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Ken Sakamura dreams of a future in which billions of compatible computers link together the world's

Few industries are more bitterly competitive than the consumer electronics business. Price s

U.S. and other international shoe buyers attending Brazil's Francal national shoe fair this week wil

Britain is establishing a joint venture air-to-air missile maintenance plant in Saudi Arabia, a gove

The radio systems division of Ericsson North America Inc. said it has signed an agreement to provide

The 1.2 million New Yorkers forced to get auto insurance through the state's assigned risk pool will

ICC DENIES REQUEST TO HALT INVESTIGATIONWASHINGTON - The Interstate Commerce Commission deni

There are serious doubts among trade negotiators in Geneva whether "Super 301" could be applied by t

HEALTH UNDERWRITERS CHOOSE LILLIE AS HEADThe National Association of Health Underwriters nam

Tokyo dealers expressed astonishment at a report that Salomon Brothers Asia Ltd. successfully bid fo

BOLIVIA - $500,000 from the Inter-American Development Bank for credits and technical help for low-i

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Uniroyal Chemical Co. is temporarily withdrawing the controversial chemical Alar from the U.S. marke

THE ORGANIZATION of Petroleum Exporting Countries has just completed its most successful half-year o

EXXON WON'T SEND VALDEZ TO PORTLANDPORTLAND, Ore. - Exxon Corp. has canceled its plan to bri

The unemployment rate dipped to 5.3 percent in New York state and 3 percent in New Jersey last month

Like millions of Americans going to work each morning, Carol d'Agostino washes, dresses carefully an

''YOU CAN HAVE THE FOLKS WHO WRITE THE LAWS, just let me have the folks who write the rules."

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

The public doesn't understand insurance and its importance to society, the new president of the Nati

A major Pacific Northwest tug-and-barge company that started out with a leaky $5 rowboat will mark i

Although the current fertilizer year has not been a strong one in Saskatchewan, good future prospect

Cracking down too hard on tanker Capt. Joseph Hazelwood and others like him who drink and drive trai

UPS STARTS BUILDING NJ COMPUTER CENTERMAHWAH, N.J. - United Parcel Service broke ground Frid

Ocean carriers are urging the Federal Maritime Commission to go back to the drawing board on a propo

Futures prices plunged dramatically last week, in line with a tremendous drop in the Baltic Freight

YOU ALMOST HAVE TO LAUGH at the way financial markets have lately been clamoring for the Fed to shif

Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a proposal to double assessments on property/casualty insure

The Maritime Administration has approved the sale of two drilling rigs and received applications for

PLM Equipment Growth Fund I of San Francisco has begun trading on the American Stock Exchange. PLM E

Attention tanker owners: Buy Now and Save. No, that's not a line from a shipbuilding industr

If you think airlines are spending big bucks on new planes, take a look at what the shipping industr

Finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of 10 industrial nations Friday formally approv

S. KOREA CUTS BACK ON LOANS FOR IMPORTSSEOUL, South Korea - The Bank of Korea, the South Kor

Fri., June 2, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The White House says it is opposed to a $77 million federal lands settlement with the Puyallup India

A container freight station just opened in Bangkok may help ease delays at Thailand's main boxport,

U S WEST JOINS GROUP TO STUDY SOVIET PROJECTENGLEWOOD, Colo. - U S WEST International and si

Wah Kwong Shipping Group Ltd. posted a profit of US$44.6 million for the year through last March 31,

U.S. commercial banks are expected to cut their prime rate soon, perhaps today, amid a recent wideni