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The U.S. head of the Panama Canal Commission announced his resignation last week, saying the waterwa

Following a series of weak economic numbers, currency traders and economists are debating how a slow

The leaders of Japan's four major opposition parties have formed a united front to try to drive sca

The specter of insurance company insolvencies is creating alarm among insurance buyers, a new survey

The supper crowd on Regiposta Street was, as usual, dressed to kill, Hungarian teen-ager-style: fade

Freedom of trade in services is next on the agenda at the headquarters of the General Agreement on T

Beginning May 8, The Journal of Commerce will extend distribution of its International Edition to La

U.S.-Soviet trade levels are well below potential despite efforts by Moscow to improve links with U.

CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION is declining rapidly in the United States. What federal, state or corporate act

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it bought 50,000 tons of steam coal from an Illinois company in

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

The British Post Office has ended its exclusive contract with British Airways PLC for the carriage o

IPE TEMPORARILY DROPS ITS MIDDAY RECESSThe International Petroleum Exchange has dropped its

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

South Korean officials are divided over the importance of avoiding U.S. trade sanctions and doubtful

Gadot Petrochemicals Industries Ltd. is planning an expansion program, including a 60,000-tons-a-yea

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State Sen. Michael Meotti, D-Glastonbury, is urging Connecticut consumers to boycott Exxon Corp.'s p

PPG Industries is increasing phosgene derivatives production capacity at its La Porte, Texas, plant

Any sale of strike-crippled Eastern Airlines could eventually hurt the airline and sister carrier Co

MC SHIPPING FILES INITIAL STOCK OFFERINGAn initial public stock offering was announced Frida

A new rehabilitation program announced at the weekend by executives of Japan's Sanko Steamship Co. c

CSX, SP JOIN TO BUILD BULK DISTRIBUTION UNITSBALTIMORE - CSX Transportation Inc. and Souther

CNW Corp. management has urged its stockholders to support it in rejecting a takeover bid launched b

Demand for management liability insurance is booming in France, now that takeover bids are on the in

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

Union leaders representing Britain's dockworkers are to meet today to decide whether to call a natio

A continuation of higher natural and man-made fiber prices as measured by The Journal of Commerce In

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GARMENT EXPORTS RISE IN THE PHILIPPINESMANILA, Philippines - Philippine garment exports incr

B+H Bulk Carriers Ltd. has announced plans to sell two ships - the 26,800- deadweight-ton bulk carri

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More scheduled air freight capacity, improved customs procedures and the introduction of inland clea

Sam Skinner is everywhere, and always trying to get there faster. A page from his daily cale

Forms-processing programs can be roughly broken down into three main areas. The most basic i

Three Midwest senators are seeking stronger federal controls on truck and rail shipments of hazardou

More than half of Medicare supplemental insurance policies fail to meet a federal standard of paying

In the early 1980s, the 70-year-old U.S. Steel Corp. mill in this northern California city was stead

Taxpayers are required to maintain copious records, but with an increasing flow of tax returns submi

Fri., Apr. 7, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K