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BUSINESS INVENTORIES UP 0.4 PERCENT IN NOVEMBERThe value of inventories held by U.S. manufac

Caribbean countries, which last year supplied 10 percent of U.S. garment imports, next week will att

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

Phillips 66 Co., Bartlesville, Okla., Tuesday raised the price it will pay for sweet crude oil by 50

Unleaded gasoline prices for delivery anytime between May and August shot up the 2-cent-a-gallon lim

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

Jan. 17, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Several hundred Boeing Co. jetliners built with glue that's breaking down will be pulled out of the

A report out today in a publication of the International Maritime Bureau claims that fire detection

The U.S. dollar declined Tuesday as traders trimmed long dollar positions ahead of this morning's re

Foreign-owned banks in New York, particularly European banks, are planning toshift their bus

U.S ports handled 3.1 million metric tons of chemical imports in November, upfrom 2.7 millio

Ocean carriers favor a Maritime Administration proposal that would allow them to use tax-deferred fu

Five major food companies have joined four others in working toward eliminating highly saturated pal

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A senior official of the Chicago Board of Trade says China has "enormous potential for a commodities

Insurers say they will appeal the dismissal of three lawsuits challenging the legal transfer of $124

United Parcel Service, expanding rapidly in the international document and parcel express business,

Brazilian merchant shipping could undergo a wrenching adjustment in the wake of last weekend's gover

Edward John Barber, retired chairman of Barber Steamship Lines Inc., died Saturday at the age of 72.

One of Japan's great strengths is something it doesn't have: a lot of lawyers. There are few

Citicorp and J.P. Morgan & Co. Tuesday reported higher fourth quarter 1988 earnings, thanks in part

ALLTRANS FORMS UNIT FOR TRANSPORT INDUSTRYWAYNE, N.J. - Alltrans International Group Inc. ha

Zeger van Asch van Wijck, Seattle's new port director in Seattle, said he intends to spend his first

Although the state's insurance commissioner invoked a provision of Proposition 103 in an effort to s

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade should permit special treatment for agricultural policies

EC PROBES ALLEGATIONS OF CASSETTE DUMPINGBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission Tuesday

Trade lawyers expect an increase in the number of petitions filed with the U.S. International Trade

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

China tightened export license procedures Jan. 1 as part of a campaign to reimpose central control o

Meridian Bank, a subsidiary of Meridian Bancorp Inc., Reading, Pa., said it has become the first ban

Finance Minister Mailson Nobrega said that under a new plan designed to end the country's economic c

Saying that air service is vital for five localities in West Virginia, U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W

Retailers are trying to make sure they don't byte off more than they can chew. For U.S. stor

Not long after the breakup of American Telephone & Telegraph Co., Rudy and Mildred Chalow got an AT&

United Parcel Service Inc. will build a new package sorting facility at the international trade cent

Heavy truck sales in 1989 should match last year's robust levels, but a faltering economy will depre

A California attorney and financial investor has filed a $14 million lawsuit against a Lexington, Ky

Lloyd's of London , the world's leading insurance market, said Tuesday it is on the verge of appoint

International demand for senior managers grew sharply in the second half of 1988, especially in Lati