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REGIONAL BLOCS Merger and Joint Venture Activities in the European Community. June 14-15. Ne

The U.S. dollar will rise because the Federal Reserve will maintain a tight monetary policy, foreign

PHILIPPINES MAY SEEK TO EXTEND LOAN TALKSMANILA, Philippines - The Philippines may ask the P

They clung to their work with their knuckles. When 2,000 tugboat crewmembers in the New York

Singapore International Monetary Exchange June 7, 1990(Dollars Per Metric Ton)Open

The number of workers without health insurance in the United States threatens to grow as small compa

THE WORLD'S WOOL INDUSTRIES nervously waited for Australia's decision on wool prices over the past

June 7, 1990 Copper Total, 14,087. Gold Total, .1,749,507.Silver Total, .254,201,312.

A major shipping channel in New York harbor was closed to vessel traffic Thursday after an 811-foot

The next generation in mainframe computer technology got its start Wednesday, delivered by the indus

General Motors Corp., continuing its aggressive push into East bloc markets, said Thursday it reache

Nedlloyd Lines BV, one of the world's largest shipping lines, this week formally announced details o

The air in this East Asian capital is filled with optimism about business prospects in the Soviet Un

At only 17 miles long, it's so small that it appears as little more than a dot in most atlases.<

The federal bankruptcy court here Thursday moved toward approval of the selection of Canadian Pacifi

An abnormally high rate of cancer deaths among the wives and children of asbestos factory workers ra

Chemical industry executives meeting here this week say environmental issues will soon rival war and

New York Mercantile Exchange June 6, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

Corn prices were higher on the Chicago Board of Trade Thursday with the July 1991 futures contract h

Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter Thursday announced a new 5-year program for the management of

South Africa's drive for political reform may bring changes to its oil industry, one of the most sec

Pertamina, the Indonesian state oil company, plans to build three oil refineries. Each will have a p

A squeeze on airline profits could cause USAir to slow purchases of $6.8 billion in new airplanes it

Thyssen Trans GmbH and Haniel Spedition GmbH, two West German freight forwarders, announced their in

Plans are in hand for Taiwan to enter the aerospace business with a new company producing components

SEA-LAND UNIT EXPANDS EUROPEAN BOX SERVICEROTTERDAM, Netherlands - A unit of Sea-Land Servic

The Chinese government is allowing Chinese firms to use prisoners in their manufacturing operations,

Japan intends to reject the U.S. idea of quarterly monitoring of agreed-upon reforms to lower trade

ARGENTINA MAKES PAYMENT ON DEBTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina has made a $40 million pa

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Business pressure will be essential if negotiators engaged in trade liberalization talks are to agre

The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! Quick, circle the carriers! Cut the rates!

International Petroleum Exchange June 7, 1990Brent Crude Oil(Dollars Per Barrel)

When troubled Interstate Casualty Insurance Co. of Kinston needed help with state regulators in late

June 7, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

The Maritime Administration proposed increasing the number of U.S.-owned or U.S.-controlled foreign-

AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE. June 10-13. Pebble Beach, Calif. Tanker Conference - Managing Change i

PVM OIL ASSOCIATES INC. (Fort Lee, N.J.) - Cynthia A. Pollinger joined the company's refined product

AIR NEW ZEALAND EARNINGS JUMP 39 PERCENT IN FISCAL YEARAUCKLAND, New Zealand - Air New Zeala

IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW LABELING LAWS UNDER 19CFR PART 134. Final interpretive rules for country of or