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The U.S. dollar rose Thursday, buoyed by stronger-than-expected U.S. homebuilding activity in balmy

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

Japan has decided to enact a law to make it a crime to launder illegal drug profits, Finance Ministr

It has been four years since Alexandre Gomes Oliveira, a building superintendent in Rio, has been ab

The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee says the president's proposal to scrap federal spend

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for the 1990s that foresees Easte

BACKGROUND: The U.S. government insists it is firmly committed to supporting a peaceful transition t

When U.S. representatives investigating the Customs Service toured major ports around the United St

AIA SAYS FLORIO PLAN WON'T CUT NJ CLAIMSNew Jersey Gov. Jim Florio's auto insurance proposal

ALM Antillean Airlines has an uncertain future. While the Curacao-based, government-owned ai

SOUTH AFRICAN MARKETS STABILIZE AFTER PANICJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South Africa's finan

Government plans to return state enterprises to the private sector face mounting resistance, which c

REEBOK RESTRUCTURES; US PRESIDENT RESIGNSSTOUGHTON, Mass. - Reebok International Ltd. said T

Those waiting eagerly for the federal government to spell out its transportation policy in minute de

The Interstate Commerce Commission today will select a carrier to provide interim service over the d

MELAMINE RESINS American Cyanamid Co. announced it will increase the price of its Aerotex me

Victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak thrashed an effigy of Union Carbide Corp. with canes and then se

Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed Thursday that they should not rush into

A strong showing by Japan's largest opposition party, the Japan Socialist Party, in Sunday's electio

Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pa., said its board of directors approved construction o

A drilling rig that beached Thursday in bad weather south of Rotterdam harbor poses no threat to shi

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Attorneys agreed to delay today's deadline for completion of a government investigation into whether

January's imports of crude oil and refined products rocketed up to some of the highest levels ever,

The future of Short Brothers PLC, the Belfast, Northern Ireland-based aerospace company acquired las

World output of raw steel rose 3.4 million tons in 1989 to a record 782.3 million, the UN Economic C

The amount of ship capacity owned by Hong Kong interests rose last year, but the number of ships on

The first agricultural futures market in the Communist world will be set up in China, but its succes

1576 (Feb. 15, 1990) Previous day - 1578 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Legislation in Maryland's General Assembly that spells out the state's authority to take over the Po

INDIAN SUGAR OUTPUT, CONSUMPTION INCREASENEW DELHI, India - Indian sugar output in the first

One company is making no claims that plastic bags are degradable: the Noteworthy Co., a leading manu

Boeing Co. hopes to join China in a project to build 150 planes, but aerospace competitor McDonnell

What was hailed as a rising star in this region's business community, and the U.S. semiconductor ind

LESSOR BECOMES FIRST US CUSTOMER FOR A321International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) of Beverle

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

LYKES BROS. SPONSORS BASEBALL CLINIC FOR KIDSLykes Bros. Steamship Co. is sponsoring a baseb

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A wage agreement was reached Thursday between Brazilian dockworkers and shipping companies, thus ave

Shippers might no longer see U.S. Customs Service inspection fees run as high as $2,000 a container