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Britain recorded another huge merchandise trade deficit in August, even though the value of imports

Zim Israel Navigation Co. is placing a $150 million order with a West German shipyard to build four

MEXICAN OIL OUTPUT SEEN FALLING THIS YEARMexico's oil production will fall 1.6 percent this

A Savannah stevedore will fight a recent court judgment ordering the company to pay $300,000 to an I

The Berlin Wall has crumbled for hundreds of bankers staying in luxury hotels in Communist East Berl

The Reagan administration's Caribbean Basin Initiative is pulling new investment into the region, bu

TOP STORIES: The reversal of losses for European shipping appears to be in full gear as tonn

Distribution and transportation want to know where their goods are and to use computers to monitor t

Roadway Services Inc.'s third quarter earnings rose to $20.6 million, or 51 cents a share, from $10.

Glastec '88. The world's largest international trade fair for the glass industry. Sept. 28-Oct. 1. D

A fast set-up portable video projector was introduced today by Eastman Kodak Co. It can project larg

The chairman of a House Ways and Means oversight subcommittee charged Tuesday that the Customs Servi

INDONESIA OFFERED JAPAN DISCOUNTS, TRADERS SAYTraders at Japanese oil companies said Pertami

The Society of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters will hold a two- session workshop on the

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A former Sun-Maid Growers of Calif. executive has joined the competition,helping Turkey's ma

Despite what was said during Sunday's presidential debate, we're probably heading for a tax increase

A continuing boom in auto sales, causing vehicle production to increase and incentive programs to wa

TOP STORIES The city of New Orleans seems to be on the road toward economic recovery, but fi

APL GROUP INC. (Wilton, Conn.) - Frank Bridge was named national sales director of this company.

REICHHOLD HIKES POLYESTER RESINSJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Reactive Polymers division of Reich

W.R. Grace & Co. subsidiary Teroson GmbH will install a $4 million plastic acoustic manufacturing eq

A new corporate-wide consumer leasing program was announced today by General Motors Acceptance Corp.

Insurers are concerned over proposed changes to Virginia's antitrust laws for the industry, charging

Credit National, a major French merchant bank, plans to create a development fund to invest in trans

Oil prices fluctuated over a wide range Monday as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries'

OXY CHIEF VISITS CHINA TO DISCUSS PROJECTEnergy magnate Armand Hammer is due to arrive here

Best Products Co., the catalog showroom operator, said Monday that it rejected a proposal from an un

Afram Lines (USA) Ltd., Tampa, Fla., strenuously protested a request from Farrell Lines Inc. that th

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West Germany should be a great credit card market, a land of plastic. Its economy is the lar

The unemployment insurance system has enough reserves to last only five months in a severe recession

EARLY BRITISH ADVOCATE OF SINGLE MARKET DIESBasil de Ferranti, 58, former chairman of the Fe

TOYOTA MAY MAKE FORKLIFTS IN THE USToyota Motor Corp. is considering setting up a joint vent

China's state-owned Changlee beer is headed for U.S. and Canadian markets, according to California-b

After losing two ocean carrier customers earlier this year, the Port of Baltimore last week regained

New funding initiatives to help developing nations overcome their debt problems are emerging at this

Malaysia may be creating a new problem with private-sector America as it tries to stave off another

SEASON'S CLOSE IS SET FOR NY CANAL SYSTEMALBANY, N.Y. - Operation of part of the New York St

Long Island Rail Road is the latest commuter carrier to experiment with bi- level railcars.