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Earnings from exports of coffee from the Philippines soared last year to a shade under US$50 million

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The price of some popular consumer goods, many imported from the United States, rose last week.<

HUNGARY, POLAND SAID SEEKING CLOSER US TIESVIENNA, Austria - The foreign ministers of Hungar

On Last Week's Rioting in Venezuela "In economics . . . there are fashions and the fashion n

1593 (Mar. 6, 1989) Previous day - 1588 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Europe's big transport groups are swallowing their smaller rivals in a rush to break into new freigh

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. has filed the paperwork for the Maritime Administration waivers and approv

America's frozen Northwest is meeting Asia's (comparatively) warmNortheast, as Alaska stages its fir

Singapore's Keppel Corp. is taking control of a shipyard in the central Philippines, and is putting

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

SOMETHING HAS BEEN HAPPENING to the nation's money supply. After fairly heady growth early last year

After nearly 20 years, the famed luxury liner United States has set sail once again, but only to be

Australia-New Zealand Direct Line has started distributing its sailing schedules by an automated fac

The Federal Maritime Commission revoked the licenses of four ocean freight forwarders. Two f

Ministers from nine members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and perhaps seven o

The government-run telephone company, Telmex, will undergo a $15 billion restructuring in the next f

NETWORK, SWEET NETWORK. When it comes to EDI, most industries like to work with a communicat

The Bush administration has decided to proceed with a controversial deal under which a major U.S. de

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

Dow Chemical Co. claims to have pioneered the practice of offering trading company services to third

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The topic was Just-in-Time inventory control. But the issues turned out to be people and management.

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 3/4/89* Fully Utilized Textile Quotas as of 3/4/89

China Monday ordered a halt to the movement of hundreds of thousands of peasants who have flooded in

To free up cash, Sea-Land Corp. has sold title to four of its largest containerships, and is close t

ATARI GAMES GETS INJUNCTION IN DISPUTEAtari Games was granted a preliminary injunction barri

Secondary market prices of Third World debt continued to slide last week, as the Venezuelan debt sit

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

British pound futures lost ground last week on pessimism about January's U.K. current account balanc

Crude oil output by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries is expected to average 19.7 mi

OILSEED OFFICIAL SEEKS CHANGE IN FARM POLICYAn overhaul of U.S. farm policy is needed to ens

A cut in the International Coffee Organization's robusta coffee quota today is nearly certain with t

STANFORD WINS VICTORY IN DISPUTE WITH VOLTThe Supreme Court said a contract dispute between

DENVER MAYOR WEIGHS ANOTHER AIRPORT VOTEDENVER - Denver Mayor Federico Pena said he will con

Sales of foreign cars in Japan surged in February from a year earlier despite an overall 8 percent s

Supermarkets have launched a campaign of deception to try to defeat a proposed plastics tax that is

Britain Monday dismissed as absurd French attempts to block imports of Nissan Bluebird cars made in

BJ'S WHOLESALE CLUB INC. (Framingham, Mass.) - James Halpin was named president. He replaces John Le

The National Association of Insurance Commissioners tackled the thorny issue of advisory or rate-mak