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Microsoft, the nation's largest independent software manufacturer, will increase its work force by m

After a near-breakdown in the early morning hours Friday, U.S. and Japanese trade negotiators finall

GENERAL PUBLIC UTILITIES (Parsippany, N.J.) - Michael B. Roche was named director of a major high-vo

SWISSAIR (New York) - Werner Baumann was named general manager, marketing for North America of Switz

Both government and private economists are growing more optimistic that the United States will subst

Agricultural exporters will meet to air gripes, consider major transportation issues and summarize t

The chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission said he doubts complaints by 22 of the largest shipp

Southern Co. Services Inc. said it's looking to buy coal under new contracts for two of Georgia Powe

June 15, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I addressed a coal export conference in Mobile, Ala. The occasion marked the

Ingosstrakh, the Soviet insurance company, entered into a joint venture with Swiss Societe Generale

Prompted by the trend to market everything from soap to trash bags as environmentally pure, a non-pr

Nordana Line AS, a shipping line based in Rungsted Kyst, Denmark, formed a new agency to represent t

Brazil shed billions of dollars of foreign debt in the final months of President Jose Sarney's admin

Minolta Corp. asked a federal judge to block Honeywell Inc.'s bid for trade sanctions against the co

EXXON AGREES TO CUT EMISSIONS AT BAYWAYExxon Corp. said it reached agreement with the N.J. D

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

The joke going around Italy is that its biggest shipbuilder, Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani Sp

JULY CRUDE FUTURES DECLINE ON NYMEXJuly crude oil futures contracts on the New York Mercanti

* Gordon Platt - Currency Forecast 3A * JofC Industrial Price Index 6A* Howard Simon - Simon

Frankfurt airport is promoting a paperless trading systems it says will be cheaper and easier to use

The Soviet Union plans to start regular freight shipments next month through the Arctic Ocean linkin

The London Metal Exchange's approval of two U.S. locations as possible warehouse sites for nickel is

Firmer plywood prices pushed The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index slightly higher for the

HONDA TO DISTRIBUTE JEEP VEHICLES IN JAPANChrysler Corp. and Honda Motor Co. announced an ag

AUTO GROUP, COLLEGE PLAN STUDY ON EDINEW YORK - The Automotive Industry Action Group and Car

After a sputtering start, the Proton Saga is rolling in the fast lane as Malaysia's national car and

As National Transportation Safety Board investigators sought to interview a ship's pilot, Massachuse

NISSAN ESTABLISHES FINANCE UNIT IN USNissan Motor Co. has launched a U.S. corporate finance

CORROON & BLACK, COLLIER COBB MERGECorroon & Black Corp. merged with Collier Cobb & Associat

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

AMERICAN UNIT PLANS STEWART AIRPORT SERVICENEWBURGH, N.Y. - An American Airlines subsidiary

A tentative labor agreement covering most shipboard workers who are members of the Seafarers Interna

Orix Corp., Japan's largest leasing company, acquired Braniff Inc.'s rights to buy 74 Airbus A320-20

Senior Japanese government officials complained Friday of the Bush administration's urgings that Jap

Iraq is seeking to narrow the discount on its light crude oil sales to U.S. customers in July by som

INDONESIA SEES 5 PERCENT-7 PERCENT SUGAR OUTPUT GROWTHKUALA LUMPUR, Indonesia - Indonesia ha

The necessity of creating a bridge between pilot projects and live transmissions is one of the most

June 15, 1990 Included are list prices of suppliers. Quotations do not necessarily represent