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As the story goes, mail carriers are supposed to get the job done come rain, sleet, snow or really m

Canadian food shippers probably will abandon private truck fleets and turn to commercial carriers, a

The natural gas bubble will break on Oct. 19, at 3:15 p.m., Central Standard Time, predicts energy e

Mon., May 15, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Budget woes and political inattention appear to be contributing to a growing morale crisis within th

West Germany's telecommunications minister will propose U.S.-European cooperation on the development

Bank of China, the country's main foreign exchange and trade-finance house, is mapping out a three-p

For $10,000, Western companies soon can join an economic club spearheaded by Soviet leader Mikhail G

Speculation of another West German interest rate hike has raised the possibility of a British rate h

DREXEL BURNHAM LAMBERT INC. (New York) - This investment banking and securities firm named eight exe

POLAND DEVALUES ZLOTY BY 5.3 PERCENT VS. DOLLARWARSAW, Poland - Poland devalued the zloty Mo

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

Argentine paper led the secondary debt market lower as the market absorbed a spate of bad news while

South Korea's Hanjin transportation group was the winning bidder in Monday's auction of the Korea Sh

Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia and a delegation of businessmen arrive in the United Sta

The Federal Reserve panel that ultimately determines the level of interest rates meets here today ag

Customs authorities representing a wide range of Asian and Pacific countries opened a two-day confer

The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta said its trade-weighted dollar index edged up 0.1 percent in Apr

How to improve training and career prospects for seafarers and brush up the shipping industry's publ

EC, BRITAIN MAY CLASH ON CHARTER OF RIGHTSBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission is set

Call it "Chipnost." While the Soviets are courting California's Silicon Valley in the dawn o

The Supreme Court, in a decision that establishes new standards for arbitration agreements under fed

Global consumption of silver in industry and for investment purposes continued to absorb newly mined

Moves by the Philippine government to sell one of the world's largest nickel mines have hit new snag

In the United States, the maquiladora industry has strong support and strong opposition. U.S

Antonia Martinez learned the hard way last year that it is risky to question company policy at a maq

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The Dow Jones Industrials have ended the longest consecutive string of down days since August 1982,

ECONOMISTS ANTICIPATE SLIMMER TRADE DEFICITThe U.S. trade deficit probably narrowed slightly

VOLKSWAGEN IS BACK IN DIESEL CAR MARKETTROY, Mich. - Volkswagen of America Inc. said it is r

SOVIET GRAIN IMPORTS FORECAST HIGHERThe International Wheat Council Monday revised its forec

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

President Bush, declaring that it was time to "take back the streets," has announced a $1.2 million

Iwao Ishizuka was named chairman and representative director of the multinational manufacturer of pr

Japan's smaller manufacturers of audio equipment, once sterling examples of high-tech success, are e

Steel industry leaders are intensifying their call for five more years of steel import restraints.

CHINESE DEMONSTRATORS GREET GORBACHEV VISITSoviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev proclaimed a new

Levi Strauss, the world's largest clothing manufacturer, will tell Soviet delegates at a trade confe

NASA's proposed space station, viewed by some as a stepping stone back to the moon or on to Mars, fa

They negotiate deals worth millions but take home less than welfare recipients. They command