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CAPITAL GAINS TAX CUT WINS SUPPORT IN HOUSEThe House voted to support President Bush's capit

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

The U.S. dollar rose slightly Thursday afternoon after drifting lower during the morning on repeated

Sept. 28, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Gasoline and home heating oil prices followed seasonal patterns during the two weeks ending Sept. 21

COASTAL CORP. (Houston) - John R. Barnes is joining the Coastal Refining and Marketing subsidiary to

PowerGen, one of the two new fuel buying agents for Britain's electric generating industry, is in th

The World Bank's commercial investment arm is putting more of its money where its mouth is to capita

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SUSPENDS PAYMENTSSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - The Dominican Republ

Airmax, which trucks air freight to international airlines at 70 airports, has named Adams Group of

With a local brain drain continuing and much new investment on hold, the colony's largest bank has j

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

COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT, BUSH DISCUSS TRADEBOGOTA, Colombia - Colombian President Virgilio Barco

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

Bolivia will have easier access for exports of certain textile products to the United States by year

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

SEA-LAND OPENS OFFICES IN 4 MALAYSIAN CITIESEDISON, N.J. - Sea-Land Service Inc. has opened

The shipping industry will need a capital infusion of at least $25 billion a year to replace tankers

Business faces a nightmarish tangle of electronic systems as all 50 states begin to develop differen

OMNIBUS TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS ACT OF 1988; NAIROBI PROTOCOL, FLORENCE AGREEMENT AND BEIRUT AGREE

A bitter squabble among U.S. seagoing unions is apparently killing off an attempt by veteran labor l

BACKGROUND: Trade protection is a policy to restrict imports in order to protect a chosen domestic i

United States Merchant Marine Academy. Kings Point, N.Y. Exhibition of watercolors and pen and ink d

Sept. 28, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

IF COMMENTS IN INDIANAPOLIS during the annual joint meeting of the Midwest U.S.-Japan and Japan-Midw

The U.S. plan to give Poland's fledgling democracy $108 million in emergency food aid is snarled in

The Bush administration is not happy with Poland's plans for subsidies for declining industries, but

Finance ministers from 152 nations concluded the International Monetary Fund- World Bank's meeting h

Faced with the likelihood of sharply increased liability for tanker spills, the U.S. oil industry is

GERMAN ORDERS RISE FOR PLANT, MACHINERYFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German plant and machi

After losing the war to keep American beef out of Japan, the Japanese plan to go on the offensive an

Lobbying on oil spill prevention, response, liability and compensation legislation is heating up ins

A cleaner balance sheet and the prospect of improvement in group health insurance has bolstered the

CONGRESS APPROVES AID FOR HURRICANE VICTIMSCongress approved $1.1 billion Thursday for Hurri

Banner & Greif Ltd. will hold a conference to address insurance executives' strategic information pr

New estimates of the losses from Hurricane Hugo show the storm caused nearly $4 billion in insured d

Three insurance groups have joined in a united front to appeal a Sacramento superior court ruling al

The European Community is about to beg for time from Japan's formidable carmakers. The Europ

GHANA MINES UNLIKELY TO MEET OUTPUT TARGETACCRA, Ghana - Ghana's three state-owned gold mine

India is short of sugar despite government efforts to speed up the import of 200,000 metric tons for