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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

1373 (Oct. 31, 1988) Previous day - 1371 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange i

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

The 50-mile rule is the shorthand designation for the first two of 11 Rules on Containers," a major

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

The giant shipping wing of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. was able to cut its transportation costs as

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

The European Community's pledge to its trading partners that the creation of a single market in 1992

By 1992, the worldwide market for polymer blends and alloys will exceed 2 billion pounds, an annual

MILES' ORAL QUINOLONE HITS $1 MILLION IN SALESWEST HAVEN, Conn. - Miles Inc.'s Cipro ciprofl

Steamatic Inc. of Grand Prairie, Texas, said it sold rights to franchise its cleaning and restoratio

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

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

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

Utilities nationwide are closely watching a clean-air case involving Wisconsin Electric Power Co. be

This year is shaping up as the best so far in this decade for the world airline industry and the 198

YET ANOTHER GROUP IS STEAMING at the U.S. Customs Service. Members of the American National

GEIS, HUGHES SET PACT ON DATA NETWORK TIESROCKVILLE, Md. - Hughes Network Systems will insta

Addresses, phone numbers, ideas, prices, appointments and other short scraps of information are vita

Totem Ocean Trailer Express Inc., Seattle, called Sea-Land Service Inc.'s effort to offer combined d

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

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