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Alarm bells are ringing again over textile and garment sales to the United States, Hong Kong's large

MEXICAN CEMENT FOUND DUMPED IN US MARKETThe U.S. Department of Commerce announced Friday its

RICOH CO. (Tokyo) - Hishashi Kubo was named chairman of the company's American subsidiary in West Ca

Fri., Apr. 6, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

MOODY'S MAY CUT RATING OF JAPAN'S ORIXMoody's Investors Service Inc. said it is reviewing it

Uncertainties in Europe and disarray in Japan's financial markets should continue to support the dol

JOBLESS RATE DROPPED TO 5.2 PERCENT LAST MONTHThe U.S. unemployment rate fell to 5.2 percent

CANADA'S JOBLESS RATE FELL TO 7.2 PERCENT IN MARCHCanada's seasonally adjusted unemployment

The Spanish and West German telephone companies, Telefonica and Deutsche Bundespost Telekom, recentl

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The Bush administration warned that legislation aimed at winning more Japanese business for U.S. ban

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

The Japanese government today sent a 69-member mission to Poland and Hungary to study the investment

The ink had hardly dried on the historic U.S.-Japan trade agreement reached last week before the nex

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Four carriers with U.S.-Europe vessel-sharing arrangements have urged the Federal Maritime Commissio

Bechtel Group Inc. signed a preliminary agreement to develop a Soviet city of the future that is exp

When Frank H. Jellinek Jr. first saw the manufacturing space for his proposed joint venture in Budap

CSL Intermodal and Sea-Land Service Inc. said Friday they had agreed to a long-term transportation c

The United States and Czechoslovakia reached a trade agreement designed to have a broadly positive i

The Journal of Commerce promoted two employees. John L. Murphy, 43, was named national adver

The chairman of the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee has introduced legislation to tigh

CUSTOMS COMMISSIONER RECEIVES FMC AWARDCarol Boyd Hallett, U.S. Customs Service commissioner

SKYWAY FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC. (Watsonville, Calif.) - Susan R. Beer was named special projects coordin

State insurance regulators will meet Tuesday to discuss tightening their investment guidelines for i

Last weekend Bob and Susan McIlroy of Charlotte planned a trip to Myrtle Beach, S.C. Bob flew. Susan

The Department of Transportation has rejected Evergreen International Airlines' bid for the new all-

Emery Worldwide is taking steps to become a full-fledged, non-union airline. The effort shou

CHINA ORDERS ENGINES FROM PRATT & WHITNEYEAST HARTFORD, Conn. - China has ordered 20 JT8D-20

With a new airport departure tax of up to $12 for a round trip, a 2 percent hike in the ticket tax a

Despite a later Easter selling season this year, some of the nation's big retailers Thursday reporte

FEWER COMPANIES PLAN CAPITAL SPENDING HIKESFewer U.S. companies plan to increase their capit

It's fair to say that without the U.S. census, the IBM Corp. wouldn't exist.Neither would ma

CFTC APPROVES PLAN FOR NEW JUICE CONTRACTThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission Thursday a

THERE'S STRENGTH TO HOG AND PORK BELLY PRICES beyond better fundamentals, analysts said. Whi

Olin Corp. said its Venezuelan joint venture Pralca signed contracts to build an 86,000 metric tons

Cuba will sell its sugar and nickel on the international market if the Soviet Union and other tradit

Canadian hydropower plants would have to undergo environmental reviews comparable to those required

DIMER ACID Henkel Corp.'s Emery Group said it increased the list price of its Empol 1014 dis

Hoechst-Celanese Corp., based in Somerville, N.J., expects flat or slightly slower growth in 1990 be