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REAGAN BUDGET HIKES CFTC SPENDING 8.8 PERCENTPresident Reagan's proposed federal budget woul

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

NATIONAL STARCH BUYS THIEM FROM KOPPERSBRIDGEWATER, N.J. - National Starch & Chemical Corp.,

China's textile industry, smarting under sharply tighter quotas to the United States, is planning mo

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has been producing about 19.5 million barrels of o

APACHE ACQUIRES 50 PERCENT OF CITIZENS CORP.Apache Corp. Monday purchased 50 percent of Citi

HE MAY NOT BE LOVED, but he'll be missed - by some people, at least - if he actually does leave.

Orient Overseas Container Line said it plans to boost capacity between the Far East and Europe in pr

President Reagan's fiscal 1990 budget formally asks Congress to let the U.S. St. Lawrence Seaway age

Truckers handling most of Jamaica's containerized export cargo say they are suspending their service

The former parent of bankrupt United States Lines Inc. may become part of a larger restructuring of

The Supreme Court Monday declined to review the concept of dividing product liability trials into th

The Justice Department will pursue a criminal investigation in the $1.5 billion failure of Mission I

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

MARTIN VAN BUREN HAS BEEN GETTING more attention in the last few weeks than he has for a century an

Israel and Libya, both accused of secretly making chemical weapons, shifted the spotlight Monday bac

IMC Fertilizer Inc. resumed production operations at the Four Corners phosphate rock mine in central

Strong demand for methyl methacrylate and a lucrative export margin will keep acetone prices near cu

Jan. 9, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Engineers at NASA-Ames Research Center in Mountain View are perfecting computer guidance systems so

Metro Airlines Inc., the nation's largest regional airline, said it has signed an agreement with Owe

As a federal grand jury decides whether he should be prosecuted, a graduate student linked to a viru

The name of the U.K. shipping minister, Lord Brabazon, was misspelled in an article that appeared in

FRENCH FIRM TO SUPPLY TRAINS TO SPAINAlsthom Inc., the French rail equipment manufacturer, h

Conrail and MassCentral Railroad said the long-awaited double-stack service into Palmer, Mass., will

International Shipholding Corp.'s offering to sell 800,000 shares of common stock should net the com

AMERICAN UNIVERSAL INSURANCE GROUP (Providence, R.I.) - Peter E. Fallon, chief operating officer of

ILL. RESIDENTS BEGIN CLEANUP FROM TWISTERStunned residents of Allendale, Ill., on last Sunda

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

VIETNAM OPENS DOOR TO FOREIGN BUSINESSESBANGKOK, Thailand - Hanoi said on Monday foreign bus

Exports from Washington state will rise to new highs this year, but the state ultimately will face a

Puget Sound ports fighting with each other not only should bury the hatchet, but should bury it in t

With no major trade bill pending in Congress and no presidential elections this year, trade may not

The Food & Drug Administration is again coming under fire. Dr. George Hitchings, a North Car

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

New Jersey's 14 milk handlers are puzzled and upset over the disappearance of thousands of plastic m

Authorities in central Zambia arrested 61 rioters who reportedly were protesting changes in the gove

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The Reagan administration's fiscal 1990 budget calls for 150 new inspectors to police unsafe trucks