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NEC Corp., Japan's leading computer maker, said Monday it will spend about $40 million to increase t

European Community foreign ministers failed Monday to narrow their differences over Japanese auto im

Early reaction from the maritime industry on the Bush administration's national transportation polic

Railroads and rail equipment suppliers meeting here were called to arms to protect their boxcar busi

Kuwait is set to begin producing a new lighter, sweeter crude oil that could eventually enable state

Venezuela is close to reaching an agreement with foreign banks that would list options to reduce the

SOVIET PLATINUM BARS MAY BE SOLD ON NYMEXPlatinum bars imprinted with the Soviet Union's ham

Coffee prices pushed higher to over $1.00 a pound for the first time in more than nine months.

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FRUIT OF THE LOOM PLANS N. IRELAND PLANTSBELFAST, Northern Ireland - Fruit of the Loom Inc.

QUARTER'S STEEL IMPORTS BELOW RESTRAINT CEILINGSteel imports during the first three months o

The French chemicals industry created new jobs in 1989 for the first time since the oil crisis 15 y

The 1990 farm bill debate over planting flexibility is shaping up as a battle between those who woul

The president of West Germany's Deutsche Genossenschafts Bank will meet this week with French banker

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U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills Monday urged developing countries to agree to accept rules lai

Caterpillar Inc. has decided to ship tractor parts with a joint venture operated byWallenius Lines o

The U.S. Postal Service will offer a sweetener to bulk mailers that support the agency's automation

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FRANCE TO RESUME TRADING WITH CHINAFrench Prime Minister Michel Rocard Monday announced the

The Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority voted down a plan to borrowfrom its own self-i

Funeral services will be held Thursday for Joseph Abbattista, export traffic manager for Frederic He

Ports in India will handle 280 million metric tons of cargo annually by the turn of the century, aga

An international panel is to decide in April whether an American law banning the import of undersize

Mar. 5, 1990 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Mar. 5, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

STERLING'S ORDERNET ACQUIRES METRO-MARKMetro-Mark Integrated Systems Inc., Roslyn Heights, N

Proposed U.S. legislation to require new tankers to be built with double bottoms could have a "treme

U.S. corn markets are going to need an increase in production this year if domestic inventories are

AUSTRALIAN WELL PASSES TEST, MOBIL CONFIRMSMobil Corp. confirmed Monday that a well offshore

MEXICO, US TO DISCUSS INCOME TAX TREATYThe United States and Mexico will begin negotiations

NJ ASSEMBLY VOTE DUE ON FLORIO AUTO REFORMTRENTON, N.J. - Gov. James Florio's bill to slash

U.S. companies wishing to capitalize on political and economic changes in East Germany should act im

Gordon L. Smith, a former senior vice president of Hill and Knowlton Inc., has formed his own public

Anthony M. Frank runs a federal agency that proudly proclaims, "We deliver." Later this year, the U.

The "Supertrain" project, introduced two years ago as the key to bolstering economic activity betwee

HOW MUCH IN LOCKSTEP WITH Japan and West Germany are financial markets in the United States now mar

OFFSITE PACKING STARTS HOUSTON AREA SERVICEHOUSTON - Shippers have a new export packing serv

INFLATION NOT EXPECTED TO SLACKEN UNTIL '91U.S. inflation won't begin to moderate until well