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A brief headlined "National Starch to Buy Adhesives Business," which appeared on Page 7A in the Jour

AIRCO DIVISION SELLS DRY ICE BUSINESSAirco Gases' Carbon Dioxide division sold its Midwest d

Japan's major sugar refineries have taken an unprecedented, if rather reluctant, step here to boycot

Harper Group Inc., a San Francisco-based worldwide freight forwarding firm, has acquired the United

To date, the U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement has produced few dramatic results, and both sides are

Mexico's measures to open its markets to imports and foreign investment come under scrutiny once aga

A San Francisco freight forwarder and Pakistan are trading shots over who owes what to whom under a

US ENDS IMPORT BAN ON INDONESIAN TEXTILESJAKARTA, Indonesia - The United States has decided

The Dominican Republic plans to expand its San Isidro free trade zone with a $6 million loan from th

SOVIETS PLAN TO SETTLE PAYMENTS DUE JAPANThe Soviet Union will settle delayed import payment

HEALTH PLAN PROPOSAL EXAMINED IN MASS.A legislative proposal to introduce competition to dif

The dollar's surge against the yen is slowing, but analysts are skeptical that the trend has turned.

A legal maneuver allowed the first major change in Pennsylvania's auto insurance law to take place a

When the issue of car insurance dominated the race for governor in New Jersey last year, national in

Japan's seasonally unadjusted trade surplus widened 7.2 percent last monthfrom March 1989 t

WHOLESALE PRICES ROSE 0.7 PERCENT IN JAPAN IN MARCHThe Japanese wholesale price index for Ma

* Kevin Commins - Currency Forecast 3A * International Trade Commission Calendar 4A* JofC In

Malaysia's January trade surplus was M$679.8 million (US$249 million), down 26.4 percent from a yea

The wellspring of Japanese cash that has bankrolled the U.S. government's borrowing spree may be dry

U.K. seasonally adjusted unemployment fell by 6,800 people in March from February to 1.604 million,

The current U.S. economic expansion, now in its eighth year, will continue through the second quarte

There were more buyers, but the value of what they bought was sharply down at last month's 9th annua

SUBSIDY PROBE CLEARS SINGAPORE SOFTWAREThe U.S. Commerce Department announced a final determ

When you think of computer companies, Innovation Computer Corp. may not be the first name that comes

Cincinnati Milacron Inc., the third-largest U.S. manufacturer of robots, began importing small robot

West Coast importers of textiles and apparel have added their names to the growing list of opponents

With the successful first launch of a commercial satellite for someone else, China now says it is ke

John Crosbie, Canada's foreign trade minister, Wednesday proposed the creation of a world trade orga

US TOBACCO COMPANIES POST BIG TRADE SURPLUSPRINCETON, N.J.- The U.S. tobacco industry posted

DUNKEL URGES ACTION AT GATT TRADE TALKSArthur Dunkel, GATT director-general, warned that tim

A medium-sized U.S. company is taking on the giant Japanese computer industry on its own turf and in

The president of the U.S. National Forest Products Association, Barry Cullen, complained Wednesday a

T. Boone Pickens asked Japan's Fair Trade Commission Wednesday to look at whether exclusive business

U.S. officials are planning to tighten the noose of economic sanctions around Fidel Castro's Cuba.

US OUTLOOK FAVORABLE FOR EXPORTS TO SOVIETSForecasts for U.S. agricultural exports to the So

A government estimate for reduced stocks of the 1989 corn crop triggered buying of grains and soybea

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Attention exporters: The World Trade Centers Association wants to help youcut your tax bill.

The United States will ease controls in the next few months on a wide range of high-technology expor

A moderate earthquake struck the city of Kushiro and neighboring areas on Japan's northernmost main