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The poorest nation in the Caribbean produces one of the world's most expensive rums. And Haitian-bo

JAPANESE TV STATIONS USE ADVANCED SYSTEMTwo Japanese TV networks last week began regular bro

Three months after the Chinese government's violent crackdown on student demonstrators in Beijing's

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

Leif Hoegh & Co. confirmed Wednesday it is pulling out of the trade between the U.S. West Coast, Aus

PERSONAL INCOME ROSE BY 0.7 PERCENT LAST MONTHU.S. personal income rose 0.7 percent in July

Yugoslavia will introduce a new currency to help fight inflation currently at an annual rate of 800

The U.S. dollar rose broadly Wednesday on a combination of technical factors and personal income dat

U.S.-flag liner shipping companies face a grim future if they don't receive greater freedom to build

With prices for all types of 747 aircraft up sharply, the Boeing Co. says it will go back into the b

Evidence of the sorry state of China's key textile industry has come from a mainland official, who c

* Trading With China 4A * Tom Connors - Washington 8A* Travelers' Fears of Terrorism Ease 10

Negotiations between labor and management of Brazil's state-owned oil corporation, Petrobras SA, con

Officials of Japan Air Lines Co. announced Wednesday they have launched regular air cargo services t

The Federal Maritime Commission's massive review of the 1984 Shipping Act goes to the Government Pri

CONEG, Coalition of Northeastern Governors annual meeting, Sept. 6-8. Samoset Resort, Rockport, Main

Wall Street analysts wouldn't speculate Wednesday about the identity of a company that Sea Container

Major industrialized nations are considering new airplane noise restrictions that would force airlin

Maine transportation officials have ordered a market study before deciding whether to authorize stat

Evidence is building that travelers to Europe this summer are losing some of their fear of terroris

SOUTHWEST TO CONVERT OPTIONS TO FIRM ORDERSSouthwest Airlines said it will convert 20 of its

The Bank of England has told U.K. banks that it sees no need for them to make new debt provisions if

Aug. 30, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

America's 25,000 rice growers have shifted their approach to opening Japan to U.S. exports from reta

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Jamaica's bauxite output in 1989 will be "in excess of 9.0 million metric tons," up from 7.4 million

M&T CHEMICALS INC. of Rahway, N.J., will increase prices for all impact modifiers and process aids b

The Washington State Insurance Department has withdrawn its prior approval of Aetna's long-term care

Sabena Belgian World Airways no longer handles the weeknight flight that carries Express Mail betwee

BAUXITE PRODUCTION OFF 30 PERCENT IN GUYANAGEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana's January-June bauxit

A Dutch cargo airline selected Gateway Freight Services Inc. as its cargo agent at Seattle-Tacoma In

Israel plans to sell a 50 percent stake in El Al, the national airline, the government announced on

Wednesday trading maintained the Tuesday run-up in pork belly futures, even though the premise of Tu

COPPER MINE WORKERS IN CHILE VOTE TO STRIKESANTIAGO, Chile - Workers at the Chilean Copper C

The New York Mercantile Exchange Board of Directors has approved several self-regulatory measures, i

Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke said Wednesday that domestic airline pilots could expect signifi

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Norwegian streets may not be paved with gold but one highway unwittingly was constructed right on to

America is like the world's Willy Loman: a sad-sack salesman living on legends of past success, losi

The public stock offering in a Philippine shipyard was terminated six days earlier than planned afte