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The Communist Party on Thursday opened the possibility of radical change in the Soviet Union's struc

London gold market participants are confident the new gold forward rate agreement, introduced by N.M

MODEST RISE EXPECTED IN CONSUMER PRICESU.S. consumer prices crept up only 0.2 percent in Jul

The U.S. International Trade Commission says it has set a final hearing Oct. 31 on the request of Am

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

The shrinking number of jobs on U.S.-flag merchant ships has made the U.S. fleet largely immune to t

As the deep freeze of the Alaskan winter approaches, hundreds of tons of French fertilizers are bein

Aug. 17, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

When the government of Kuwait received U.S. approval to employ non-American seamen on 11 Kuwaiti tan

Consumers Power Co. is asking the Michigan Public Service Commission to clear the way for it to sign

From Anchorage to San Diego, West Coast air cargo volumes grew at all but one of the West Coast's la

In an attempt to reduce the number of drivers in New York's overly-populated assigned risk plan, Ins

A Bermuda company that insures Exxon Corp. and most of the major domestic oil companies is consideri

The Indiana Port Commission and Ceres Terminals Inc. will meet Aug. 28 to try to resolve a steel shi

1421 (Aug. 17, 1989) Previous day - 1417 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

BACKGROUND: The ability of many Third World countries to repay their external debt deteriorated shar

The Food and Drug Administration is conducting new tests of the 30 most prescribed generic drugs, re

General Motors Corp. expects sales in Taiwan this year to reach $350 million as demand continues to

IBM, SIEMENS INK DEAL TO SET UP ROLM UNITSInternational Business Machines Corp. and Siemens

The United States posted an $8.2 billion merchandise deficit for June, its smallest monthly trade ga

U.S. exports to Mexico are poised to boom, now that there's a promise of more money to spend on non-

As lawsuits resulting from the Alaskan oil spill multiply daily, Exxon Corp. faces a legal and polit

Evergreen Marine Corp., the container shipping giant, is holding talks on landing rights for its emb

NORTHWEST TO PURCHASE AIRBUS A330S, A340SST. PAUL, Minn. - NWA Inc., parent of Northwest Air

Stolt Tankers and Terminals (Holdings) SA, Greenwich, Conn., this week completed a $10 million expan

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

Rep. Glenn Anderson, D-Calif., said he will introduce legislation next month that would give the Int

BOOMING SALES, intrastate rates and a change in a customer's distribution have given a Minnesota tra

Two giants of the chemical industry announced a unprecedented agreement Thursday to cooperate in pet

* Customs Update 4A * Howard Simon - Simon Says 7A* NY Seeks to Pare High-Risk Insurance Poo

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MARSHALL ISLANDS GETS CUSTOMS TAX BREAKThe Customs Service has added the Republic of the Mar

A full membership at the Chicago Board of Trade traded for $350,000 Thursday, up from $340,000 at th

India's shipowners, worried about meeting their own manpower needs, are seeking government help to s

Royal Insurance Holdings PLC, one of Britain's biggest insurers, has not ruled out the possibility o

Increased underwriting losses in the United States and other overseas territories contributed to Gen

The nation's strictest clean air and truck management plan took a major step toward enactment this w

Consolidated Grain and Barge Co. is getting out of a shipping law controversy surrounding its status

DUTCH AGREE TO CERTIFY PRODUCTS AS DIOXIN FREEBRUSSELS, Belgium - The Netherlands will intro

For the week ended Aug. 12, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1