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MALAYSIA APPROVES ELECTRONICS INVESTMENTKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The Malaysian government ha

The Washington State Insurance Department has withdrawn its prior approval of Aetna's long-term care

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

The Maritime Administration has proposed changing its rules outlining which repairs qualify for subs

The next few years are likely to produce a surplus of bulk carriers close to the maximum size for tr

NY GASOLINE PRICE DIP IS BIGGEST SINCE '86ALBANY, N.Y. - Average gasoline prices during the

Jean-Marc Vernes Wednesday won a 48-hour extension to launch a counter bid for Compagnie Industriell

An associate membership at the Chicago Board of Trade traded Wednesday at $215,000, slightly more th

IBM JAPAN, TOSHIBA PLAN JOINT VENTUREIBM Japan Ltd. and Toshiba Corp. said Wednesday they pl

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

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

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

FRENCH RAILCAR FIRM SEEKS US PARTNERSPRINCETON, N.J. - French railcar builder Cadoux Interna

The volume of manufactured goods moving from the U.S. Midwest to Asia aboard Westwood Shipping Line

ILLINOIS WILL OPEN MEXICO TRADE OFFICEThe state of Illinois will open a foreign trade office

Occidental Chemical Co.'s unsuccessful effort to limit its liability for the cleanup of Niagara Fall

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

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

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

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

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Thomas J. Duesterberg was named assistant secretary of international economic policy at the U.S. Dep

The financial brief "Annual Debt Interest Rises in Third World," on page 3A of The Journal of Commer

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

Aug. 30, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

U.S. and Canadian suppliers of liquefied natural gas may get a chance at one of Asia's big markets,

THE HOTTEST TIP moving my way in recent days has Bobby Brown leaving his position as president of Co

Southern Co. said electricity sales to commercial customers increased 4.3 percent during the first s

For the first time this year, current crude oil stocks have exceeded year-ago levels, the American P

The Interstate Commerce Commission has ruled that both the seller and the purchaser of a short-line

DU PONT POSTS 8 PERCENT DIP IN AIR EMISSIONSWILMINGTON, Del. - Du Pont Co. reported an 8 per

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

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

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

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

BRAZIL - $55.6 million from the Inter-American Development Bank for irrigation works in Bahia and Pe

FRANCE'S ECONOMY GROWS 0.7 PERCENT IN QUARTERFrance's gross domestic product expanded 0.7 pe

LTV Steel, a subsidiary of LTV Corp., said Wednesday it reached a tentative agreement with the Unite

LINCOLN NATIONAL SELLS REINSURANCE UNITLincoln National Corp. announced Wednesday that it ha