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Boeing Co. said it led the industry in new orders for commercial airplanes last year, but its rival,

BRIGHTER PICTURE SEENFOR US LIFE INSURERSDespite a number of broad-based challenges facing t

By the time all the icicles melt, the ice storm that put New England and parts of Ontario, Quebec an

With the mandate of the Customs Modernization Act that importers adhere to a ''reasonable care'' s

Workers at the Ursus tractor factory are famous troublemakers.They fought the communists in

WHIRLPOOL TO ELIMINATE3,200 JOBS IN BRAZILNEW YORK - Whirlpool Corp. Tuesday said it plans t

After a series of fitful starts and piles of paperwork, an elite group of eight U.S., Japanese, Fren

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency, an independent federal agency that promotes exports, released

Unhappy trade and transport groups are trying to beat a Friday deadline to respond to a U.S. Customs

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As of Jan. 13, 1998Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from su

INCOMING PSE&G OFFICIALNO STRANGER TO TROUBLENEWARK, N.J. - The executive who will be taking

The National Transportation Safety Board ruled Tuesday that a 1996 crash of the grain freighter Brig

House Banking Committee Chairman James Leach, R-Iowa, on Tuesday indicated he hopes Congress won't s

'The westbound trade is tough. It's very tough.'

U.S. management consultant Richard Wetherill used to counsel that if businesses took the moral h

Western EuropeGERMANYIn a rare move, Bonn has adopted European Union requirements ah

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Less than a week after Iranian President Mohammed Khatami called for a dialogue with the American pe

As a Maryland company shipping heavily to the western United States, Micros Systems Inc. faced whopp

Where do you want to go today? No, this isn't another plug for Microsoft or your friendly neighborho

The leads are classified and listed by their Harmonized System (HS) codes. U.S. firms should note th

Last year, many new and innovative products for the PC and the Internet were introduced. In 1998, we

A group of union leaders has urged Western legislators to take their time at deregulating electrical

U.S. business, humanitarian and religious groups are teaming up to lift a nearly 40-year-old embargo

The Asian economic crisis is casting a shadow over Latin America, worsening the region's payments de

The government has spent $162 million and more than 10 years trying to discover what makes the upper

Shipping companies have protested to the Kenya Ports Authority over congestion at the container carg

883 (Jan. 13, 1998) Previous day - 889The Baltic Exchange in London on Tuesdays and Thursday

In the 1980s, Jacques Cousteau explored its exquisite coral reefs. Today, everyone from American col

Union Pacific Railroad's service has bounced back from a holiday-related slowdown, but the performan

The European Commission, in what could become a landmark decision, today is expected to order contin

With Asian deflation pushing The Journal of Commerce industrial raw materials prices downward at the

McDonald's will build around 100 restaurants in Mexico over the next three years with an investment

Jan. 13, 1998RESELLER RACK Unleaded Mid- Premium-Unle

FDS INTERNATIONALOPENS HOUSTON UNITHOUSTON - FDS International Inc., a freight-forwarding so

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Is there is a ''fuse'' that threatens to touch off a financial crisis in China?China economi

The New York foreign exchange rates below are selling rates among trading banks of $1 million and mo