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The U.S. dollar rose against major currencies on modest short-covering Monday, but trading activity

At least a dozen states are considering laws that would force companies to insure their employees as

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

JORDAN PRIME MINISTER SUBMITS RESIGNATIONAMMAN, Jordan - Prime Minister Zeid al-Rifa'i resig

The Japanese government is promoting a plan to export high-quality beef to the United States in an e

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

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 4/21/89*

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

After a traffic decline in February - the first in 24 months - railroads showed a 1 percent increase

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Asia's economically robust nations are trying everything from veiled threats to outright capitulatio

While some families of Pan Am Flight 103's victims are channeling their grief into political action,

FIBREBOARD TO ACQUIRE SEQUOIA FOREST MILLSCONCORD, Calif. - Fibreboard Corp. has agreed to b

FOOD LION INC. (Salisbury, N.C.) - Steve Stone was promoted to corporate controller. He was Lion int

WILLIE SUTTON, THE BANK ROBBER, is becoming something of a legend. When asked why he robbed banks,

When Warren Luhrs sailed into San Francisco on Lincoln's birthday in his 60- foot sloop Thursday's C

CLOROX CO. (Oakland, Calif.) - John Collins, 58, president of the home products company since 1986,

SMITHKLINE NET FELL IN FIRST QUARTERSmithKline Beckman Corp., Philadelphia, said its earning

The chairman of NWA Inc. says he would like a "white knight" to come forward and work with current m

Remember the old adage, "If you can't beat them, join them."? Well, during the past 10 years

What kind of problems might shipping companies face because of AIDS? "You have a much better

Cargo volume at the Port of Hampton Roads continues to break records, according to figures released

Despite losing out on a huge investment planned by one Taiwan chemical firm, Canada may yet get a pi

Sen. Brock Adams, D-Wash., has introduced legislation that would require all new tankers operating i

HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE PLANS RESTRUCTURINGBASEL, Switzerland - Swiss chemical group Hoffmann-La R

In a move that signals the first major entry of a telephone company into the U.S. cable television b

INDIAN DOCKWORKERS, GOVERNMENT INK PACTThe six-day strike by Indian port workers ended Satur

General Motors Corp. has begun selling the Chevrolet Lumina, the first of a group of family sedans p

Business done at the first week of China's premier trade fair totaled $2.5 billion, officials said M

South Korea appears set to dig in its heels over U.S. pressure on agricultural trade when bilateral

Here is a list of some of the states considering legislation to help workers who have no health insu

A few months into the Bush administration, consumer groups are stilluncertain about what to

The Alaska cruise ship industry, which netted more than $300 million last summer, said it expects re

The repeal of West Germany's withholding tax on interest income is considered probable, now that mor

The Soviet balance of trade worsened in the first three months of the year as imports of Western goo

CITIZENS & SOUTHERN CORP. (Atlanta) - Hugh Chapman, president, also was named chief operating office

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

Apr. 24, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures Market*PrevClose High Low Vol

* Import Quota Watch 5A * Commodity Research Bureau: Soybeans 6A* Albert L. Kraus - Markets

The ship lines specializing in carrying forest products in the traditional breakbulk form that survi