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The fiscal and monetary policies approved by the Group of 7 industrialized nations at their recent m

TO THE UNITED STATES/CANADA ARGENTINA. May 13-17. New York. The Trade Office of Argentina wi

The Arab League boycott office Sunday announced it lifted a ban on Coca-Cola and slapped one on comp

Publicity about working conditions in a handful of Korean-owned export assembly, or maquiladora, pla

BASF Group of Germany reported first-quarter, pre-tax earnings of 632 million deutsche marks ($361 m

While the soda bottle and the milk jug have become the staples of plastics recycling, a variety of o

May 3, 1991 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

May 6, 1991 JAPAN*Financial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

The headline on a Traffic Brief item appearing on Page 2B in The Journal of Commerce April 30 misrep

Hollywood-style razzmatazz is about to come to Czechoslovakia in an attempt to help the country's fl

Northwest Airlines plans to stress incremental, cost-based pricing for cargocarriage in an e

The Bush administration's chances of winning congressional extension of its ''fast track" trade nego

Major trading countries of the Pacific Rim have passed through the worst of the current global reces

A Texas-based securities and insurance group known as Our Father's Congregation was ordered last wee

Congress should not apply the same policyholder dividend tax to mutual property/casualty insurers th

Plastics recycling increasingly is becoming a niche for entrepreneurs who take advantage of programs

BENTSEN SAYS JAPAN WITHHOLDING TECHNOLOGYAUSTIN, Texas - Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, Monday

Executives of the International Cocoa Organization spent Monday in Brasilia trying to collect unpaid

Mon., May 6, 1991 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

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The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 215.55 off 0.57 which compares w

As part of its effort to transform itself from a declining former giant to a dominant "load center,"

New equipment, liberalized customs regulations, a new seaport and more off- dock terminals mean the

Directors of Stolt Tankers & Terminals (Holdings) SA recommended a dividend of 30 cents a share, ref

The Thai port authority's battle with steamship operators to obtain higher port fees is intended to

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

FINNAIR, AEROFLOT SIGN JOINT-VENTURE PACTFinnair says it has signed a preliminary agreement

BEKINS VAN LINES CO. (Hillside, Ill.) - Andrew Estoclet was appointed president. Mr. Estocle

A small Canadian air cargo company plans to make a big change at Kansas City International Airport t

Boston Gas Co. plans to tear down a prominent landmark as it shifts part of its peak period reserve

The Kremlin signed over control of the big Siberian coal mines to the Russian Republic Monday, pavin

ECONOMIC RECOVERY FALTERS FOR TAIWANTAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan's exports showed negative growth

A substantial cache of gold bars smuggled out of the Philippines by the late President Ferdinand Mar

The collapse of the Soviet economy has forced Hungary and Czechoslovakia to dramatically alter their

TWO OF THE NATION'S MOST EMINENT women will appear together in New York City later this month, simul

IRAQ, AUSTRALIA STRIKE WHEAT SALE AGREEMENTLONDON - Iraq has agreed to buy 1 million metric

Platinum futures jumped Monday, reflecting unrest in the Soviet Union, the world's second largest pl

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Non-union railroads eventually may offer better compensation packages to their employees than those

BETHLEHEM STEEL TO SELL FREIGHT CAR DIVISIONBethlehem Steel Corp. Monday said that as part o