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Despite U.S. officials' claims that foreign firms are restricted from buying Japanese companies, mer

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has postponed until April 5 a meeting to consider a request

Apple Computer Inc. said Tuesday it has filed a criminal complaint in Taiwan alleging that five ind

Japanese people questioned in a nationwide poll released Tuesday were almost evenly split about whet

Xerox Corp. introduced a new copier Tuesday that can "phone home" for help when it senses a problem

ATLANTIC CONTAINER TO RENAME SERVICESSOUTH PLAINFIELD, N.J. - Atlantic Container Line is put

The deutsche mark and mark-denominated securities should continue to attract buyers - despite potent

GERMAN IMPORT PRICES CONTINUE TO DECLINEFRANKFURT, West Germany - West Germany's import pric

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

A sharp reduction in government aid cargoes may imperil what otherwise should be a stable Great Lake

Ports in Alaska are drawing plans to move the first American cargo to Europe through a polar ice ch

Beef imports into Japan will be deregulated in April 1991, and major producers such as the United St

Seventeen American states and ports with offices here have banded together into a joint association

The Missouri River is expected to dictate the level of barge traffic on the Mississippi River from S

The scope of the Interstate Commerce Commission's powers over leveraged buy- outs of railroads is em

W. EUROPEAN DEMAND FOR SOYBEANS INCREASESROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Stronger demand for soybea

US DISMISSES CHARGES ON SINGAPORE SOFTWAREThe Commerce Department Tuesday dismissed charges

The International Monetary Fund will not dip into funds earmarked for Africa to support economic ref

One of the better-kept secrets of the diamond trade is the key role that India has assumed in supply

Africa's top entrepreneurs launched a campaign this week to polish their continent's business image,

The Port of San Francisco has signed five-year marine terminal agreements with two additional tenant

Rex Millhollon says it is a fact of life for sugarcane growers that every few years a cold spell com

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

Lawmakers say the Coast Guard's announced restoration of a system of monitoring vessel movements and

Mar. 27, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

The National Knitwear & Sportswear Association is gloating over a Commerce Department decision to op

Several subsidized carriers are asking the Maritime Administration for permission to operate foreign

A return to seasonal weather in late March stalled statewide home heating oil price reductions durin

NORTH AMERICA Agro Expo. March 29-April 1. Guadalajara, Mexico. Agriculture. Contact Patrici

Japanese government inspectors have found residue of the synthetic anti- bacterial "sulfa-methazine"

Animal studies suggest substances in soybeans may protect against the development of breast cancer,

European Community agreement on a farm price package is given an even change of passing, an EC agri

Chandris Inc. said its cruise ship, the Victoria, will call at the Port of London next year on its t

The Commerce Department plans to announce next month a significant easing of strategic controls on e

This week: NEW ENGLAND: BOSTON EDISON CO., BOSTON MID-ATLANTIC: DELMARVA POWER CO., WILMINGT

Acid rain legislation supported by President Bush and a group of senate leaders will bring a storm o

A push to cut rates and simplify matters for military traffic managers is what led to Emery Worldwid

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, which will end its joint operating agreement with Nippon Yusen Kaisha in the Pa

"It's like having a bomb on board," mused Lennart Rudblom, general manager at Gadelius Sunrod AB, as

The chairman of Cray Research Inc., the leading U.S. supercomputer maker, said Tuesday an agreement