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Nicole Willenz is manager of EDI consulting and development at Price Waterhouse, Chicago. She is als

CHINA MAKES SWITCH TO DIGITAL PHONE NETPINGXIANG, China - China's first digital switching te

FCC Chairman Dennis Patrick is sticking by his proposal to change the way the American Telephone & T

Wed., Mar. 16, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Tony Scotti has mixed feelings about the recent runaway success of his business. "We are bus

NY GROUP HONORS LILLIAN C. LIBURDINEW YORK The Women's Transportation Seminar of Greater Ne

Analysts expect higher energy prices to boost U.S. producer prices in February 0.4 percent, which ma

Record inflation, rising subsidies and tax evasion will mean that China's 1989 budget, to be announc

More than half the Western manufacturing companies that have had operations in Japan for more than 1

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, said he does not expect Congress to pass p

Brazil's dream of becoming a major auto exporter may be over. Autolatina, the holding compan

A British high court Thursday upheld the London Metal Exchange's suspension of tin trading in Octobe

From shipyards to subways, strikes are breaking out in key South Korean industries, and employers an

Further restructuring is under way in Singapore's booming maritime sector, with the government reduc

COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (New York) - Donna C. Redel, executive vice president of Redel Trading Co.,

Oregon lawmakers voted Wednesday to ban the export of logs from state-owned lands after supporters o

Senior government officials are sending mixed signals about plans to avoid being targeted by the U.S

The chairman of the Futures Industry Association said Thursday that the ill effects of allegations

Funeral services will be held Sunday for Herbert A. Brandon, a publisher who was an influential figu

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The settlement between the Justice Department and the Teamsters union removed a huge albatross from

CF INTERMODAL GROUP (Palo Alto, Calif.) - James R. Herwig was appointed president, a new post. He wa

The Interstate Commerce Commission has granted a one-year extension for the New York, Susquehanna &

Zimbabwe expects to reduce its trade traffic through South Africa to below 50 percent by the end of

THE RUMOR IS the man nominated for a slot on the Interstate CommerceCommission believes regu

CAROLINA FREIGHT BEGINS TO BUILD TWO FACILITIESCHERRYVILLE, N.C. - Carolina Freight Carriers

Future union vs. non-union stevedore competition for military contracts could be lessened if the U.S

For the more than 400 commuters riding the Rockport-to-Boston train, the days of poetry readings and

COCOA PRODUCERS REJECT PLAN TO SLASH LEVYCocoa producers Thursday rejected a plan to cut the

Edward M. Emmett, a foe of Texas state trucking regulations, was nominated to replace Frederick N. A

The stock of American President Cos. was priced at $37.87 a share in mid- afternoon trading Thursday

The Federal Maritime Commission has extended the comment period on proposed rules designed to simpli

The Chicago Board of Trade said the computerized trading system, unveiled Thursday to executives att

The administration has decided to go ahead with plans to allow the Japanese to build a version of th

Just beyond what is known in Genoa as "il braccio di ferro" - the arm wrestle - between dockworkers

The usually bustling Port of Genoa has the eerie silence of an Etruscan cemetery. Its listle

The Soviet Union and the European Community are moving to forge closer ties between their once-dista

US SAYS JAPANESE VIOLATE CHIP PACTCommerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher accused Japan of not l

EC-ROMANIAN TALKS ON TRADE PACT HALTEDSTRASBOURG, France - The European Community said Thurs