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Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

International Development Systems Inc., Washington, D.C.-based consultants on textile and apparel tr

The local toy industry throws its annual party this week amid concern over stiff competition from ab

Air cargo executives at Vancouver International Airport said it seemed too good to be true.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has predicted average annual growth in its cargo business of 8.5 percent up

PRATT & WHITNEY WINS CERTIFICATION ON ENGINEEAST HARTFORD, Conn. - The Pratt & Whitney PW200

Burlington Air Express has followed the lead of combination carriers that recently took steps to off

The U.S. dollar declined broadly Monday on relentless demand for the deutsche mark, as the U.S. prim

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

THE NEWS SEEMED ALMOST TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. Housing, at last, was responding to the business downtur

Last week's realignment of the Italian lira within the European Monetary System eases immediate tens

The unemployment rate dropped 1.5 percentage points in New Jersey last month, while going up slightl

JAPAN'S TRADE SURPLUS PUT AT $1.09 BILLIONJapan had a $1.09 billion trade surplus on a custo

US TO RELEASE REST OF PANAMA'S ASSETSThe United States is expected to release the remaining

Mon., Jan. 8, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The Italian government has pledged to curb public spending following the realignments of the lira wi

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Flexible work schedules will become more commonplace during the 1990s, along with job sharing and wo

The United Steelworkers of America lost nearly half of its members in the 1980s, and it faces a diff

UNPAID CONSUMER CREDIT HITS $4.24 BILLIONU.S. consumers took on $4.24 billion more in consum

The last time Edwin F. Hale and Steven T. Jones worked together, the two were teen-age kitchen boys

Eastern European governments have fallen in love with free markets, but there's at least one free ma

AMERICAN NATIONAL CAN TO CLOSE CALIF. FACILITYCHICAGO - American National Can Co. plans to c

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BELT'S WHARF WAREHOUSE INC. (Baltimore) - David Baird was named vice president and will lookto expan

The Supreme Court let stand Monday a ruling that cordless telephones fall outside the constitutional

The Rotterdam Energy Futures Exchange, already suffering from falling trade volume, faces the diffic

BRITISH GAS TO LAUNCH US DRILLING VENTURESBritish Gas PLC is to launch its first exploration

Jan. 8, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Saudi Arabian Oil Co. announced Sunday the discovery of an oil and natural gas field, the third fin

Wholesale truckload prices for home heating oil fell further in a number of Northeastern markets on

AVERAGE GASOLINE PRICE INCREASES 4.5 CENTSThe average price for a gallon of gasoline rose mo

Hobbled byenvironmentalist's protests against methanol imports, Brazil's struggle against a looming

Shipbuilding orders received by South Korean yards increased 14 percent last year to 147 vessels tot

Panama Canal workers have asked their new government to act quickly to solvefinancial and le

A spokesman for the Eritrean rebels has claimed responsibility for attacks on two Polish ships in th

About 300 workers at Avondale Industries Inc. received pink slips Friday in the first of what may be

Confidential International Cocoa Organization documents set out four scenarios for cocoa output and

Ford Motor Co. may seek to boost its stake in its Japanese affiliate, Mazda Motor Corp. In a

The prime rate cut Monday to 10 percent from 10.5 percent greased thedollar's skids but impr