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Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita Tuesday formed a new cabinet and established a party committee on et

Southern African leaders Tuesday urged President-elect Bush to end support for Jonas Savimbi's Unita

Fax Expo '88. A series of expositions designed to promote the use of facsimile products and technolo

ENTERTAINMENT SPENDING SETS RECORD IN JAPANJapanese companies spent a record $33.8 billion l

FOXBORO, TOKYO FIRM SET FOR JOINT VENTUREFOXBORO, Mass. - The Foxboro Co. reached an agreeme

The Dominican Republic accounts for more than half of the 53 twin plants and two-thirds of the 9,000

U.S. textile makers can look forward to the year ahead, according to a Washington-based group that r

For months, nearly two dozen $30,000-a-year jobs in Brownsville, Texas, with the world's largest win

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 12/24/88* Fully Utilized Textile Quotas as of 12/24/88

EC DONATES FUNDS TO SAVE ELEPHANTSBRUSSELS, Belgium - The EC Commission, in a bid to restric

The view from the Wearmouth Bridge is a melancholy one. The last shipyard is closing, and the River

Grand Met USA, the U.S. subsidiary of the British distilling and retailing giant Grand Metropolitan

Sales of existing homes rose 1.1 percent in November, the biggest increase since August, a real esta

September softwood lumber exports from the four Pacific Coast states were down 7.4 percent from Augu

6.3 PERCENT EXPORT GROWTH PREDICTED FOR JAPANJapanese exports will rise by 6.3 percent in 19

Profits for the 500 companies in the S&P 500 will increase about 11 percent in 1989, far less than t

Law firms specializing in U.S. Customs regulations expect a string of litigation to arise from the i

The absence of the Federal Reserve from the credit markets Tuesday indicates that there are adequate

BULGARIA LAST TO END BROADCAST JAMMINGMUNICH, West Germany - Bulgaria has stopped jamming br

U.S. automakers were surprised this year by their strong sales and record profits, but neither analy

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Commodity Research Bureau: Soybean Oil 6A* A.E. Cullison - Cost Dr

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Political violence in Colombia reached such proportions that 1988 was dubbed the Year of the Massacr

The Reagan administration named Tuesday the seven items imported from the European Community on whic

Foreign investment in Indonesia is roaring ahead on the back of a series of government measures desi

The Federal Maritime Commission has decided against narrowing access to its planned automated system

Many foreign exchange analysts see the dollar turning slightly softer early next year, though the co

Crowley Maritime Corp. has ended its monthly ship service between the United States and the Far East

When Nguyen Ngoc Bich graduated from Harvard Law School in June 1973, Jerome A. Cohen, then director

Meg Smith stops at a deli to pick up a handful of chocolates before she heads into a W. 38th Street

A new condom for women has distinct advantages over the diaphragm and traditional condom for men, it

President Idris Addul Wakil has accused dissidents living in exile of trying to sabotage Zanzibar's

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

Vietnam has devalued its currency against the U.S. dollar for the second time this month, setting a

India has opened a support center for software developers in hopes of making the country a top playe

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

The U.S. Small Business Administration plans to increase the availability of its export finance prog

The U.S. dollar edged higher in quiet holiday trading on foreign exchanges Tuesday. The Amer

The democratic government, that will take power in March 1990 after 15 years of military rule in Chi

ISRAEL CENTRAL BANK DEVALUES SHEKEL BY 5 PERCENTJERUSALEM - Israel's central bank Tuesday de