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The House Thursday passed a bill to revoke existing trade benefits for China to punish that nation's

Electronic communications will be an essential part of Sea-Land Services Inc.' s "landbridge" across

Amid a substantial expansion program for container facilities, the Port of Singapore Authority also

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

W. Henson Moore, U.S. deputy secretary of energy, Thursday sounded a note of caution over the Europe

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World nickel consumption is expected to increase by 1.4 percent a year through the year 2000, accord

CORN BUYS PUT SOVIETS BACK IN US GRAIN MARTAfter shunning the U.S. grain market since last s

A task force of Southern California auto insurance fraud law enforcement officers have arrested 51 i

Unisys Corp.'s military unit in Great Neck will lay off about 100 employees today, according to a pu

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The top echelon of Lexmar Corp. of Greenwich, Conn., is in turmoil this week following the surprise

MACK TRUCKS INC. (Allentown, Pa.) - Elios Pascual was nominated chairman and chief executive officer

House and Senate members introduced legislation to repeal the act governing the railroad industry's

U.S. RE CORP. OPENS ATLANTA BRANCH OFFICEU.S. RE Corp., New York, a reinsurance brokerage an

The chief economist for the Mortgage Bankers Association said Thursday that the Federal Reserve will

Industries that now release more than 2.4 million pounds of toxic chemicals into the atmosphere each

1268 (Oct. 18, 1990) Previous day - 1247 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The European Community's disarray over the Uruguay Round world trade talks turned to paralysis after

* Trading With The Netherlands 4A * Senator Pushes for Caribbean Footwear Levy 4A* Korean El

The Soviet Union, facing widespread public unrest due to serious food shortages, had a record grain

INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT ROSE 0.2 PERCENT LAST MONTHWASHINGTON - In a twist on what seemed to be an

LUFTHANSA DROPS BID FOR STAKE IN INTERFLUGTOKYO - Lufthansa German Airlines withdrew an appl

ALASKAN OIL OUTPUT HITS 2-YEAR HIGHDEADHORSE, Alaska - Alaska's daily oil production, which

The nation's military sealift fleet will get a big-bucks boost of at least $1 billion after House an

Oct. 17, 1990 Copper Total, 6,090. Gold Total, .1,560,101.Silver Total, .261,011,953.

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Four big drug companies reported sharply higher third-quarter income in a sign the pharmaceutical in

TAIWANESE POLICE RAID PIRATE SOFTWARE FIRMTAIPEI, Taiwan - Police raided a company that plan

The days when Asia could single-mindedly sell to the United States and Europe ''are over," a trade e

Cleveland's newest museum-to-be arrived at the Ohio city's East Ninth Street pier on Tuesday.

House and Senate conferees have finished mixing the medicine to cure problems with shipping agents i

Secret loans to Iraq by a U.S. branch of a leading Italian bank have helped Saddam Hussein build up

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As of Oct. 17, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

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The king of Tonga, a banana-exporting South Pacific island nation with 443 cars, wants all the tires

CONGO - $15.8 million from the World Bank for agricultural extension and research. A 20-year loan, a