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LABOR BOARD TO ORDER COOLING OFF PERIODThe National Mediation Board Wednesday was expected t

LIMITED POWER URGED FOR EC CENTRAL BANKFrench Finance Minister Pierre Beregovoy said Tuesday

U.S. lawmakers Wednesday introduced legislation to curb imports of textiles and apparel into the Un

India's private sector is taking a more liberal approach to trade and investment issues than in the

It was a question no one could answer in a debate that no one expected to end. "Pricing Serv

Britain's chemical industry is expected to buck the general trend for U.K. companies this year by in

Commodity Exchange Inc. copper futures dropped a sharp 470 to 365 points Wednesday, on news the 24-d

U.S. companies eager to explore business opportunities in Eastern Europe will have a chance next wee

The European Community must not bend its rules to force U.S. companies to increase their investments

My friend Jim Flannery, chairman of Houston-based Oilfield Technology International, which has a rep

Famous products from Eastern Europe? Hmmmmm. Let's see - radioactive dustfrom Chernobyl . .

Wed., April 4, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

British Rail plans to introduce Britain's first intermodal service using European-size containers wi

The U.S. dollar held to a relatively narrow range against major currencies Wednesday, ahead of Frida

Ocean carriers serving the trade between the United States, Australia and New Zealand see some brigh

Monday's Supreme Court decision to review a $1 million punitive damage judgment against a Californi

A Finnish consumer affairs court banned a television advertisement for the fast-food chain McDonald'

Two new West German firms are suspected of having made illegal deliveries to the Libyan chemical pla

SODIUM SULFATE Atochem North America Inc., based in Philadelphia, said it increased the pric

The Interox Group said it will build a new sodium perborate monohydrate plant in the United States a

US-SOVIET GRAIN TALKS LIKELY IN MID-MAYU.S. and Soviet officials will meet sometime in mid-M

The council of London's International Stock Exchange and the board of London's International Financi

BUREAU VERITAS CONTAINER SERVICES CORP. (New Milford, N.J.) - Alex Mak Kwok- yiu was named vice pres

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. plans to extend its direct-dial service to six African countries

The number of obsolete and damaged ships sold for demolition continued to decline in the first quart

The 20 percent decrease in the value of the yen against the U.S. dollar over the past year and recen

More than 310 members of Lloyd's of London began legal proceedings Wednesday against their eight mem

WATERFORD WORKERS VOTE TO STRIKEWATERFORD, Ireland - Workers at Ireland's world-renowned Wat

MITSUBISHI, FIAT DISCUSS JOINT VENTUREJapan's Mitsubishi Motors is negotiating with several

U.S. oil drilling rig activity is expected to grow 15 percent this year amid rising prices and deman

The destroyed Berlin Wall has spawned the sale of more than pieces of the former massive concrete ba

SOVIETS PLAN MEASURES TO AVERT OIL STRIKEIn a bid to avert a strike which could cripple the

Lufthansa German Airlines told the Port of Portland, Ore., that its proposed Portland-Frankfurt non-

Salvadoran business executives are preparing for a surge in trade amid hopes that a lasting peace wi

SKINNER TO NOMINATE TWO FOR MARAD POSTSSamuel K. Skinner, secretary of transportation, said

CP Ships, a unit of Canadian Pacific Ltd., posted a lower profit in 1989 from the previous year as a

The bankrupt Delaware & Hudson Railway Co. appears to be worth far less today than just two months a

AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS, Drug Testing Regulations: Understanding & Compliance, April 5.Sherat

Chicago's futures exchanges will try to enlist White House support in their effort to defeat proposa

Irwin Jacobs, a Minneapolis-based financier, said Tuesday he intended to hold wheat stocks deliverab