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Foreign electronics executives who knock on Japan's door have begun to hear an unfamiliar message -

Nippon Engelhard Ltd. joint venture partners Engelhard Corp. and Sumitomo Metals & Mining Ltd. are a

GENERAL NEWS Ford and Chrysler improved sales in the first 10 days of March but industry-lea

Kaufhof AG, West Germany's leading department stores chain, has acquired 10 percent stake in Hapag-L

ZIP code tariff systems that are accessible by personal computers have been readily available in the

Last week's rally in oil prices, in which prices for Brent crude broke the $18-a-barrel mark, faded

The Greek bulk carrier Captain Diamantis is aground in the shallow water outside Kamaishi, Japan.

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

A shortage of Soviet software is driving the nation's computer buffs to copy ideologically suspect f

4 Canadian Refiners Raise Crude PostingsCALGARY, Alberta - Canada's four largest oil refiner

China Cites 19.3 percent Rise In W. German TradeTrade between China and West Germany reached

Brazil Could Expand '88 Soybean AcreageWhile it is too early to project Brazilian oilseed pr

The outcome of two weeks of talks among cocoa-trading nations opening in London this week will have

Congress this year may backpedal a bit on transportation regulation, although how fast and how far r

Eastern Airlines' revamped Moonlight Special" service made first month revenue targets in the initia

The Institute for International Economics will begin regularly estimating the competitive exchange r

Venezuela could increase its five-month oil loan to fellow Organization of Petroleum Exporting Count

China is planning a $100 million project to upgrade several fertilizer production facilities through

The president of a British-based shipping line says he is about 80 percent ready to proceed with the

Norway's state-owned oil company, Statoil, hit hard by last year's dramatic fall in oil prices, repo

Caribbean business interests should come together to lobby against U.S. trade protectionism, a key N

Somisa, Argentina's national steel company, is considering adding new U.S. coking coal suppliers, ac

Alan J. Brody was elected chairman and Andrew F. Brimmer was re-elected first vice chairman of the C

Japan agreed to proposals to tighten international rules governing subsidized export credits.

When the New York Senate insurance committee opens public hearings Tuesday, the central issue will b

Interest rates likely will remain near current levels for the next few months, but will begin moving

A fully laden Saudi Arabian oil tanker escaped a missile attack by an Iranian gunboat in the souther

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

Stocks will continue to meander aimlessly until Friday, when the unpredictable "triple witching hour

Cuckoos, apparently, are no longer enough to sell cuckoo clocks. Nor, it seems, are dancing couples,

Diasonics Inc. and Helsinki-based Instrumentarium Corp. announced that the ultra-low-field magnetic

The European Commission said cuts in steel production capacity proposed by European steelmakers is i

Nicaragua is moving to prevent foreign bankers from seizing its assets as payment of back interest o

Celanese Chemical Co. announced an increase in the selling prices of acetic acid and vinyl acetate,

Twenty California cantaloupe packers have agreed to pay up to $8.2 million in a settlement with 5,00

Tanker Spills Oil After Crash in Ise BayA Liberian-registered tanker collided with a Panaman

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

Desoto Inc. said it sold its fatty acid, fatty amide and metallic stearate businesses to Plastic Spe

Local industries that make their own electricity could see increases of up to 50 percent in their el

The TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement said it canceled a planned increase in its currency surcha