

Trucks loaded down with tree trunks still rumble down Highway 101 each morning in a routine as perpe

Canada has much to gain from a proposed free trade agreement with the United States, a Ports Canada

Record inflation disclosed by the Brazilian government portends a threatening wave of hyper-inflatio

Commerce to Probe Pipe Fitting ImportsThe International Trade Commission cleared the way for

Heads of state and government from the seven most powerful economies in the Western world will gathe

The York Country Sheriff's Department has seized in Toronto harbor a Bahamian-registered cargo ship

Worlds of Wonder, the toy manufacturer that scored a hit with its Teddy Ruxpin computerized teddy be

Dry cargo handling at Maine's four ports increased 19.4 percent in 1986, giving state officials evid

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

Duty Free Shoppers Ltd., the U.S.-owned company that specializes in airport and similar outlets, has

BAe Acquires Stake Of Aerospace GroupBritish Aerospace PLC (BAe) announced Monday that it ha

Procedures for the acquisition of ships by Indian companies are being simplified and duties cut as p

* About 3 billion pounds of inedible grease was traded in 1986. * The changing price of grea

The four European nations attending the Venice economic summit will press the United States to reduc

Canada is most concerned about some of the proposed maritime legislation in the United States, said

Life and health insurance benefit payments to LTV Corp.'s 66,000 retirees that were scheduled to exp

Argentina has negotiated a nuclear cooperation accord with Iran, and usually reliable sources say it

Automobile insurance is gaining growing attention here. Three proposals on automobile insura

Fifteen recreational vehicle manufactures are under investigation for safety defects involving load

Michigan business is increasingly trying to take advantage of a new self- insurance law even though

AIDS Study Suggests Vaccine BreakthroughA study showing different strains of the AIDS virus

The number of working oil and gas rigs in the United States this week totaled 744, a decrease of 23

Technological and information revolutions are reshaping countries in the Pa cific Basin in a way com

Chinese rural residents earned 11.2 percent more in cash income during the first quarter of this yea

Japanese automakers have been using "back door sleight-of-hand" to bypass their government-imposed v

Unilever reported Monday that first quarter net earnings, at constant exchange rates, rose 48 percen

The Soviet Union is offering to launch communications satellites in space for the United States and

China is on the threshold of awarding a 60 million ($100.8 million) contract to a group of British

Mon., May, 18 ,1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The Virginia Port Authority is as involved as any state agency in developing international trade for

The opening paragraph under the headlined story "TV Giving UK Elections That US Appearance," should

In Kaufman County, east of Dallas, Dr. Manuel S. Rivero says he lost 60 percent of his practice when

Japan Cuts Oil Imports From Persian GulfDOHA, Abu Dhabi - Japan's oil imports from Persian G

One of four 53-ton steam generators bound for China is lifted aboard the Sinotrans ship Trade Link a

Japan's Factory Output Fell in Fiscal 1986Japan's mining and manufacturing production declin

U.S. exporters attending an international coal trade conference here took one on the chin from Irela

The U.S. dollar firmed Monday after the Federal Reserve trading desk chose not to intervene in the m

GENERAL NEWS Business economists say goodbye to the era of very low inflation and rising bud

Borg-Warner to Sell Transportation UnitBorg-Warner Corp. said it plans to sell its transport