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DIP REPORTED IN LEVEL OF CONSUMER CONFIDENCEThe Conference Board's survey on consumer confid

President Bush's top economic aide showed a clear lack of worry Tuesday about the dollar's continuin

Air cargo carriers urged government policymakers to judge them separatelyfrom the passenger

Covers: NEW ENGLAND: Central Maine Power Co., Augusta, MaineMID-ATLANTIC: Public Service Ele

The days of secret, "pocket" rates for maritime carriers and conferences are numbered. Late

Brazilian manufacturers are afraid to export, according to at least one U.S. buyer who recently retu

Flagging U.S.-Japan negotiations on opening Japanese markets to specific U.S. exports could die if t

IBM PLANS TO UNVEIL USER-EASE PROGRAMSYORK - International Business Machines Corp., Armonk,

* Rosalind Rachid - Trade Talk 5A * Hewlett-Packard Enlarging Puerto Rico Operation 5A* Fran

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Anticipating technological advances, Hewlett-Packard, one of Puerto Rico's largest computer manufact

Massachusetts officials and other opponents of the Seabrook, N.H., nuclear plant are urging federal

A congressional drive to end 35 years of federal controls on natural gas prices has hit a rough patc

International ship charter outlays represent "a delayed time bomb" in Brazil's international account

Mexico's midterm need for $4.7 billion worth of petrochemical investments to avoid increased imports

Property/casualty insurance companies are undergoing a "dramatic financial recovery" after suffering

Trafalgar House PLC, the shipping, property and construction group, reported a 33 percent rise in ne

Sharply higher revenue from two new cruise ships helped Kloster Cruise Ltd. nearly triple its net in

May 9, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low

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Rising costs have been sneaking up on the world's sneaker capital, where hundreds of long-profitable

South Korea, an industrious, Indiana-size country of nearly 50 million people, enjoys a $12 billion

The International Trade Commission cleared the way Tuesday for anti-dumping duties on imports of lig

Life expectancy for Americans remained unchanged in 1988 from the record level established a year ea

The 1989 Admiral of the Ocean Sea, the U.S. maritime industry's most prestigious annual award, will

Two leading port employers will go to court Thursday seeking an injunction to prevent the country's

Great billows of white smoke can be seen the minute a car turns off Route 153 onto a long, narrow di

AGENCY TO INSPECT EASTERN REPAIR WORKMIAMI - The Federal Aviation Administration said it wou

Proposition 103, California's rate-slashing insurance measure, is kindling insurance reform across t

The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of California will hold a professional liability loss c

1704 (May 9, 1989) Previous day - 1699 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

The Philippines is pushing for duty-free exports of watches to the United States, one of the world's

Europe's railways are falling behind rival transport sectors in preparing for the single European ma

S. KOREA PREDICTS GNP TO GROW BY 8 PERCENTSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's top economic pl

A major U.S. industry group Tuesday unveiled a plan for a government-industry initiative in high-def

Service-sector growth in the economy soon will slow dramatically, leaving the nation little choice b

Commodity traders and analysts say they are concerned because the timing of government probes into f

Eastern Airlines began advertising for mechanics Sunday, but Machinists union officials said the ads

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Coal exports from Indonesia this year should triple last year's figures to more than 2 million metri