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It was playtime all the way for Hong Kong companies at the recently concluded toy fair, with busines

Even as a pilot project to implement Massachusetts' first-in-the nation universal health-care law ge

DEXPO EUROPE '89, seventh European DEC computing exhibition & conference, Feb. 28-March 2. Olympia 2

Speak softly and carry a very big bank book. In the United States, some companies have deman

Top management at Todd Shipyards Corp. had no comment on its position in respect to a major bondhold

Three years of high-stakes haggling over a capital increase for the Inter- American Development Bank

NJ TRUCKING GROUP MARKS ANNIVERSARYEAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. - The New Jersey Motor Truck Associa

Spurred by double-digit gains in motor vehicle and metals carloadings, U.S. railroads overcame softn

Truckers are cautiously optimistic about the nation's first multistate compact to reduce permitting

SOVIETS BUY WHEAT UNDER US SUBSIDYThe Agriculture Department said the Soviet Union has bough

CHINA, INDONESIA AGREE TO RESTORE RELATIONSChina and Indonesia have agreed to normalize rela

The only way to stop Philadelphians' auto insurance rates from escalating is to make fundamental cha

The number of major work stoppages in the United States and the number of workers involved in them l

This is a "watershed year" for the Federal Maritime Commission's tariff automation project, accordin

European crude oil spot prices closed Friday with a 40 cents a barrel decline on the week, reflectin

Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Heather Gradison said she will push to make U.S. transportat

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The greatest challenge facing military shipping experts is how to improve their use of information t

REGIONAL BLOCS Ireland As a Strategic Gateway to the Single European Market. March 2. 8 a.m.

The U.S. Coast Guard is proposing new, tighter restrictions on small passenger boats, a wide class o

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

Rep. Jack Fields, R-Texas, and 23 other House members want to end a program that requires a share of

Many large foreign companies now leave South Africa for economic reasons, not just because of pressu

Corroon & Black Corp. reported net income for the fourth quarter of $8 million, or 47 cents a share,

J.P. MORGAN & CO. (New York) - Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz was named chairman of Morg

Existing U.S. bank regulations are adequate for U.S. banks to deal with Third World debt problems, f

MCI UNIT CUTS PRICES FOR SEVERAL SERVICESBROOK, N.Y. - MCI International, a subsidiary of MC

CNG, JAPEX ACQUIRE MOST ASSETS OF MARKCNG Producing Co., New Orleans, a subsidiary of Consol

The Mediterranean island of Malta is pushing ahead with a series of major new developments designed

A group of Florida freight consolidators charges that a group of ocean carriers' rate increases and

USDA TO CUT $2 BILLION IN COMMODITY PROGRAMSWASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Agriculture Secr

DE FACTO ENERGY POLICY is starting to emerge from the new Bush administration in Washington.

Skyrocketing liability insurance rates are creating a nagging problem in Washington state: how to ke

Business officials showed new wariness about the rising cost of money after last week's interest rat

The New York Insurance Department is stepping up its market conduct investigations to enforce the fl

The United States has called the European Community's bluff in world farm trade talks, and now the E

Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher pledged to try to keep the European Community from imposing prod

Fri. Feb. 24, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

1529 (Feb. 24, 1989) Previous day - 1513 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

A decision on a new global coffee pact is now impossible before the International Coffee Organizatio