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A new trade union confederation launched here Tuesday could play a major role in the drive by Japan'

PEUGEOT CHINA FACTORY CLOSED UNTIL YEAR-ENDFrench automaker Peugeot's joint-venture factory

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. issued its competitive bidding guidelines and requests for proposals for

JAPANESE FIRMS SIGN BIG MEXICAN OIL DEALJapanese oil companies have agreed to buy 150,000 ba

There's a flip side to the image of the typical business traveler whose hotel bill averages $100 a n

Two petrochemical projects in Malaysia will be operated by a consortium of British and Japanese inte

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni urged coffee producers Monday to form an OPEC-style alliance to cu

Changes in China's foreign exchange rules sent a shudder through the business community, though the

Britain's postal administration announced plans this week to lure back multinational companies, whic

The paperwork that corporations have created to keep their wheels turning can be mind-boggling.<

Average weekly earnings of U.S. workers other than on farms rose 0.6 percent in October, after adjus

Japan and the United States remain reluctant to ease strategic exports to the Eastern bloc despite t

JAPANESE FIRMS TO PAY IN ALLEGED BID-RIGGINGA group of Japanese construction companies agree

The U.S. dollar was caught in a broad downturn Tuesday, dropping to the lowest level since January a

Continued high interest rates in Japan's money market are providing the U.S. Treasuries market with

U.S. and Chinese officials said they talked only in general terms Tuesday about new offers of subsid

Costa Rican President Oscar Arias Sanchez Monday called on Latin American countries to work together

One by one, they stepped before the exhilarated crowd to have their say. Some spoke nervousl

U.S. trade actions traditionally have been driven by congressional action. This year, U.S. trade pol

In a rare public voting session, the Interstate Commerce Commission exemptedfrom regulation

The last of a half-dozen very-large crude carriers ordered by World-Wide Shipping Agency Ltd. is off

American auto manufacturers are way ahead of their Japanese competitors in installing air bags in ne

David S. Daniel has been named chief executive officer of the Evian Waters of France subsidiary of B

The risk of defaults by overseas buyers is growing as a result of economic circumstances, the head o

Jiro Yamana makes no bones about his priorities as president of the newly formed Asian Finance and I

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The Maritime Administration has paid nearly $30 million to the mortgage holder of a Falcon Shipping

KENT C. NELSON GETS TOP UNITED PARCEL JOBGREENWICH, Conn. - Kent C. "Oz" Nelson, 52, was nam

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A son of Evergreen Marine Corp. Chairman Y.F. Chang was returned unharmed after his family paid a ra

Two foodstuff shippers are asking the Federal Maritime Commission to stop three ocean carriers from

Department stores may look as inviting as ever this Christmas with all their glitz and glitter, but

1670 (Nov. 21, 1989) Previous day - 1656 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

One of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies is considering further investment in China, offi

The Union Pacific Railroad Monday said it will change its grain car ordering system when the next ca

There's no doubt that Houston will come into its own during the natural gas industry's renaissance.<

Tue., Nov. 21, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

When a Florida fish and game warden hollered "Whadja catch?" to fishermen beneath the Buffalo Bluff

The economic well-being of the United States is tied directly to its transportation infrastructure.<

AMERICAN LOOKS TO BUY EASTERN'S LATIN ROUTESNEW YORK - AMR Corp.'s American Airlines is hold