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Maritime union leaders said Monday they are prepared to repeat Friday's shutdown of all of the ports

Taiwan may cut tariffs on 800 items in April in a move to boost imports and head off foreign pressur

Philippines Resumes Talks With BanksTalks between the Philippines and a committee representi

International Terminal Operating Co. has chartered the Delta Transloader, a catamaran floating eleva

Damages From Storm Listed at $40 MillionA southern storm earlier this month caused an estima

As Foss Maritime Co.'s president sat in his office overlooking the Lake Washington Ship Canal, steel

The foreign exchange market began the week by dumping dollars and buying yen, but analysts claim the

Monday, March 23, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

In the cool morning hours of a Brazilian summer day, a convoy of tank trucks winds down the seacoast

Karl-Heinz Sager had reason to smile. The weather was Chamber of Commerce perfect, and the president

Cars, trucks and vans are shown at Copenhagen's new car terminal. The facility is operated by the C

Growing numbers of companies are specifying Vancouver as the place to hold arbitration hearings if m

The Prudhoe Bay oil field, on Alaska's North Slope, this month produced its 5 billionth barrel of cr

Navistar International Recalls Trucks, BusesNavistar International Corp. said it has initiat

Space experts from three continents will gather April 10-12 for a conference to discuss internationa

Despite a slowdown in its African activities, the private French airline Union des Transports Aerien

FOILING U.S. IMPORT CURBS is the goal of Taiwan and South Korea. They will make a joint effo

Congressional Democrats are trying to forge a trade bill that President Reagan will not veto, said T

A Reagan administration official said it opposes using foreign countries' labor rights as a standard

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The volume of U.K. exports is forecast to rise by 3.6 percent in both 1987 and 1988, helping the Bri

Court Refuses to Stay Jet-Grounding OrderA federal appeals court left a Hawaii-based airline

Philippines Resumes Talks With BanksTalks between the Philippines and a committee representi

Brandt Resigns BONN, West Germany - Willy Brandt, the former West German chancellor and a No

A Federal Highway Administration proposal that would allow truck fleets to conduct their own safety

This will be another good year for China's shipbuilding industry, a senior official believes.

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

GENERAL NEWS The Supreme Court will determine the tax status of corporate stock purchases ma

MMC Corp., a Cranford, N.J.-based data-processing company, wants to reduce the tree-killing activiti

When genetic engineers walk through a field of strawberries near the Sacramento River delta later th

Iraq Shuffles Cabinet, Names Abdul-RahimNICOSIA, Cyprus - Issam Abdul-Rahim was appointed as

Egged on by unlikely celebrities such as Frank Perdue, health-conscious Americans have been eating

USAir Revises Offer For Piedmont AviationUSAir Group Inc. said it is reducing the number of

Negotiations over the future of Macao, a tiny Portuguese-administered enclave near Hong Kong, ended

Small business owners are strongly in favor of price restrictions on insurance companies, a new surv

May E. Bostwick of Mukilteo, Wash., 101 last month, says she's "too tough to die." And Rhea

Institutional buying programs fed the stock market rally Monday, pushing major indexes further into

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

China Maps Plans To Combat DroughtThe government has held an emergency meeting to consider h

A dramatic fall in coffee prices will cost the already weak economies of Central America hundreds of