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In updating "Trading Places," Clyde Prestowitz Jr. might have revised the title of his analysis of t

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

An organization representing the interests of the union that formerly owned the Monterey wants a fed

Propane could be flowing within a month through the Texas Eastern Transmission Corp. pipeline that r

Iranian imports of wheat and rice could rise to record levels in 1990, as the nation continues to sh

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Kobe Steel Ltd. and Texas Instruments have formed a joint arrangement to build a $360 million semico

Striking mine workers' union leaders at Southern Peru Copper Corp. Monday reportedly rejected a comp

AUSTRALIA APPROVES DU PONT CYANIDE PLANTAustralia's Environmental Protection Authority has a

The Interstate Commerce Commission Monday approved the sale of Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad to a

Walter T. Ridder, 72, whose career as newspaper reporter, editor and executive spanned 50 years, fir

Mon., Mar. 19, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Economists expect today's U.S. merchandise trade report for January to show a gap of $9.3 billion, f

State regulation of insurer solvency is "woefully obsolete" and needs mandatory accounting standards

Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney unveiled measures to assist a dozen Caribbean nations Monday,

Boston may not have been the busiest port in the country last year but it was certainly among the mo

1594 (Mar. 19, 1990) Previous day - 1606 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Current enthusiasm for environmental legislation affecting oil tankers "does more credit to the zeal

About 12,000 gallons of cumene, a common chemical used in nail polish remover, spilled into the Dela

BP CONFIRMS PLANS TO SLASH OFFICE STAFFBritish Petroleum Co. confirmed Monday that its headq

A combination of "subtle" waterfront development pressures and expected environmental regulatory cos

THE MOVIE VERSION OF GEORGE ORWELL'S "1984" was shown on television the other night. Anyone who watc

Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello's dramatic economic reform package has overturned the c

The administration of Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Casey and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and

Monday's sharp decline in Tokyo stock prices virtually eliminated prospects that the Bank of Japan w

Like anyone else in the Army back in 1961 when the Berlin Wall was erected, Patrick J. Heaney thoug

S. KOREAN INVESTMENT OVERSEAS JUMPS 148 PERCENTSEOUL, South Korea - South Korean companies'

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ASPCA CALLS FOR BAN ON MONKEY IMPORTSThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to A

Two mysteries surrounded the stunning art theft from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum early Sunda

The merchant shipping industry has been cleared in a United Nations-sponsored report released Monday

EXCHANGE LIFTS LIMITS ON JULY COFFEEThe New York Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange Monday ann

BRAZIL'S REFORM RETAINS COMPUTER PROTECTIONSAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil's computer market laws

The railroad supply industry is doing an inadequate job of servicing short- line railroads, speakers

The maritime community is wasting time and effort developing its own electronic messages and network

The U.S. dollar exhibited a "split personality" Monday, dropping sharply against the deutsche mark,

Airco Helex Ltd., a sister company of Airco Gases, said it will invest over $4 million to modernize

New Jersey Supreme Court Judge Alan Handler late last Friday upheld a lower court ruling prohibiting

In a story headlined "Ex-Im Bank Expanding in E. Europe" that appeared on Page 2A of the March 16 ed

More than a year after the United States and the European Community threw down the gauntlet over an