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The United States is increasing its share of Japan's beef imports at Australia's expense due to aggr

The Department of Defense's U.S. Transportation Command says the most serious transportation need to

With remaining space for cargo terminal in Tacoma's outer harbor rapidly filling up, the port and ci

Dec. 7, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

A state administrative law judge rejected an attempt by the City of Los Angeles to impose stricter n

Production of plastic resins totaled 4.32 billion pounds in August, up approximately 6.6 percent fro

Reichhold Chemicals Inc.'s Reactive Polymers division announced price increases of 2 cents to 5 cent

FUNCTIONAL FLUIDS ARE UP AT OLINSTAMFORD, Conn. - Olin Corp. will increase the prices of its

Hoechst Celanese Corp.'s Textile Fibers group will invest $200 milliondollars upgrading and

The U.K. government confirmed Wednesday that one of the last remaining shipyards still in state-owne

Truckers in Ontario have won a battle with the provincial government. A regulatory board wil

RETIX SYSTEMS ACQUIRES TSL COMMUNICATIONSSANTA MONICA, Calif. - In a move to broaden its ran

Commerce Secretary C. William Verity said he is optimistic that trade negotiators can reach a compro

President-elect Bush's selection of Carla Hills as U.S. trade representative and Robert Mosbacher as

Wed, Dec. 7, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

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The cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita has suffered a major loss in public support

MidAmerica companies are expressing greater interest in investing in China, state trade promotion of

Morgan Grenfell Group PLC's announcement that it will eliminate 450 jobs is part of a continuing dow

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

Japanese police raided the offices of two domestic companies Wednesday seeking evidence to support g

GEC, SIEMENS CLOSER TO PLESSEY TAKEOVERA 1.7 billion ($3.12 billion) takeover bid launched

CONSTRUCTION SLOWDOWN IMPERILS CHINESE JOBSOne-fourth of China's 24 million construction wor

The two containerships being retired from Italian Line's service to the U.S. East Coast are going to

AMAX COAL INDUSTRIES INC. (Indianapolis) - William H. Johnson was named general manager of Midwest o

Hopes for scheduling talks between carriers serving Chicago's O'Hare International Airport took a tu

The U.S. Postal Service lost $597 million in the 1988 fiscal year but expects to finish the new year

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1485 (Dec. 7, 1988) Previous day - 1487 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

A memorial service will be held Monday for F.H. Pex Muldoon, 67, chairman of the board and chief exe

In a major effort to raise rates in the inbound trans-Pacific trade, the principal carriers in the w

BIGGEST HMO REPORTS THIRD QUARTER LOSSMaxicare Health Plans Inc., the nation's biggest healt

A report from the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago suggested that Midwest communities and states shou

BANK OF AMERICA (San Francisco) - R. Thomas Decker, executive vice president, was named to head the

W. GERMAN STATE TO SELL BANK STAKEFRANKFURT, West Germany - The West German state of Hesse s

Australia's three major private banks are enjoying record profits and solid growth. Westpac

NO DATE SET YET FOR US-SOVIET SUMMITPresident Reagan Wednesday said no date has been set yet

Italian Line is due to take delivery later this month of a new containership that will be used in th

The Federal Maritime Commission asked for comment on its proposed rule changes to ease provisions re

EC STARTS PROCEEDINGS OVER SPANISH TOBACCOBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community said We