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U.S. typewriter maker Smith-Corona Corp. filed a complaint against Japanese- owned Brother Industrie

The United States is engaged in last-minute brinkmanship as the troubled Uruguay Round of global tra

The Yugoslav navy lifted a sea blockade of the Adriatic Port of Dubrovnik and the army evacuated mor

Platinum prices are already too near the cost of production to drop much further and are likely to c

New York State and Schenectady Chemicals Inc. have reached a settlement that calls for the company t

Pinning its future on intermodalism, Canadian National Railways plans to build a new rail tunnel con

Foreign investments in Eastern Europe have increased rapidly, with Hungary accounting for a third of

The U.S. tobacco industry closed fiscal year 1991 with a record trade surplus of $5.62 billion, a 12

Japanese takeovers are never hostile - or are they? Isao Nakauchi, president of major superm

Welcome to the revolution. Paperless trading has arrived as a commonplace tool on the global

California's insurance commissioner said he plans to propose a legislative package to overhaul Calif

Grains and soybeans on the Chicago Board of Trade moved lower Monday as many traders pulled back fro

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The Coffee, Sugar & Cocoa Exchange has placed a moratorium on licensing additional wharf warehouses

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U.S. ocean carrier officials are dickering with the Navy over as much as $80 million due them for th

Not everyone is happy that state and local officials have convinced Genzyme Corp. to expand in Massa

Three Weeks Ended Nov. 30, 1991, vs. Similar 1990 Period Cars CarsLoaded Loaded

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

Dec. 9, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Electronic Data Interchange is usually counted on to help accomplish such everyday tasks as invoicin

The International Natural Rubber Organization faces a shaky 1992, highlighted by suggestions last we

Florida will undergo an economic boom if there are political changes in Cuba that lead to greater de

Use of paperless trading keeps on growing. But the event that was once the industry's leading venue

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners formally accredited five more state insurance de

Dec. 9, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

The availability of marine containers in the U.S. trades has recovered from the temporary crunch cre

Relations between China and India, icy since a border war nearly 30 years ago, look set to thaw with

A local consortium is drawing up plans to launch its second communications satellite, hoping U.S. an

Singapore International Monetary Exchange Dec. 9, 1991Dubai Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Government initiatives to expand the use of electronic data interchange can have an electrifying imp

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural ServiceAgExp

Amid signs of deepening recession, U.S. sales of heavy trucks slumped to their lowest November level

TNT North America, a regional trucking concern, said Monday it has agreed to sell most of the compan

This time it's for real. After years of delays and false starts, the Federal Maritime Commis

Ward B. Gordon, president of Brokers & Reinsurance Markets Association, died last Tuesday of colon c

CUBA, SOVIETS DISCUSS SUGAR-OIL TRADE PACTOfficials from the Cuban sugar trading company Cub

Monday Dec. 9, 1991 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representing

A proposal to expand Seattle-Tacoma International Airport and shift some traffic to Paine Field in E

The tale of American chestnuts reads like a Hollywood script with a hopeful ending. Nutsand trees ar