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Every model of new two-door cars that was intentionally run into posts andbarriers at 5 mph

Japan's annual current account surplus dipped for the first time in seven years, by 8.7 percent in 1

The U.S. Customs Service has halted a nationwide, multimillion-dollar counterfeit perfume and clothi

Inbound trans-Pacific ocean carriers say they are increasingly optimistic that a general rate increa

A showdown may be looming between the currency market and the world's major central banks. C

COMPANY SET TO HELP SAUDIS INVEST IN JAPANThe Arabian Oil Co. of Japan announced it is ready

Two weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court sounded the death knell for the 50-mile container-handling ru

AEGON AGREES TO PLAY MINOR PART IN FIRMTHE HAGUE, Netherlands - The Aegon Insurance Group an

Empire Life Insurance Co. of Kingston, Ontario, has agreed to purchase a controlling stake in Connec

The Port of Marseilles will start to bring the third component of its EDI system on stream April 1,

Falling temperatures left much of the Pacific Northwest locked beneath a blanket of snow Thursday, c

Looming shortages of skilled labor can be eased by relying more on older workers, provided they rece

French export promotion organizations have come under fire for their lack of cooperation and coordin

PA. TO GIVE $25 MILLION TO PHILA. PORT CORP.Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Casey this morning i

Top leaders of the new U.S. government that took office Jan. 20, 1989, headed by President George H.

The promises of the computer information age have been slow in coming for the traveler. Just about e

MANUFACTURING INDEX GAINED IN NOVEMBERThe Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago reported its Midwe

WASHINGTON - For the week ended Jan. 14, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railro

CHRYSLER, RENAULT PLAN JOINT VENTURE COMPANYChrysler Motors Inc. and France's Renault Thursd

Although a storm was on the horizon, all was still calm last fall when the crew of the Dock Express

Thu. Feb. 2, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

General Motors Corp., charged in a black employees' lawsuit with discrimination in raises and promo

The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. was scheduled to complete the sale of the old Toledo, Pe

The Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday it is delaying a proposed ban on the pesticide da

Airborne Freight Corp. is studying the possibility of operating its own aircraft on trans-Atlantic a

The finance ministers of seven key industrial nations may start laying the ground here today for new

1607 (Feb. 2, 1989) Previous day - 1608 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

The tanker market is now in robust shape, according to a leading owner, following the best year sinc

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The Principal Financial Group is trying to convince Congress that its new long-term care policy mean

The appointment this week by Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney of a Quebec member of Parliamen

Canadian employers are increasing the number of benefits they provide to full-time workers, while al

Witco Corp.'s Argus division increased prices of its organotin heat stabilizers and its UV absorbers

The BOC Group and Dow Chemical Co. have formed Generon Systems to combine BOC's Pressure Swing Adsor

Atochem SA announced plans to construct a new sodium perchlorate plant at its Jarrie Works in Isere,

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

As the former husband of a Japanese movie star, Jack Cella has some idea of what it takes to become

US, BANGLADESH SIGN NEW BILATERAL PACTThe United States and Bangladesh agreed to the terms f

THE BAKER CONNECTION PAVED the way for the meeting Thursday between Japanese Prime Minister Noboru T

The Bush administration will continue to support a special trade program for the Caribbean, an offic