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Sears, Roebuck & Co., struggling to improve a lackluster earnings record, announced a restructuring

The final order implementing the Manville Corp. plan of reorganization went into effect Sunday, endi

The Insurance Services Office will temporarily shut down certain operations in California Nov. 4.

PAINEWEBBER TO ADD TO INSURANCE PERSONNELPaineWebber Inc. announced last week that, under an

California Gov. George Deukmejian added a voice of protest to the state's crucial automobile insuran

The U.S. dollar rose Monday following two reported bouts of intervention by the U.S. Federal Reserve

A $5.25 million settlement has been reached with the Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. and a subsidiary

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

WASHINGTON - The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of c

S. KOREA CHARGES 12 IN INSIDER TRADING CASESEOUL, South Korea - Government prosecutors said

WHEN IS A TAX NOT A TAX? Medicare customers, who may still be trying to read George Bush's lips, got

Mon., Oct. 31, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

A new bankruptcy law takes effect in China today, widely held by outsiders and reformist officials t

Radical changes in Japan's short-term money market, which take effect today, will give the Bank of J

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The International Jute Council will begin negotiations Friday on new agreements on prices for jute a

This summer's drought is not likely to be repeated in 1989, and U.S. farmers probably will harvest b

Cotton futures fell sharply from their June drought-scare highs and reached the lowest level in near

JAPAN ASKS INDONESIA TO SHIP ALUMINUMTOKYO - Japan has asked Indonesia to resume shipments o

The State Department has asked Asian nations to help investigate reports of widespread illegal salmo

CHINESE SPEND FORTUNE ON BOGUS PASSPORTSChinese are spending their life savings to buy fake

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

CALIF. EXPORT PROGRAM GIVES MATCHING FUNDSSACRAMENTO, Calif. - California's Department of Fo

U.S. manufacturers are likely to continue dominating sales of personal computers in West Germany, be

Shipment of U.S.-made cars to Japan are growing so much more rapidly than expected that Washington s

The Puro 35, a device used to purify drinking water, is said to remove 35 percent of microbiological

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 10/29/88** Fully Utilized Textile Quotas as of 10/29/88

The number of mature cod in New England waters is hitting record lows as busier fishermen using bett

The fanfare that accompanied the arrival of the Yugo, the first socialist car on the U.S. market, th

The 16th annual conference and exposition of the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones kicked

The U.S. Customs Service soon will begin a new program to provide classification advice within 30 da

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

US JOINS WORLD TREATY PROTECTING COPYRIGHTSThe United States is entering into a worldwide tr

Ground has been broken for the first building within the foreign trade zone at Columbia Metropolitan

China's textile manufacturers are seeing strong sales at the current Chinese Export Commodities Fair

U.S. biotechnology firms hoping to penetrate the lucrative Japanese market are advised to do so with

DEUKMEJIAN OPPOSES CAR BALLOT QUESTIONSCalifornia Gov. George Deukmejian announced that he w

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Commodity Research Bureau Outlook: Cotton 6A* Albert L. Kraus - Ma

Baltimore's new Toyota terminal, one of the keys to the port's revival plans, is off to a good start

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