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LEAR SIEGLER NOTES ASSIGNED B3 RATINGNEW YORK - Moody's Investors Service has assigned a B3

Plastic resin production will increase 6.6 percent in 1988, more slowly than during the 1987 boom wh

The European Community took its turn in the hot seat this year in annual discussions here on trade,

Shipping Corp. of India, or SCI, plans to acquire some 30 vessels aggregating 1.72 million gross reg

Ports can improve their financial picture by readjusting their habit of granting discounts on long-d

Topic: Marine Liability Insurance Premium Talk is a biweekly Q&A on insurance industry issue

Commerce Secretary William Verity Friday said, I presently do not believe that the dollar will neces

RICE MILLERS' PRESIDENT, S. GABBERT, RESIGNSThe president of the U.S. Rice Millers' Associat

Jacksonville Electric Authority fuel buyers received a rather unusual offer when they went to open b

The management of bankrupt United States Lines Inc. issued a statement Friday aimed at answering que

November was another impressive month for economic growth but with more signs of slowing exports, th

Mexico's new president, Carlos Salinas de Gortari, has joined a growing chorus of Latin leaders who

Peace in the Middle East has started a battle between steamship lines and shippers over the ship lin

Transportation Secretary James Burnley predicted that the U.S. maritime industry will continue to se

Like all port authorities, Los Angeles attempts to maximize its return on capital investment. But li

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

The cost of insuring fine art is not likely to change, despite record- breaking sales and a highly p

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

Fri., Dec. 2, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

International food aid administrators could better use their funds for a world food stamp program th

The Port of Singapore Authority is extending its technological revolution as part of a concerted dri

Japanese imports of fuel and coking coal are expected to exceed a record 100 million metric tons for

Some of the first 747-400s jumbo jets built by the Boeing Co. are being rewired because of problems

Tiger International Inc., the Los Angeles-based parent of Flying Tiger Line Inc., said its largest s

A New York investment firm is reported to be holding talks on a buy-out of state-owned Philippine Ai

The reactor from the nation's first commercial nuclear power plant will be barged down the Ohio and

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Chinese authorities are remaining steadfast in their campaign to foster technological innovation in

Contrary to common belief, most Food & Drug Administration tests of food sold in the United States s

The expression clear as mud could be used these days to tell how the economy is doing, where the dol

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W. GERMANY POSTS DIP IN INDUSTRIAL OUTPUTFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German industrial pr

Moves by the Philippines' Congress to limit the country's foreign debt payments are prompting critic

In what may be the government's parting shot at intervention before freeing the petrochemical indust

A series of capacity shutdowns overseas has pushed up benzene prices from $1.15 a gallon in Septembe

DEAR PRESIDENT-ELECT BUSH: While energy was not a major policy issue in the presidential rac

ISRAEL STRENGTHENS LINKS IN PACIFIC REGIONMAJURO, Marshall Islands - Israel, with a wary eye

Rep. Helen Delich Bentley, R-Md., says a legislative push to maintain a United States presence and r

Japanese government and business leaders hope that U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter will be