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California's export crops, such as rice and cotton, are facing major cuts in acreage because of drou

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

Currency traders and economists believe the dollar will continue to trade in a range until there is

P&O AGREES TO BUY DISTRIBUTION COMPANYPeninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., the U.K.'s

The best informed businessman might be surprised to learn that Dow Chemical Co. has its foot in the

Abu Dhabi's National Oil Co. delegation told Japanese oil companies last week that it will not cut i

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Within six weeks, the U.S. Postal Service will decide whether to renew a $95.5 million annual contra

Tandy Corp., Digital Equipment Corp. and three software companies recently announced a software prod

A Stanford University computer scientist and a philosopher are developing the university's first cou

Having built a trade surplus of over $14 billion, South Korea is now taking steps to open its domest

EC URGES PATIENCE IN CHINA'S GATT BIDBRUSSELS, Belgium - China will have to be patient in it

The European Commission announced that it is extending its "Europartnership" plan, designed to stren

EC PROBES CHARGES OF DENIM DUMPINGBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community has opened a pr

Indonesia registered a trade surplus of US$307.9 million in December, official statistics released l

Japan's leading companies are expected to post an average 21.2 percent increase in pretax profits in

FCC WILL PRESS AHEAD ON AT&T OVERHAULWASHINGTON - The chairman of the Federal Communications

U.S. ship operators and shipbuilders are at odds over whether there is a need to clarify the standar

IMPROPER WIRING CITED IN JAPAN'S BOEING JETSFire extinguisher systems in cargo compartments

Twenty years ago, a Delta-winged wonder known as the Concorde 001 took off on its maiden flight, lif

A Chinese delegation is due in the United States later this month to tie up details of a forestry jo

There is a lot more talk than action in the chemical industry when it comes to electronic data inter

By the mid-1980s a chorus of criticism was building around Fruehauf Corp. Chairman Robert Rowan.

The rail industry's labor unions have challenged the Interstate CommerceCommission's authori

The government said Friday it dealt a "major blow" to the KGB by cracking a spy ring that news repor

JAPAN PAYMENTS SURPLUS INCREASED IN JANUARYJapan posted a seasonally adjusted current accoun

Mar. 3, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures Market*PrevClose High Low Vol.

Higher scrap copper, crude oil, plywood and aluminum prices pushed The Journal of Commerce Industria

State money for settlement of $162 million in Indian land claims against the city and Port of Tacoma

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The futures market traded upward last week, although its pace was sideways until late Wednesday onwa

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EGYPT CONFIRMS 5 PERCENT CUT IN CRUDE OIL EXPORTSEgypt will cut its oil exports by 5 percent

Oil development of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and its environmental impact would be li

Wah Kwong Shipping Group Ltd. is joining forces with a local entrepreneur to take the largest single

An electronics industry group says it is urging large-scale re-entry by U.S. companies into the glob

CALIF. ASSEMBLY REJECTS TEMPORARY RATE FREEZESACRAMENTO, Calif. - The California Assembly la

Poorly managed and unscrupulous managing general agents have played key roles in driving a handful o

SUBROTO SEES $18 OIL, WITH NON-OPEC HELPThe Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries wi