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When commissioners from 26 Pacific Coast ports arrive this weekend in this small city at the edge of

DROP IN CHIP ORDERS MAY HIT COMPUTER SALESSAN JOSE, Calif. - United States computer companie

NetWorld '88, software seminar, Sept. 27-29. InfoMart Center, Dallas. Contact: NetWorld, P.O. Box 15

World shipping sources said Thursday that a dockworkers dispute that began late last week in Durban,

UK Toughens Rules On Ship GarbageBritain's Department of Transport has announced new control

Two floating cranes worked for three days recently to retrieve large chunks of rotten wood from a 15

The acquisition of Travelers Corp.'s Canadian business this week by a Swiss insurance concern will c

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday, but yielded most of its early technical advance because of reported d

Sept. 22, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange*PrevClose High

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Back in 1968, when Edson J. de Castro, now president of Data General Corp., asked Frederick R. Adler

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Japanese investors tested the U.S. stock market with net purchases in the second quarter, but most o

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

Thu., Sept. 22, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The recent rise in the dollar's value will somewhat complicate efforts to pare the U.S. trade and pa

The Dublin-based European Mercantile Exchange said it may trade futures and options contracts on yen

Gold prices, which sank below $400 an ounce on Thursday, are expected to find strong underlying supp

THE INTERNATIONAL COCOA price-stabilization agreement once again is teetering on the brink of extinc

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission revoked Chilmark Commodities Inc.'s license as an introduci

Continued Soviet access to untied credits from Western banks could threaten the global financial sys

Elders Futures Inc. named Stephen Gunning was named to the grain division in Chicago, along with two

Led by optimistic retailers, U.S. business executives are looking for a strong fourth quarter, and t

Oil and trucking interests helped snuff out a proposal by Sen. Rudy Boschwitz, R-Minn., to boost the

Australia succeeded Thursday in winning international arbitration on its complaint that U.S. sugar i

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Officials of General Motors Corp.'s Buick division said Wednesday they expect recent lackluster sale

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The Soviet Union, with a hungry eye for new hard currency sources, is seeking closer ties with Weste

Cargo isn't the only thing moving faster as the result of automation. Shippers' payments to

Sea-Land Service Inc. insisted the Navy's Military Sealift Command has the discretion to permit the

Look for unmanned cranes and cargo gates, hatchless ships, subterraneanroadways, overhead ca

Authorities in Shanghai, China's key textile center, say they have smashed a smuggling racket involv

The U.S. State Department has declined to file a claim on its insurance policy covering its bugged M

Gov. Michael Dukakis' administration urged Massachusetts lawmakers to adopt some of his automobile i

Six out of 10 people with private nursing home insurance are likely to receive no benefits because o

A former claims manager for an insurance company was indicted Tuesday for allegedly stealing nearly

The state's insurance commissioner says he's not concerned that 10 Connecticut-based insurance compa