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Jamaican shippers are busing their employees between home and the workplace in an effort to combat H

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

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

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

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

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

Waterfront employers and union representatives deadlocked Monday in a dispute over whether the the I

Canadian Occidental Petroleum's Chemicals division will begin immediately the first two phases of a

Participants at a maritime investment conference last week were told of a novel containership design

China Petrochemical Co. completed construction of a polypropylene plant at its Anqing petrochemical

The air cargo industry invariably will demand that disparate electronic data interchange systems tal

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

A successful coalition of insurance companies, state insurance regulators and consumers is revamping

The legal consequences of a 1979 chemical spill in Blue Island, Ill., could re-define the relationsh

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

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

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

THE MELVIN BAKER II IS STILL GOING STRONGThe Melvin Baker II completed its 1,500th voyage he

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

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

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

U.S. business officials here and abroad see the revised, relaxed Foreign Corrupt Practices Act as a

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

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

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

The Supreme Court Monday gave Exxon Co. a $19.5 million victory over the Banque de Paris et des Pays

To Our Readers On the back of this section is a new page (12A) of coverage focusing on transportati

Eight Persian Gulf nations opened a two-day emergency meeting Monday on clearing gulf waters of debr

Poland's Communist government said on Monday it was shutting down the giant Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk

Unocal Corp.'s Polymers group will increase prices for vinyl acrylic andacrylic pressure-sen

European oil traders appear to have reached a consensus that a majority of members of the Organizati

The privately owned Argentine company Indupa plans to construct a $25 million to $30 million diammon

KUWAIT SEEKS MORE TIME TO REDUCE BP HOLDINGSKuwait has asked Britain for more time to sell i

LYNDEN AIR FREIGHT INC. (Seattle) - Phil Rowe was named pricing analyst at the company's corporate o

UNITED ADDING FLIGHTS FROM NORTHERN CALIF.United Air Lines will add to its scheduled service

Energetic, with a compact 5-foot, 10-inch athletic frame and looking younger than his 44 years, Alex