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

The United States is likely to be the largest single market for a fast- growing worldwide remail ope

The man who used to be No. 2 at the U.S. Customs Service is still spreading the message of his old b

Chemical Sealer Waterproofs ConcreteConcrete, new or old, can be waterproofed with a long-la

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The Offer and Acceptance System of determining storage rates paid by the U.S. Commodity Credit Corp.

Bulgaria's state-run Chimimport Oil Co. agreed to carry Iranian oil destined for Eastern Europe fro

Richard Lyng, secretary of Agriculture, said Congress might pass the administration's "0/92" plan, b

Ivory Coast Agriculture Minister Denis Bra Kanon is delaying his arrival for the International Cocoa

U.S. Seaway Administrator James L. Emery said he found increased interest in the Great Lakes-St. Law

When Samir Lahiri tells friends about his efforts to build a steel- fabricating plant in Cameroon, i

U.S. consumer confidence bounced back in February after slipping in January, the Conference Board sa

Wealthy Japanese art collectors are exploiting the soaring value of the yen to buy up major Western

Swiss Joblessness Slid To 0.9 percent in FebruaryBERN, Switzerland - Switzerland's unemploym

A third industrial park may be needed before long in the face of increased demand for manufacturing

Britain is pressing the United States this week to allow U.K. airlines much greater freedom of acces

Scores of airlines, acting under government pressure, began shuffling flight schedules at several bu

Argentina's finance minister, Mario Brodersohn, will meet with creditor banks in New York Wednesday

Two seagoing labor unions - the Marine Engineers Beneficial Association District 1 and the National

Rep. Mario Biaggi, D-N.Y., chairman of the House merchant marine subcom mittee, was indicted with fo

S. Korean Firm to Buy More W. Canada CoalVANCOUVER, British Columbia - Pohang Iron and Steel

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

Monday, March 16, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Seven U.S. banks that are owed approximately $154 million by United States Lines Inc. have filed sui

Explosion in China BEIJING - An explosion at a flax factory killed 45 workers and injured 18

American factories, mines and utilities operated at 79.8 percent of capacity in February, the highe

Developing countries will demand "reconstruction and democratization" of international financial ins

When businessmen gripe about how tough it is to sell U.S. products in Pacific Rim countries, James H

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

Securities Arbitration To Be Seminar SubjectThe use of arbitration to resolve disputes in th

The newest Japanese player in the trans-Pacific airline market says it's mired in frustration.

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Portugal's entry into the Common Market in 1986 has given the country's economy a badly needed stimu

Truck fleets and engine makers are working quietly behind the scenes on a compromise that could lead

British Coal suffered two major setbacks last week as the government approved a program to build a n

Bath Iron Works denies that its quality inspections of steel used to build Navy vessels are substand

Current and Future Life Insurance Product Environment will be discussed March 18 in San Francisco as

Led by Britain, many Western nations are quickening the pace at which they are selling off state-own

The local Manila manager of Mitsui Corp., who was kidnapped four months ago by gunmen, is alive and

Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America introduced a streamlined service for expedited processing of req