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Sony Corp. plans to spend more than $460 million over the next two years to expand production capaci

Aware that competing trade and economic blocs are taking shape in other regions, Africa hopes to cra

EC OFFERS TARIFF CUTS ON TROPICAL PRODUCTSThe European Community offered to cut import tarif

Industry Forum on Pending Oil Spill Legislation. March 16. New York. Whitehall Club. (914) 923-0129.

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index moved higher last week in response to rising metal pr

David Hollingsworth, chairman and chief executive of Hercules Inc., believes that the recent radical

Thur., Mar. 16, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

POLAND SAYS PRICES ROSE 24 PERCENT IN FEBRUARYWARSAW, Poland - Prices in Poland rose by 23.9

The U.S. Department of Labor has delayed a decision on whether to approve a maritime union election.

The demise of the once-powerful Brazilian Coffee Institute pushed coffee prices lower here and at Lo

If you want to buy a car, furniture or a house in Argentina, forget the foundering austral and think

MANNESMANN TO RAISE STAKE IN TI GROUPBONN, West Germany - West German group Mannesmann said

Thomas Ezzo was dismissed last week as director of the Port Everglades Authority foreign trade zone,

A second attempt to find a buyer for the U.S.-flag cruise ship Monterey was successful last week wh

The tunnel ends after snaking a mile through the clammy darkness 2,500 feet below the surface. The o

The Tokyo Stock Exchange's first U.S. Treasury bond futures contract expires Tuesday, ending three m

The Bush administration's transportation policy is just off the presses, but a seminar exploring the

As Soviet military forces withdraw, to the delight of millions of Hungarians, the sheer scope of the

U.S. carriers are battling the Navy's Military Sealift Command over what makes a military cargo rate

CORNING, INDIAN FIRM SIGN TV VENTURECORNING, N.Y.- Corning Inc. announced Friday that it has

Aside from Britain, the good times for West European car sales look set to roll on at least until th

BRAZIL ORDERS CONTROLS ON BANK ACCOUNTSSAO PAULO, Brazil - Brazil's government has ordered a

Sumo Airlines is trying to fill the void left by the death of Summit Airlines of Philadelphia.

Bechtel Power Corp., a unit of San Francisco-based Bechtel Group, said it will join with Japan's C.

The U.S. Postal Service, which recently announced plans to charge 30 cents for a stamp because it is

JAPANESE, SOVIETS PLAN MORE SIBERIAN FLIGHTSJapanese and Soviet aviation authorities have ag

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

THE FUTURES MARKET made a sharp move down last week, as the weaker fixtures were noted in both the A

Back in 1971, Sidney Epstein said to his brother, "Let's give it a fling," as they discussed whether

WORLD FARM LEADERS MAY MEET IN IRELANDFarm ministers from the United States, Canada, Japan a

Mar. 16, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

The faces behind the numbers were smiling bravely here at the annual meeting of Xtra Corp. Thursday

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MD. SENATE PASSES PORT TERMINAL BILLA bill clarifying the Port of Baltimore's authority to c

Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., has proposed a marketing loan program for soybeans and again called for hig

Access to Canada's industrial heartland is Consolidated Rail Corp.'s price for dropping its oppositi

U.S. officials will conduct an export control seminar in Seoul later this month to cope with South K

Salaries of the employees who direct paperless trading programs average $48,000, according to a stud

The Korean Trade Ministry and the Korea Foreign Traders Association are raising $300 million to brin

For the week ended March 10, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads, which i