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Britain's current account position will not improve in the near term and after a deficit of 14.3 bi

The death of nine passengers blown out of United Airlines' oldest 747 is intensifying pressure on th

Long-distance telephone callers in airports, hospitals, hotels and other public places will be getti

Britain's National Health Service has prescribed computerized communications as the solution for its

TATE & LYLE BACKS US SUGAR PROGRAMSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - U.S. sugar prices are not out of line

U S WEST GROUP SEEKS HUGE CABLE FRANCHISEENGLEWOOD, Colo. - U S West International said it f

The steamship conference setting rates from the North American west coast to Australia and New Zeala

Hercules Inc.'s Hercules BV subsidiary and Shell Nederland Chemie announced a European joint venture

* China Considers Crackdown on Unauthorized Insurers 9A * Senator Sees Scant State Role on H

CHILDREN ASK SUCH GOOD QUESTIONS: The night before Yasushi Sayama was to give an address to a Japan

China's government is losing its grip on the economy as record inflation shows few signs of abating,

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

CHINA - $154 million from the World Bank to help fund the modernization of textile, paper and packag

JAPAN'S EX-IM BANK MAY GET NEW POWERSTOKYO - The Japanese government approved draft legislat

WHEN A MAN HAS SPENT 28 years of his career hustling up air cargo, a natural assumption is that he h

The aviation industry recommended a sweeping maintenance program for older Boeing cargo and passenge

EXPEDITORS REPORTS 4TH QUARTER EARNINGSExpeditors International of Washington Inc. earned $1

Panama Canal Commission officials took aim at a new Republic of Panama requirement that all persons

Canadian International Womenswear Show. March 4-6. Exhibition Hall of Place Bonaventure, Montreal, C

NEW ENGLAND: Public Service Co. of New Hampshire, Manchester, N.H. MID-ATLANTIC: Niagara Moh

The Export-Import Bank is offering to help state and city agencies around the country to promote Ex-

Feb. 28, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

A Rhode Island state official says a call by state Rep. Patrick Kennedy and others for a moratorium

WORK ON LI POWER LINE TO START THIS SPRINGConstruction will begin this spring on a 26.3-mile

EGYPT INCREASES EXPORT OIL PRICESCAIRO, Egypt - Egypt raised export crude oil prices by 15 c

OWNER-LESSOR ORDERS 12 MORE BOEING JETSInternational Lease Finance Corp. has ordered 12 more

In what is sure to be a trend-setting move for the apparel industry, Haggar Apparel Co., Dallas, is

James J. Flanagan Stevedores is expanding into new territory today as the Texas-based company opens

Members of the International Trade Commission got an earful this week from key Midwest industries on

Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries, Israel's largest drug manufacturer, has acquired Abic Ltd., the cou

U.S. and other foreign companies here are bracing for a new round of contract talks, but it may not

Even as plans are made to tout new double-stack rail service into Massachusetts, Maersk Inc. has bec

CONSUMER PRICES RISE SLIGHTLY IN W. GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German consumer pr

The Supreme Court Tuesday gave a boost to international tax treaties by ruling that foreign national

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

TNT Mailfast, which bills itself as a large private international postal system, will introduce its

The future of the International Coffee Agreement hinges on a successful outcome to talks scheduled f

The Georgia insurance commissioner won't be required to approve insurance premium rate increases bef

Near the center of Frankfurt lies Baumweg, or Tree Way. Baumweg is typical of countless West German

JARDINE EMETT & CHANDLER INC. (San Francisco) - Linda R. Griffing was named president of this insura