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Any U.S. targeting of South Korea as a priority country for trade initiatives would be "offensive,"

SUGAR PROHIBITION. Effective Jan. 1, 1989, the entry of sugars, syrups or molasses (Harmonized Tarif

The Chilean government is setting up a plan whereby businessmen may be reimbursed for some of the lo

Net new orders of U.S.-built machine tools fell again in February from a year earlier, although they

Sears, Roebuck & Co. on Thursday launched the latest in a growing list of new retail formats, this t

HAS THE FEDERAL RESERVE TURNED away from its yearlong policy of steady interest-rate increases to da

PERSONAL INCOME ROSE 1 PERCENT IN FEBRUARYAmericans' personal income increased a strong 1 pe

Even critics of this state's troubled insurance regulation agency were applauding long-awaited appoi

MASS. CHIEF AWAITS INSOLVENCY LOSS TOTALSMassachusetts Insurance Commissioner Roger M. Singe

A coalition of minority groups announced a plan to offer a $160 no-frills auto insurance policy to C

WILL THEY or won't they? Reports coming in from California indicate the state's Supreme Cour

U.S. Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher has become the first Bush cabinet member to criticize openl

CHINA WILL RESTORE CENTRAL PRICE CONTROLSChina said it will restore central government contr

As if Proposition 103 weren't enough of a headache for California's auto insurers, bargain rates in

Five million Japanese women have entered the work force in the past 13 years, but many suffer from s

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South Korea's auto industry is revving up to become the world's fifth largest, despite a 22 percent

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

A new job-creation scheme is the key to success in contract talks resuming here today between the na

The Bush administration is moving to install two young, comparatively inexperienced but politically

Barge operator Carolina Atlantic Transportation Services Inc. has begun using its own employees as d

DISTRIBUTION SERVICES LTD. (Los Angeles) - Patrick L. McKeen was named sales executive in the Chicag

JUST WHEN I THOUGHT that energy industry planners had learned their lesson, I find out I'm wrong aga

The president of the nation's largest hull underwriting organization took shipowners and marine unde

Protection and indemnity insurance is becoming a larger part of the cost of operating a ship, as som

Philadelphia-based Rohm & Haas Co. was accused of failing to notify Warner- Lambert Co. that an ingr

Sentiment among freight futures traders turned weaker last week, as the March and the April futures

Peruvian leftist congressmen Thursday accused the government of bowing to U.S. pressure by allowing

Ecogen Inc. and ChemLawn Services Corp. will collaborate on the development of biological insecticid

CORNING GLASS AGREES TO PURCHASE ENSECOCORNING, N.Y. - Corning Glass Works agreed to buy Ens

China will boost imports of caustic soda and engineering thermoplastic this year, but its new auster

Caustic Soda Olin Corp., Stamford, Conn., increased its off-list prices of liquid caustic so

The Bush administration's plan to revamp the Clean Air Act will contain tough limits on toxic air po

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

MOZAMBIQUE - 8.24 million special drawing rights (US$10.9 million) from the International Monetary

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

Mar. 23, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

There was a time when a commercial customer trying to speak to officials at Pratt & Whitney had abou

NRC SAYS SHOREHAM COULD START IN APRILRIVERHEAD, N.Y. - The Shoreham Nuclear Power Station s

Oil prices finished strongly last week, especially as crude and gasoline prices continued to climb o