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Chile's debt with commercial banks is "perfectly manageable, given its low level," but the non-negot

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INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN FRANCE RISES 1.5 PERCENTFrance's industrial production rose 1.5 per

The first step toward the creation of a single electronic information network for Europe's ports was

1421 (Aug. 18, 1989) Previous day - 1421 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it issued only one contract for 500 tons of steam coal in its la

BRITISH AIRWAYS (London) - Frank Pullman was appointed general manager, worldwide cargo operations.

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

DELOITTE HASKINS & SELLS (New York) - Charles L. Crowley was named head of this international accoun

Like any defense contractor, Pratt & Whitney is accustomed to the government's fickle attitude towar

STEEL IMPORTS INCREASE FOR 3RD STRAIGHT MONTHSteel imports rose in June for the third consec

Cocaine and high explosives may soon have more in common than the element of danger. Officia

There was a good deal of skepticism in the executive suites of U.S. shipping lines last week.

Aug. 18, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Secretary-General Subroto, in a bid to stop cheating b

AIR INTER IN FRANCE PLACES ENGINE ORDEREVENDALE, Ohio - Air Inter, the French domestic airli

Investor Harold Simmons of Dallas may be launching a bid to acquire Georgia Gulf Corp., a $1 billion

An increasing number of HMOs are altering their rules to allow patients the option of going to outsi

CHINA BUYS US CORN FOR 1ST TIME IN 2 YEARSChina has bought U.S. corn for the first time in a

Most livestock and poultry producers appear to have outdistanced the impact oflast year's drought an

THE FIRST WARNING came when the church in our neighborhood said it could no longer collect newspaper

Claiming that a chemical firm "obstinately refused" to clean up pollution in Northwest Dade County,

With world cotton demand up sharply this year, growers say they will ask the Department of Agricultu

MC Shipping Inc. is a ship owning company that charters out its ships to other operators. The compan

Ports and shipping lines have each contributed to a proliferation of volume incentive freight rates,

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

The Massachusetts Port Authority said it has not abandoned hope for its controversial plan to ease c

CONSUMER PRICE RISE HIT 0.2 PERCENT LAST MONTHConsumer prices rose 0.2 percent in July, matc

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

Exxon Corp. late last week told Alaska Superior Court that it did not violate any federal or state l

Highly successful trials of the antiviral drug AZT suggest that AIDS may soon become "a treatable di

The U.S. dollar appears irrepressible now that recession fears have faded and the trade gap is narro

Time is turning into a constraint in western areas of the Midwest as corn, and to a lesser extent so

Fast-growing Fame Plastics Inc., founded in Statesville, N.C. in 1980 and now operating two faciliti

CYANAMID EDIBLE OIL PRODUCTION PLANT MOVESWAYNE, N.J. - American Cyanamid Co. will move manu

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

Higher sugar prices helped push Cuban exports over the $1 billion mark and resulted in a $148 millio

CHICAGO YEN TRADER ENTERS NOT GUILTY PLEAChicago Mercantile Exchange yen trader Michael Chri

U.S. textile and apparel importers and domestic producers are clashing again over whether their prod

BUMPING CONGRESSMEN IS NOTHING NEW. The recent incident in which USAir bumped Rep. Cass Ballenger, R