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The United States has "almost completed" agreements with Poland and Hungary that would allow the exp

SGS-Thomson Microelectronics Inc. filed a lawsuit here, charging a Korean maker of memory chips with

The U.S. dollar rose sharply against major currencies Thursday. John Lynam, foreign exchange

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

PURCHASERS' INDEX SAYS CONTRACTION HAS SLOWEDTEMPE, Ariz. - The National Association of Purc

PETROLEUM TANKER SAFETY SEMINAR. March 5-9. Castine, Maine. Contact: Ocean Institute, Maine Maritime

Shipping lines serving European ports are having a tough time meeting their schedules because of hea

Ten minutes before you arrive at the Havana Club bottling plant, the sweet smell of molasses already

''IT MAY NOT GET ANYMORE UPBEAT THAN THIS," said a futures trader about next week's Futures Industry

Gov. Jim Florio's automobile insurance plan is moving ahead at a breakneck pace in a legislative pro

Base metals prices have moved up in the past few weeks, a rise that analysts attribute to the fading

Thu., Mar. 1, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

* Customs Update 4A * Howard Simon - Simon Says 7A* Greg Johnson - Managing Traffic 2B

Japanese-owned manufacturing plants employed 200,000 workers in the United States last year, an incr

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

CORROON & BLACK ACQUIRES CALIF. BROKERCorroon & Black Corp. acquired Griffith/Sincock Insura

A tanker loading crude oil at the North Sea's Sullom Voe oil terminal damaged the loading arms it wa

ROYAL NEDLLOYD MERGES THREE SHIP DIVISIONSROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Transport and energy conc

1603 (Mar. 1, 1990) Previous day - 1604 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

CONVERSION FACTORS TO BE USED FOR DISTILLED SPIRITS AND WINES. For distilled spirits classified unde

The weather here now is cool enough for local ladies to don their furs, but the industry that create

Emba Group Inc. was named South Atlantic agent for A. Bottacchi SA de Navegacion, an Argentine-flag

The strong Singapore dollar, which appreciated 2.7 percent against the U.S.dollar last year

BANKING LAW CHANGES LOOM IN E. GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - Changes to East Germany's ba

Construction is set to begin at the Port of Salerno on what proponents describe as the most technolo

Grain exporters, chemical and agricultural shippers and international maritime operators are pushing

American Sailings, a weekly shipping magazine, will cease publication next week, its publisher said.

The Federal Maritime Commission said it has settled with 14 companies over shipping-rate irregularit

A tugboat sank and a barge capsized in Boston harbor following an accident near Logan International

Here are some key dates in the history of the Seabrook nuclear power plant, compiled by the Associat

EGYPT CUTS OIL PRICES BY 60 CENTS A BARRELCAIRO, Egypt - Egypt is cutting crude oil export p

MD. HOUSE OF DELEGATES PASSES OIL SPILL BILLA bill designed to improve Maryland's ability to

Petrochemical capacity in Southeast Asia is being rapidly increased, with announcements almost daily

Soybean futures were moderately higher Wednesday in response to a surge in the price of soybean oil

FRANCE'S MATIF UNVEILS 3-MONTH PIBOR OPTIONSFrance's financial futures exchange, Matif, anno

KAIFU PLEDGES EFFORT TO EASE US RELATIONSPrime Minister Toshiki Kaifu said Wednesday that Ja

The nation's pension insurance agency has urged the Supreme Court to leave intact its ability to pre

The largest group of Chinese to visit the United States since the bloodshed in Beijing's Tiananmen S

The Senate Finance Committee on Trade is expected to hold a markup session today on proposed legisla

Taiwanese banks are opening offices in the United States for the first time, in part to finance U.S.