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SEATTLE, CHINA MARK A DECADE OF TRADEThe 10th anniversary of re-establishment of maritime tr

Far East Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd., a unit of Singapore's Keppel Group, has bagged its second oil

The U.S. dollar rose late Thursday after Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Manuel Johnson said the dolla

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

ASK PETER WILDBLOOD, CHAIRMAN of the London Petroleum Exchange Ltd., about computerized trading and

The Commerce Department's decision to slap new countervailing duties on Canadian pork shipped to the

U.S. Jewish leaders may decide in mid-June whether to recommend lower U.S. tariffs on Soviet goods.<

As power slips away from destabilized ocean carriers, future control of international cargo transpor

A growing number of states are stepping in or are studying plans to help gasoline station owners cop

A Norwegian company is beginning to market its own radar-based computer system designed for safe and

As slogans go, "the heartful food with a harmony taste" lacks the gusto of ''drag it through the gar

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating trading practices at the New York Mercanti

Consumers Power Co. filed with the Michigan Public Service Commission a package of more than 20 powe

UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS INCREASE IN WEEKNew claims for state unemployment insurance benefits wer

May 4, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol. C

1687 (May 4, 1989) Previous day - 1649 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in Lo

Parker S. Kennedy, 41, was named president at First American Title Insurance Co., a large title insu

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Electronic data interchange will have a "major" impact on the banking industry, according to a just-

Mounting inflationary tendencies, led by the recent introduction of a 3 percent consumption tax, cou

International Maritime Carriers (Holdings) Ltd. is tapping shareholders to finance four more ships,

A House aviation subcommittee has advanced a bill to install sophisticated bomb-detection devices at

Private crop forecaster Sparks Commodities Inc. has pegged total U.S. 1989 wheat production at 2.0 b

Unilateral U.S. action under the 1988 trade law against foreign unfair trade practices could complic

A strengthening market for liquid chemical shipping helped Stolt Tankers & Terminals (Holdings) SA b

CONSUMER PRICES RISE 0.4 PERCENT IN SOUTH KOREASEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's consumer p

Bright growth prospects have led to increased competition in the relatively young U.S. waste-to-ener

INDONESIA RAISES EXPORT CREDIT RATESJAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia will slash subsidies on e

The Federal Reserve Board's overall report on the nation's economy, generally optimistic, does point

Bankers remain skeptical about Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady's plan for Third World debt relief.

The Department of Transportation formally approved the transfer of Flying Tigers' air cargo rights t

The United States and the 12-nation European Community have reached a tentative compromise toward re

The European Community targeted a host of provisions in the U.S. Trade Act of 1988 as violating exis

Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita, who will resign his position later this month over links t

Wed., May 3, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

One of the two main containerport operators here has received official approval for an extension as

Like a patient with terminal cancer, the failed New York Insurance Exchange is chugging toward a pai

The U.S. dollar edged higher Wednesday despite three rounds of dollar-selling by central banks.<

America West Airlines Inc. said Wednesday it offered to buy Eastern Airlines' Northeast shuttle, but