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REGIONAL BLOCS Doing Business in Israel: Meeting the Challenge of 1992. Sept. 11. Short<

Paring the supply of alcohol to alcohol-based chemical industries in Brazil to handle a pending shor

Soybean futures were moderately lower Friday, backing away from Thursday's highs as immediate concer

GHANA - $40 million from the World Bank's International Development Association to improve the opera

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

EC GIVES CLEARANCE TO HOSTILE PLESSEY BIDBRUSSELS, Belgium - A hostile $3.1 billion Anglo-Ge

W. GERMANY'S SURPLUS IN TRADE IS NARROWINGFRANKFURT, West Germany - The West German trade su

ARE TAXES TOO LOW? DID THE REAGAN administration tax cuts, as some liberals contend, give a handout

The refusal of the U.S. economy to fall into a recession could propel thedollar higher in th

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

Bank of England Governor Robin Leigh-Pemberton said the Britain will have to become a full member of

PURCHASERS INDEX FALLS FOR 4TH STRAIGHT MONTHThe purchasing managers' index fell to 45.2 per

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

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SECURITIES PROGRAM SET ON GLOBAL REGULATIONNEW YORK - The Brooklyn Law School and Queen Mary

Japan's stock markets have been rife with rumors that insider trading took place long before last we

A graph on Page 1A of The Journal of Commerce Aug. 31, with a story headlined ''Projected Supply and

Japanese investors, attracted by bargain properties and a dramatic increase in tourism here by their

In a case with broad significance for U.S. labor, a U.S. court has ruled that foreign vessel owners

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

Europe's railways are about to take a technological leap into the world of paperless communications

For the second time in less than three months, the U.S. Customs Service voided a multimillion-dollar

The Soviet Union's independent labor movement is rapidly gaining strength. Yelena Maltseva i

JAPAN'S TRADE SURPLUS FALLS SHARPLY IN PERIODJapan recorded a trade surplus of $1.804 billio

Two affiliates of Ocean Shipholdings Inc. began operating two integrated tug- barge vessels for subs

Two major U.S. ocean carriers, numerous shippers and dozens of others involved in international trad

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

Should marine pilots be tested periodically on a simulator to maintain their federal licenses?

HOW TO USE: The following government bid opportunities are among the hundreds of such opport

B+H Management Ltd., Bermuda, is creating a new company to add to its stable of shipping firms.<

Wearing a hard hat and a dirty tee-shirt, the warehouse manager shouts an order for his staff to loa

A second shipload of PCBs arrived at this St. Lawrence River port Wednesday, the day after riot poli

NEW ZEALAND DOCKERS BEGIN FOUR-DAY STRIKEWELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand dockers began

Volkswagen of America has moved its Northeast distribution center from the Port of Albany to Rhode I

West Germany's shipbuilders are facing stiff competition from Asia, and the industry says it needs g

U.S. coal producers should be knocking on the doors of Britain's two new electricity generating comp

1426 (Aug. 31, 1989) Previous day - 1425 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Aug. 31, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Aug. 31, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

A major U.S. bank is prepared to take a 10 percent stake in Lexmar Corp.'s project to take over a ba