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CARTER HAWLEY HALE STORES INC. (Los Angeles) - Martin M. Kalkstein was named chairman and chief exec

East Coast Warehouse & Distribution Corp. and Safeway Trucking Corp., its trucking affiliate, will b

Around the nation, the frequency and size of insurance-company failures are causing growing concern.

In recent years, the grocery industry has moved to faster stock turnarounds and smaller inventories.

A high-stakes legal battle shifts this week to Albany, where attorneys will argue before New York's

The state-run Philippine Ports Authority, or PPA, is persevering with plans to privatize Manila's No

Hercules Inc. said it was raising prices between 3 percent and 8 percent for its synthetic lubricant

CHINA - $61 million from the World Bank's International Development Association for a highway projec

Air freight, long a neglected stepchild at most U.S. airlines, is becoming the industry's hot new ar

For those who believe the Japanese only make and export cars, here's a little bit of trivia to conte

Karl-Hermann Reich isn't worried that high labor costs in West Germany will make his mid-size manufa

A proposed $162 million settlement of an Indian land claims issue attracted an important ally last w

Stockholder acceptance of Consolidated Freightways Inc.'s $230 million cash offer Monday to buy Emer

The U.S. automotive industry is lauding a report by the GeneralAccounting Office on how foreign trad

OIL GROUP TO EXAMINE EGYPTIAN MEMBERSHIPBAGHDAD, Iraq - The Organization of Arab Petroleum E

NYMEX SAYS SYSTEM WON'T HARM LONDONOil futures trading in London will not be harmed by plans

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

INVESTORS INSURANCE GROUP (Laurence Harbor, N.J.) - Richard J. Anastasi was named vice president, un

Preliminary approval of five applications by U.S. insurance companies for licenses to operate in Sou

JAPANESE LEADERS LIFT BAN ON SALE OF LANDTOKYO - Government and ruling Liberal-Democratic Pa

Mon., Feb. 13, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

A Coast Guard proposal would require inspection and testing of vessel cargo- handling equipment ever

In response to deteriorating profits and performance, a new chief executive has been appointed to ru

Greek shipowners have won government support for establishment of a maritime stock exchange in Pirae

The U.S. dollar declined slightly against major currencies Monday in a nervous market. Deale

The country's largest railroads are reporting major gains in operating and ordinary income, on relat

JAPAN'S TRADE SURPLUS WIDENED IN JANUARYJapan recorded a trade surplus of $3.245 billion dur

Next Friday's report on U.S. merchandise trade should come in at a high level that will set the stag

Electronic communications are playing a key role in the recovery of PIE Nationwide Inc. Such

REGIONAL BLOCS U.S.-Canada Trade. Feb. 14. Sponsored by the Export Managers Association of C

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

UNITED STATES MARITIME ADMINISTRATION (Washington D.C.) - Bruce J. Carlton was named director of Mar

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

OPEC EXPERTS TO STUDY PRODUCTION REPORTSMarketing experts from the Organization of Petroleum

ALLIED-SIGNAL CO. (Morristown, N.J.) - William O. Lee was named vice president, China and Southeast

The financially troubled Chew International Group may be a subject of the Federal Maritime Commissio

The shotgun marriage last year between the French insurance groups Axa and Compagnie du Midi may nev

The threat by new U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills to use a "crowbar" to pry open foreign marke

When John Pate receives a request to sell bunkers, the first thing he does is network. Mr. P

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