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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (Washington) - Dennis E. Kloske was confirmed by the Senate as undersecretary

Canada's provincial trade ministers have made modest progress toward lifting certain internal trade

Vagn Fausing was named president of Rubicon Tankers Ltd. and its newly established management subsid

AUTO, TRUCK SALES ROSE IN EARLY SEPTEMBERSales of cars and light trucks made by the nation's

The Bush administration Wednesday said it prefers its plan to fund the president's anti-drug program

Although a cutback in the automobile industry has slowed new orders for machine tools this year, com

Crude oil prices will probably average $15 a barrel over "the foreseeable future," although they wil

Sept. 13, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Des Moines International Airport has begun construction on a new $6.7 million air cargo ramp that wi

China confirmed Wednesday that chronic power shortages affecting industry and commerce are likely to

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters recently launched a campaign to organize USAir's 1,100 ba

Japan's Fair Trade Commission plans to survey prices of food and manufactured goods in three major c

ABF BIOCIDES The polymers processing and coating chemicals group of Akzo Chemicals Inc., Chi

HOUSE OKS LEGISLATION TO REAUTHORIZE CFTCThe House Wednesday voted by a wide margin to reaut

The U.S. dollar declined broadly Wednesday on rumors West Germany may effectively raise its interest

NCR Corp. and a Hong Kong company are teaming up to provide the first shared network of automatic te

A unique feature of the Southern California maritime heritage has come to an end, and its demise co

A fire in a western Kentucky coal mine killed 10 miners and injured at least two Wednesday, State Po

Gasoline and distillate inventories increased, the American Petroleum Institute's latest weekly supp

ROTTERDAM TO LAUNCH ENERGY FUTURES OCT. 31The Rotterdam Energy Futures Exchange, Roefex, wil

Challenge Air Cargo recently took delivery of a Boeing 757-200 freighter it is leasing from Ansett W

Three South Atlantic port authorities have joined the American Association of Port Authorities and m

Roads and Transportation Association, annual conference, Sept. 17-21. Palliser Hotel and Convention

Perestroika is fast shaking up the ossified Soviet insurance industry. New insurance concern

Use of satellite video auctions has gained momentum this year, and, according to most, is a method

U.S. Treasury-bond futures trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange would present no threat to the Chicag

The New York Mercantile Exchange will install a pilot program in mid-October in the first stage of t

New technology to be showcased at Monday's international Iron and Steel Exposition in Pittsburgh sig

The government of Indonesia intends to resume handling its own import inspection instead of relying

Boosted by strong demand from its European Community trading partners, West Germany's auto industry

As hula girls danced and a small volcano erupted with clouds of smoke, Matson Navigation Co. opened

COSTA CRUISES CANCELS COLOMBIAN PORT CALLCosta Cruises said it is canceling a scheduled port

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

The grounding of the Exxon Valdez on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound in Alaska has brought cries

Malaysian national oil company Petronas will keep crude oil production below capacity during the nex

A leading London marine underwriter Wednesday made an impassioned plea for a 10 percent increase in

The Falcon Shipping Group is about to miss a payment to the U.S. government on a $29 million loan gu

Dependence on a single export commodity for hard currency earnings usually results in boom or gloom

Edward Ney, the new U.S. ambassador to Canada, has pledged to promote joint efforts to improve the N

Foreign demand, particularly from the Soviet Union and China, will be the key in determining the dir