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The company that bills itself as Canada's biggest residential real estate firm is setting up shop in

When commercial ships are involved, the price tag for things not being what they seem can be astrono

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The Maritime Administration's intention to tighten subsidy rules on carriers of government-generated

Corporations involved in mergers, acquisitions or divestitures report twice as many directors and of

The U.S. government's report on consumer prices is likely to measure an increase of 0.3 percent or 0

ZERO-SUM GAME: A game in which the winnings of all players equals the sum of the losses of all playe

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. (New York) - Philip J. Andrye, Thomas K. Barber, Stephen C. Butt, Miguel J. Cap

The Argentine central bank approved 20 of 39 debt capitalization deals proposed by private investors

If an Apple Computer dealer in Philadelphia doesn't like a new advertising program, all he has to do

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

Khalida al-Qatami and Muna al-Khonaini are accustomed to shocking men at home and abroad. Dynamic, h

Only three seagoing ships were expected to be left to clear the Great Lakes- St. Lawrence Seaway as

A story in the Dec. 14 edition of The Journal of Commerce on Page 10B under the headline Ports Chief

SOUTH KOREA REPORTS '89 ECONOMIC GOALSSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea said one of its goals

Two of the largest U.S. electronic companies are planning expansion in Malaysia, despite concerns ov

An increase in the supply of cruise ship berths will force cruise lines to step up their marketing e

Most Quebec business groups reacted sharply Monday against the decision by Premier Robert Bourassa t

* Mark Magnier - Trade Talk 5A * Commodity Research Bureau on Wheat 6A* Albert L. Kraus - Ma

Amid pressure from U.S. executives who say he had a conflict of interest, James H. Giffen is steppin

January sales have arrived a couple of weeks early in Britain this year. At a time when the

President-elect Bush, who has been under pressure to abandon his plan to cut the budget deficit with

JAPAN'S NEXT MINISTER WON'T CHANGE POLICIESTOKYO - Tatsuo Murayama, the man who is widely ex

The European Community is expected to call today for a ruling by the General Agreement on Tariffs an

An early December agreement among 12 shipping companies active in the tradefrom the western

Authorities in the Philippines say about 18 oil wells will be drilled in 1989, up from the 13 previo

With a possible energy crisis looming, China is not likely to deliver in the near future coal that w

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EC, CZECHOSLOVAKIA SIGN TRADE AGREEMENTBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community signed a f

HONG KONG ELECTRIC CO. TO BUY WORKSTATIONSHong Kong Electric Co. is buying two high-technolo

The Uruguay Round of trade liberalization talks probably will continue past the deadline of 1990 and

The Dominican Republic's shoe industry, already booming by all economic indicators, could get a furt

Alabama State Docks Department wants the Federal Maritime Commission to throw out two recent objecti

Mayne Nickless Ltd. is hardly a household name in U.S. transportation. The Australian-based transpor

State officials say they have no control over the state workers compensation program, which has grow

In an Inside Talk column that ran in Monday's editions of The Journal of Commerce, an incorrect numb

A story in The Journal of Commerce on Dec. 19, Bayer Embraces Environment Concerns, should have iden

FIBREBOARD MAPS PLAN TO SELL OFF OPERATIONSCONCORD, Calif. - Fibreboard Corp. is returning t

P&G INCREASES ALCOHOL PRICESProcter & Gamble Co.'s Industrial Chemicals division announced a

NYMEX RAISES LIMIT ON PLATINUM FUTURESNEW YORK - The New York Mercantile Exchange Monday rai