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SOVIETS MAY PURCHASE MORE US GRAINS IN '89The U.S. share of Soviet Union grain imports in 19

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Castle & Cooke Inc., the Hawaiian group that markets Dole pineapple products, will split the $2 bill

U.K. dockworkers have voted overwhelmingly for a national strike, the Transport and General Workers

ANOTHER SIGN OF THE CHANGING TIMES in railroading comes perhaps at the wrong time. The board

Lufthansa German Airlines, the West German airline, said that higher taxes and other factors led to

Not all U.S. supercomputer companies are in disarray. Control Data Corp. recently quit the b

Guangdong, one of China's richest provinces, is banning imports of virtually all consumer products,

AT&T MIGHT ENTER CREDIT CARD BUSINESSReach out and touch someone may soon have a new meaning

Starting Tuesday, customers of the Bank of Nova Scotia will be able to call an insurance company to

May 19, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

The British government announced last week it was more than doubling its spending on road improvemen

Truck drivers hate Virginia. Just ask Jesse Wood. "Talk to any driver and he'll tell you wha

JAPANESE CHIP MARKET STILL DISAPPOINTS USThe United States is still dissatisfied with its li

The top trade official of the European Community warned U.S. officials that unwise use of the 1988 T

Congress is finished with the $1.17 trillion federal budget for 1990 in uncommonly early fashion, bu

A Philippines lawsuit against Westinghouse Electric Corp. involving allegations of bribery to depose

Great Lakes Chemical Corp. announced that the company has completed itspurchase of about 52

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Debt-ridden Philippine Air Lines will be largely privatized within 12 months, the government pledged

Right-O-Way, a medium-sized air forwarder, has launched a new effort to compete with the large integ

The Customs Service has released a 30-page manual on sea carrier security in relation to drug smuggl

Central bank intervention and profit-taking may hold the dollar down temporarily, but over the long

When a video store announces the release date for a hot item such as ''E.T.," it expects to generate

HOWARD SAVINGS BANK (Livingston, N.J.) - Joseph L. McElroy was named director of trust services.

The Argentine austral dropped sharply in value Friday against the U.S.dollar, as fears rose

European use of natural gas is forecast to rise during the next 20 years,with more imports likely, a

The Western states, isolated from the major steel mills in the East, have been in the forefront of u

Orient Overseas (Holdings) Ltd., parent of the colony's largest container shipping line, reported ne

Dow Chemical Co. announced the formation of Destec Energy Inc., a power resource and technology comp

There was a time when rank in the office was measured by the furniture. The boss' desk was b

May 19, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

FAULTY BRAKES BLAMED FOR CALIF. DERAILMENTSAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Federal investigators hav

A spokesman for U.S. imported car dealers said he is "extremely hopeful" that Japan next year will l

Directors of Brazil's Embraer aircraft manufacturer will meet later this month to decide the future

Fednav Ltd., owner of Navios Corp., and Citicorp Capital Investors Ltd., announced Thursday an agree

A doubling of spending on roads was announced Thursday by Transport Secretary Paul Channon in a majo

Despite repeated probing by a U.S. Coast Guard officer, testimony from the second mate of the Exxon

CONRAIL INTRODUCES SERVICE FROM BOSTONConsolidated Rail Corp. is offering westbound containe

The name-calling between Brussels and Washington over a raft of thorny trade issues in the past few