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Fewer young workers entering the job market contributed to a decline in the state's unemployment ra

The United States, long the No. 1 one favorite of international bankers, is No. 4 behind Japan, West

Net new orders for U.S. machine tools fell to $145.1 million in February, a 31 percent decline from

James E. Devine IV has been named vice president, Pacific, for the Transax/ RATES and PIERS subsidia

U.S. inflation is on the rise, despite a moderation of consumer price increases in February, and wil

Top Stories The incoming and outgoing presidents of the Risk and Insurance Management Societ

GENERAL NEWS Consumers paid 0.4 percent more for goods in February. Page 3AU.S. inflation i

Sea-Land Corp. will pay $125 million for the Hawaii-Guam leg of United States Lines' trans-Pacific s

Forthcoming Figures WASHINGTON - The Commerce Department issues its monthly report on single

The world airline industry, supported from birth by indulgent taxpayers, is being dragged into the h

The first quarter is ending with little change in interest rates during the period, leaving credit m

The Senate will settle the fate this week of the highway and mass transit legislation vetoed by Pres

Donald J. Schultz resigned as president of the American Association of Port Authorities after only s

Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore are slowly open ing their markets to U.S. products beca

The Tass news agency said a Leningrad construction bureau that failed to keep pace with the Soviet U

President Raul Alfonsin still seemed intent on recruiting an opposition Peronist union leader as lab

Brix to Step Down As Portland Port ChiefPORTLAND, Ore. - Peter Brix, Port of Portland Commis

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

Rep. Dan Rostenkowski said the trade bill approved by his House Ways and Means Committee sends Japan

A surge in exports last month pushed Britain's surplus on trade in goods and services with the rest

George D. Kennedy, chairman and chief executive of International Minerals & Chemical Corp., is const

USING THE STRENGTH of New York state's insolvency fund to market insurance is against the law, but t

Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore are slowly open ing their markets to U.S. products beca

Rep. Dan Rostenkowski said the trade bill approved by his House Ways and Means Committee sends Japan

Further strengthening of the Taiwan dollar against the U.S. dollar will not help lower the overall U

The Tass news agency said a Leningrad construction bureau that failed to keep pace with the Soviet U

Companies insuring the nuclear power industry told Congress that liability coverage cannot be mainta

Further strengthening of the Taiwan dollar against the U.S. dollar will not help lower the overall U

The U.S. dollar eased in choppy trading Thursday as market participants weighedconflicting reports c

Conrail raced ahead like a runaway express train in its public trading bow Thursday as the stock mar

A La Mesa chemical company that makes toxic gases won't be moving to Wash ington state after all but

Now that it has reached agreement with Portugal on the return of Macao to Chinese sovereignty in 199

House and Senate Democrats offered their own budget plans, favoring funding domestic programs more t

Japan Voices Regret Over US Trade BillHajime Tamura, minister of international trade and ind

After two years of excessive growth, China is launching an austerity program to slash profligate spe

Japan Voices Regret Over US Trade BillHajime Tamura, minister of international trade and ind

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

Monday Hearing Set In Brazil Bank StrikeSAO PAULO, Brazil - A hearing before Brazil's Labor

After two years of excessive growth, China is launching an austerity program to slash profligate spe

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