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A new cruise line serving the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Delta area will be inaugurated today

The U.S. Federal Reserve Bank's discount rate cut Tuesday may be the weight needed to tip a delicate

Canada will be the primary foreign focus of U.S. manufacturers in the years ahead, followed by Weste

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

Trade reliance on the United States is at a record low so far this year, though observers believe st

The Soviet Union and British Airways will join forces to move passengers and cargo from the United S

American agricultural producers meeting here believe food exports, already hitting record highs, wil

In the article "American Electric to Decide Soon Whether to Scrub or Switch Coals," on Page 9B of Th

The German government has passed a precedent-setting law that will ban by 1995 the use and producti

Britain had only 611 official strikes in 1990 - the lowest number in 55 years, according to a report

Several Eastern European countries are drafting legislation in the next year aimed at luring global

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President Bush's "action plan" for the North American free-trade agreement lays the groundwork for r

Many American chemical companies are taking a more environmentally ''proactive" approach, not only m

After reportedly winning a key concession from allies, U.S. negotiators are hoping the pressure of a

The Bank of Korea is likely to allow the won to fluctuate more freely by the end of this year, forei

Italian authorities have banned swimming on 18 miles of Tuscan beaches near Livorno, after oil from

Key airports' plans to continue moving toward imposing their own noise rules just two months before

Eva Airways Corp., wholly owned by Taiwan's Evergreen Group, has begun taking reservations for fligh

U.S. oil companies aren't rushing to fill their storage tanks with Iranian crude despite indications

ITC DISMISSES PLEA FOR CHERRY JUICE DUTIESThe International Trade Commission dismissed Tuesd

JAMES RANDOLPH, former president of Kerr-McGee Coal Corp., Oklahoma City, is being mentioned by vari

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May 1, 1991 RESELLER Rack-Prices are in cents per gallonUnleaded Mid- Premiu

May 1, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

If U.S. airlines fail to control their costs, they could find Congress writing them a labor agreemen

When Copenhagen's world-famous Tivoli Gardens reopened for the summer on a glorious spring day late

AIRBORNE EXPRESS TO MOVE ATLANTA OFFICEAirborne Express announced it will move its sales and

DANZAS CORP. (Bellevue, Wash.) - Bernard Wilcken was appointed to vice president, ocean freight, and

Trans World Airlines Inc. Monday raised the possibility that its proposed sale of London routes to A

In this corner, for Berlin, Germany's political heavyweights: Chancellor Helmut Kohl, President Rich

BRITISH GAS ACCEPTS PRICING-FORMULA CHANGEBritish Gas PLC accepted proposals from the U.K. g

Despite dramatic shifts in the Soviet political landscape, experts say little peace is likely withou

China's military factories, which have shifted to making motorcycles, refrigerators and cameras alon

GATT PANEL ADMITS USSR AS OBSERVERThe Soviet Union was awarded observer status Tuesday on th

Companhia de Navegacao Lloyd Brasileiro, Brazil's state-owned liner operator, said it will resume se

PHILIPPINE TRADE GAP WIDENS TO $684 MILLIONMANILA, Philippines - The Philippines' trade defi

An "oil panic" has swept the Chinese capital as savvy shoppers rush to stock up on cooking oil befor

Requiring the U.S.S.R. to put up collateral might be the "way" President Bush referred to Tuesday th

CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO. (New York) - Robert Rich was named vice president and manager of the Agen