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Comex gold futures steadied late Tuesday with the most active Februarycontract closing unchanged fro

Ford Motor Co. is taking a wait-and-see approach to investing in Eastern Europe, despite whatever op

Some companies have achieved great success in Japan by playing the game the Japanese way. An

A small shipyard in Portland, Ore., will become the long-term repair yard for Chevron Shipping Co.'s

NORTH AMERICA Consumer Electronics Show. Jan. 6-9. Las Vegas. Contact Consumer Electronics S

EC PLANS TO EASE CURBS ON 30 JAPAN IMPORTSBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community Commiss

INLAND STEEL TO SELL 13 PERCENT STAKE TO JAPANESEInland Steel Industries Inc. has announced

The electronics sector in Malaysia, already its hottest export-earner, is expecting a further boost

ON THE HORIZON. I recently spoke with Timothy J. Rhein, president and chief executive of Oakland, Ca

After two weeks of talks, trade officials here are worried that failure to resolve disagreements is

FOR A WHILE the discussion with Walter Marx and Alexander Zeininger centers on the gradual disruptio

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. said Tuesday it plans to cut its long- distance telephone rates b

Dec. 19, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Police on both sides of the Atlantic are investigating the theft of aircraft engines and parts worth

Boeing Co. will do structural updates on 13 Pan American World Airways' passenger 747 aircraft under

ENGINEERS, SCIENTISTS LIKELY TO STRIKE BOEINGJust more than a month after the end of a 48-da

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Four private companies have won permission from authorities in Thailand to build container yards and

CREWMEMBERS ABANDON SINKING IRANIAN TANKERLAS PALMAS, Canary Islands - An Iranian oil tanker

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

Import traffic grew at a greater rate than export traffic in the third quarter of 1989,continuing to

1596 (Dec. 19, 1989) Previous day - 1603 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Major ship lines serving the North Atlantic, but not part of the nine-member collective rate-setting

Battle lines hardened in the trailer war over XTRA Corp. this week as the company filed suit against

YELLOW FREIGHT TAKES CHARGE OF $28 MILLIONOVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Yellow Freight System Inc. i

The Department of Justice Tuesday asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to revoke the antitrust i

IT'S GETTING REAL, folks; American business is committed to electronic communications - ifthe atmosp

ERNST & YOUNG TO OPEN OFFICE IN SOVIET UNIONErnst & Young has signed an agreement with Vnesh

FORD PLANT AT WINDSOR CLOSING AT END OF '90WINDSOR, Ontario - Ford of Canada said production

INLAND STEEL INDUSTRIES INC. (Chicago) - W. Gordon Kay is now president of Joseph T. Ryerson & Son I

A new 30-acre rail intermodal terminal has enabled Honda of America Mfg. Inc. to slash inbound tran

The Canadian canola industry is facing a myriad of problems that could alter the way it operates, an

Foreign lenders remain wary of extending credit to China despite signals that the United States and

The glamour is fading from the computer industry at the close of the 1980s, tarnishing one of the mo

Negotiators have completed a draft that will serve as the basis of trade talks next year aimed at op

JAPAN'S KAIFU AGREES TO PROMOTE IMPORTSJapanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu Monday agreed w

Despite the hard line many U.S. companies take privately against Japanese non-tariff barriers, they

Titanium Metals Corp. of America, also known as Timet, and a Japanese group have signed a memorandum

In her first public address as the new commissioner of Customs, Carol Boyd Hallett assured herself o