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U.S. exporters and investors would be well-advised to take a fresh look at Tunisia, concluded a rece

Cash-rich U.S. brewers, facing virtually flat domestic growth, are expected to buy their way into th

This year's biggest computer trade show has turned into a battleground of warring standards.

CONFERENCE TO RAISE ITS TERMINAL CHARGESThe steamship conference that sets rates from U.S. A

Business inventories jumped 0.7 percent in September, the 21st consecutive monthly increase, while s

A new study suggests the Port of Oakland's debt structure may be more complicated than those of othe

The Maritime Administration postponed a pre-hearing conference originally set for today on applicati

After four years of intermittent industrial recruitment forays to Japan, American Electric Power Ser

S&P KEEPING CLOSE WATCH ON CALIF.Standard & Poor's Corp. is closely monitoring how the Calif

Independent insurance agents are concerned that their ability to provide good service to their custo

There's a company in this northeast Kansas town that knows how to squeeze every last dollar from a b

Life insurers heard the bad word this week that their contributions to defeat the California insuran

CANKER MAY BE PRESENT IN FLORIDA CITRUS GROVEGAINESVILLE, Fla. - Plant scientists who suspec

Most of the insurance companies that quit selling and renewing policies after passage of a rate-cutt

The life insurance industry reacted in celebration to the decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judi

Union leaders representing 2,000 tugboat workers formally asked six tugboat companies to restore the

The dollar fell sharply Wednesday in reaction to a trade figure that was exactly as predicted, in a

MEXICO WON'T FOLLOW OPEC GUIDELINESMexico's energy chief, denouncing the Organization of Pet

A U.S. economist predicts that other countries will compel Americans to stop consuming more than the

The U.S. industrial operating rate in October rose to its highest level in more than eight years, th

Environmentalist group Greenpeace said Wednesday that an emerging global convention to control cross

SHINTECH EXPANDS PVC RESIN PLANTShintech Inc., of Houston, announced that it has completed w

CON-WAY WESTERN EXPANDS CALIF. SERVICESANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. - Con-Way Western Express has

CYPRUS MINERALS CO. (Denver) - F. Steven Mooney was named president of Cyprus Copper Co. with respon

Heavy truck makers, who have defied the whims of Wall Street and concerns over carrier profits all y

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A leveling off of the rate of textile and apparel import growth in recent months is opening the door

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES (Oakland, Calif.) - John Urban was named managing director, Philippines and

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The U.S. trade deficit will drop 20 percent this year to $135 billion, Commerce Secretary C. William

Ten steamship tenants at the Port of Oakland issued a strong warning about the growing politicizatio

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter Wednesday rejected a petition to investigate possibly unfa

8 NATIONS COULD LOSE US TRADE PRIVILEGESGovernment officials are hearing arguments on whethe

Wisconsin doubled the number of its overseas business development offices this week by opening new o

A radio station has decided not to drop its gift turkeys live from the sky Saturday in a stunt inspi

Former President Gerald Ford, urging George Bush to act swiftly on the nation's economic problems, p

Nov. 16, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

AMOCO HOPES FOR OK TO EXPLORE IN USSRAmoco Corp. is trying to become the first foreign compa

Kansas City business officials are promoting the city's proposed International Trade and Exhibition

DELTA SEEKS TO BEGIN LA SERVICE TO SYDNEYATLANTA - Delta Air Lines has applied to the U.S. D