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TEXTILE TRADE TALKS WILL MAKE FRESH STARTMajor trading nations have agreed to make a fresh s

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TAIWAN WILL TOUGHEN ITS COPYRIGHT LAWSTaiwan has agreed to bring its copyright law into line

CHEMICAL LEAMAN OPENS TRANSFER FACILITY LIONVILLE, Maine - Chemical Leaman Tank Lines has

BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD (Fort Worth, Texas) - Gerald Grinstein will become president and chief

Prices will be the key that regulates any effects a possible 1989 drought could have on shipping, sa

Peter Spaulding, manager of air cargo market development for the Port Authority of New York & New Je

Northwest Airlines, which took delivery over the weekend of the first of the Boeing Co.'s 747-400s,

The Soviet Union's current economic reform program is based on false premises and will generate infl

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year1/30 1/27 Ch

In the "Simon Says" column that appeared on Page 6A in The Journal of Commerce on Jan. 27, the name

DIRECTOR OF TADIRAN TO LEAVE IN APRILIsraeli electronics giant Tadiran, a subsidiary of the

The United States and Japan may have different agendas when the leaders of the two leading industria

BUSH MAY PROPOSE CUT IN CAPITAL GAINS TAXPresident Bush may propose a cut in the capital gai

RI BILL MANDATES AUTO LIABILITY COVERPROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island state Sen. Charles Dono

The Port of New Orleans, bolstered by a surge in steel imports and a weak U.S. dollar, handled a rec

High Operating Rate Boosts Dow IncomeDow Chemical Co.'s earnings in the fourth quarter of 19

Jan. 30, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

VIRGINIA POWER (Richmond, Va.) - Jack H. Ferguson will retire on March 31 as president and chief exe

FCC PUTS OFF DECISION ON AT&T PRICE CAPThe Federal Communications Commission has postponed u

AUTOMATION LIVES AND DIES by codes. Codes are being used to spread information in the retail

Here is a quick quiz on Soviet economics. Q. What is a house in the country with running wat

If China Paper Partners Inc. succeeds with its plan to ship up to 1,000 tons of wastepaper a day fro

The dollar's New Year rally has boxed the industrial nations into a policy dilemma, economists say,

PHILIPPINE, IMF CREDIT PLAN TALKS RESUMEMANILA, Philippines Talks resumed between the Philip

WHITE & CASE FORMS SAUDI JOINT VENTUREWhite & Case, the New York-based law firm, said Monday

JAPANESE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO EXPANDThe Japanese economy is still on an expansionary track,

The Federal Aviation Administration warned U.S. airlines and airports worldwide in late December of

A leading economist's assertion the "GATT is dead" is rejected by U.S. business leaders, even though

The government has kicked off the first of a number of promised state renovation projects in the opp

Two weeks after futures markets were rocked by revelations of an FBI probe, government regulators wi

ARMSTRONG CALIF. PLANT TO MAKE PIRELLI TIRESHANFORD, Calif. - Pirelli Tire Co. said its prem

Now that 1989 is with us, employers will begin complying with tough, new regulations governing emplo

Flying may be the safest way to travel, but jittery airline passengers still are buying life insuran

Orange & Rockland Utilities Inc. said total 1988 retail sales of electricity grew 7.1 percent over 1

The Tennessee Valley Authority made two purchases, for a total of 6,000 tons of spot coal, from Indi

A furniture manufacturer in the U.S. Midwest wanting to know what retail outlets in Europe might be

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

Mon., Jan. 30., 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U