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In a further move to cool an overheated economy, China said it is canceling or delaying 43 construct

Congestion at Thailand's main containerport, Klong Toey, has largely disappeared, but many fear it i

Standard & Poor's Corp. may change the rating it assigns to $70 million of notes issued by Gotaas-La

Up to 2 percent of the value of trade between the 12 European Community countries could be saved aft

THIS WEEK: New England: United Illuminating Co., New Haven, Conn.Mid-Atlantic: General Publi

U.S. consumers were significantly more confident about the future last month than they were in Septe

It's becoming increasingly clear that successful business people need to better understand worldwide

The federal Department of Transportation should consider more than an administrative judge's decisio

Labor unions reacted angrily to the Reagan administration's tough new drug testing program for trans

Greece's second-largest state-owned bank, the Commercial Bank of Greece, has unveiled plans to enter

BRENTWOOD ASSOCIATES (Los Angeles) - Leslie R. Shaw was named senior vice president of finance and a

A federal judge in Camden, N.J., will hear arguments today on whether to confirm the sale of a small

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey has signed a contract authorizing two New Jersey compani

The U.S. economy likely will chalk up a seventh year of growth in 1989 as lower oil prices suppress

The monthly U.S. trade figures to be released today may give the dollar a jolt one way or another, b

Ronald P. Schley knows he's in for a rough time next year trying to fill his company's containership

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is making his second trip to India in two years this weekend in anot

Short Brothers PLC, the Belfast, Ireland-based airplane maker, has agreed that Catholic workers will

DOW TO BOOST CAPACITY FOR LATEX AT 2 PLANTSMIDLAND, Mich. - Dow Chemical U.S.A. announced ad

In an era when food trends are as fleeting as a frown on Paul Prudhomme's face, Helen Willinsky is t

JAMAICA TO INCREASE EXPORTS OF GARMENTSForty executives of major U.S. retail stores, apparel

Retail sales, bolstered by big gains at department stores and auto dealerships, jumped 0.9 percent i

Executives from the newly formed Michigan export trading company will meet today with the state's ex

Millions of Americans and people the world over depend on fish for food. But supplies of seafood fro

NJ LAW WILL PROTECT GOOD DRIVERS IN POOLTRENTON, N.J. - Drivers with clean records who are i

WEST COAST CONFERENCE TO BOOST RATES JAN. 15The U.S. West Coast/Middle East and West Asia Ra

Developing country debt prices were driven to near-record lows last week, as banks continued to unlo

1444 (Nov. 14, 1988) Previous day - 1434 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange i

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 11/11/88* Fully Utilized Textile Quotas as of 11/11/88Note: Ab

Congress and U.S. meat industry groups are stepping up pressure on the Reagan administration to reta

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Coal from Australia and Colombia helped close the Pike County mine in easternKentucky where

Ed Moore has dealt with thousands of people in his day, but those he remembers most gave him their n

Cargo figures are up and passenger figures are down at Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport.

Boosted in part by the drop in oil and natural gas prices, the Texas petrochemical industry is boomi

Foreign companies attending an investment forum have signed letters of intent to invest $234 million

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader expects to export his brand of insurance revoltfrom California

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Tanker owners must not be swayed by improved market conditions into believing the industry's problem

The European Community is considering creating a company to promote recently developed technology fo