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The White House still has not received legislation passed by Congress to reauthorize the Local Rail

NEW PRIME MINISTER IS NAMED IN INDIANEW DELHI, India - Vishwanath Pratap Singh was appointed

Minnesota's Department of Trade and Economic Development has announced that the state will open trad

A wave of new office and residential space is flooding the rental market in the Chinese capital, off

AS IF SOYBEAN FARMERS don't have enough worries about pricing their product, the emergence of Brazi

Florida's medical malpractice crisis, which only two years ago threatened to rip a huge hole in the

Massachusetts has plenty of taxing problems with its economy, but two firms that insure the state's

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

* Kevin Commins - Currency Forecast 3A * Howard Simon - Simon Says 7A* Stanford Erickson - C

An updated Maritime Administration report on shipbuilding costs in the United States concluded that

Organizations competing with Panama for the business of registering ships are in a "feeding frenzy"

TRADING IN US T-BONDS UNDER WAY IN TOKYOTrading in U.S. Treasury bond futures began for the

Declines in a broad range of industrial material prices pushed The Journal of Commerce Industrial Pr

Japan's current account surplus dropped to $3.59 billion on an unadjusted basis in October, producin

JAPANESE AUTOMAKERS PUSH TO END CURBSJapanese automakers are putting pressure on the governm

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it awarded in mid-November only one weekly spot coal contract c

Carnival Cruise Lines has signed a contract with Italy's Fincantieri shipyard for construction of t

Colombia produced just 10.5 million 60-kilogram bags of coffee in 1988-89 (October-September), the l

If you have all your documents ready, it is possible to stroll into the Liberian maritime office in

NY JUDGE DISMISSES SCHOOL BOARDS' LAWSUITAlbany County Supreme Court Justice Lawrence E. Kah

Fri., Dec. 1, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

A scrubber system to be installed at a northern Indiana coal-fired power plant will eliminate solid

International air express companies accused the U.S. Postal Service of restricting competition for g

A proposal by the United States for a global prohibition on government aid to industries is drawing

US OFFICIAL PREDICTS EASED COCOM CONTROLSWestern nations will respond to the democratic refo

PIPER REDEVELOPMENT GETS UK APPROVALOccidental Petroleum Corp. said Thursday it received Bri

ILA LOCALS IN ALBANY AWAIT PACT APPROVALInternational Longshoremen's Association locals in A

US EXPORTERS CONFIRM SOVIET BID FOR WHEATKANSAS CITY, Mo. - U.S. exporters confirmed the U.S

Canada and the United States said they have agreed to speed up tariff reductions on goods representi

Falling U.S. interest rates will continue to weigh on the dollar, setting the stage formore dollar w

The Swedish steel mill SSAB entered the international market last week looking to buy up to 1.65 mil

SODIUM THIOSULFATE General Chemical Corp., based in Parsippany, N.J., announced it will incr

W.VA. OFFICIALS SUED OVER COAL STRIKE ROLESTOLLINGS, W.Va. - Rum Creek Coal Sales Inc., a un

TOLL HIKE PROPOSED FOR NY-NJ CROSSINGSThe Port Authority of New York & New Jersey proposes r

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

World demand for agricultural goods is likely to grow more quickly in the 1990s than in the past dec

The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development praised Canada for entering in

Texaco Inc. is caught in a quiet standoff in Panama, one that sums up the U.S. dilemma there.

Three days of informal talks between coffee producers last week ended with no promise of new world c

The threat was in the wind for weeks. Shipowners even received a firm warning in late Novemb