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The Supreme Court said Monday it declined to review the Interior Department's controversial decision

BOEING, UNION TAKE UP MARATHON NEGOTIATIONSBoeing Co. and the International Association of M

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

The board of commissioners for the Virginia Port Authority has granted permission for the Port of Ha

ZENITH AGREES TO SELL ITS COMPUTER GROUPZenith Electronics Corp. said Monday it was selling

Shippers, ocean carrier conferences and the Federal Maritime Commission are coming to the end of nea

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When Toys "R" Us Inc. needs to speed documents to its overseas offices and stores, the toy-selling g

P-I-E OFFERS INCENTIVE FOR EUROPEAN SHIPMENTSJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - P-I-E Nationwide Inc. is o

New export orders for the U.S. industrial sector rose sharply last month for their best showing sinc

BABCOCK INDUSTRIES INC. (Fairfield, Conn.) - Harold E. Davies was named president of its Acco Materi

B.F. Goodrich Co. Chairman John D. Ong said that the current $26 million expansion at the company's

U.S. businesses appear unruffled as a controversial social rights agenda for European workers advanc

Based on the unexpectedly large increase in U.S. August durable goods, economists have raised their

THE STOCK MARKET HAS BEEN A MOST RELIABLE predicter of recessions, someone once quipped; it has fore

CONSTRUCTION SPENDING ROSE 1.8 PERCENT IN AUGUSTConstruction spending rose 1.8 percent in Au

Duty-free imports from Caribbean countries are having little impact on the U.S. economy, a U.S. Inte

In keeping with provisions of Proposition 103, California's largest auto insurance carrier, State Fa

Port authorities urgently need better insurance protection against large- scale ocean pollution, a t

SOVIET GOVERNMENT PROPOSES STRIKE BANThe Soviet government proposed a general ban on strikes

Members of the United States-Zimbabwe Business Council this week conclude a two-week visit to the Un

Australian Mutual Provident Society, Australia's largest life insurer, made a 1.1 billion ($1.77 bil

Hong Kong tourism has been hit hard by the recent turmoil in China and business is likely to remain

The policy may well be the nation's first example of patent enforcement insurance, and is especially

Among other provisions, Zimbabwe's new investment code: * Requires 25 percent foreign owners

Lone Star Industries Inc. has instituted an action against Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. and another

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

The Soviet Union is a nuclear superpower saddled with a Third World economy and that situation won't

Just 37 percent of U.S. executives surveyed recently said they have begun implementing strategies to

Anecdotal evidence suggests that the British economy is wobbling to a halt as high interest rates an

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

The U.K. opposition Labour Party is in favor of joining the exchange rate mechanism of the European

Mon., Oct. 2, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX UNCHANGED IN JAPANThe Japanese wholesale price index for Sept. 11- 20

The U.S. dollar rose slightly Monday in trading that was quiet and nervousbecause of ongoing

* Albert L. Kraus - Money and Markets 3A * Import Quota Watch 4B* Janet Porter - Europe View

A story on page one of the Friday, Sept. 29 edition of The Journal of Commerce incorrectly reported

The telefax machine, a device that would have sent shivers down the spines of old-time doctrinaire d

Dockworkers at the Port of Mobile in Alabama were on strike Monday, but that job action was the only

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