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The U.S. dollar rose Wednesday in a quiet market. The dollar got its initial boost on heavy

CAMEROON - $150 million from the International Monetary Fund to support economic reforms and to help

The Greater Kansas City Foreign Trade Zone Inc. has applied for permits to establish new foreign tra

TOP STORIES: Minneapolis' first foreign trade zone opens. 3A Wisconsin and other states

Big revolutions come from small victories. In the last week, the global business community h

Several members of Congress are examining ways to enhance medical waste anti- dumping legislation, i

DU PONT BOOSTS COST OF PEROXIDEWILMINGTON, Del. - E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. is increasin

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Thailand will put pressure on the Thai government to resolve port co

Early next year, citizens of the Soviet worker's state will be able to transmit via facsimile uncens

The sharpest jump this year in transportation costs - led by gasoline - helped keep the annual consu

ZENITH LABORATORIES CUTS STAFF SHARPLYRAMSEY, N.J. - Zenith Laboratories Inc., which is oper

Evergreen Marine Corp., Taiwan's mighty container shipping company, appears to have hit a pocket of

Sept. 21, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange*PrevClose High

1285 (Sept. 21, 1988) Previous day - 1288 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange

Despite the visibility of the money center banks, New York's regional banks are major players in the

Traditional Exports Cocoa, coffee, petroleum products, coconuts, bananas, rubber, pineapples

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

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

U.S. negotiators, in a policy shift, offered to scrap tariffs and import restraints on a wide range

OPEC nations have cut their output by about 500,000 barrels a day during the first half of September

Texaco Inc., the largest oil producer in Ecuador, said it would hold talks with the Ecuadorean gover

Crude oil prices will stay between $15 and $20 for at least for the next five to 10 years, Ichiro Yo

Transporting Dangerous Goods By Air, four-day seminar, Sept. 27-30. Registry Hotel, Irvine, Calif. C

The TLC Group, headquartered in Holland, Mich., is offering less-than- truckload service for frozen

The Journal of Commerce publishes this special full page of MidAmerica news every Thursday and welco

Great Lakes ports are benefiting from the resurgence of the midwestern steel industry, with the port

CHINA VOWS TO REVAMP BUSINESS DISPUTE PROCESSA Chinese official is promising changes in the

Shipping company executives have agreed to a series of rate increases in the outbound trans-Pacific

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

MITTELHAUSER CORP. (Laguna Hills, Calif.) - David J. Leu was appointed vice president of this hazard

Little pleases the corporate community more than receiving an award, and as dubious as it was, the O

W. GERMANY VIOLATES EC IMPORT RULESThe European Court of Justice has struck down West German

SUN CEASES POSTINGS OF NO. 2 OIL PRICESSun Refining & Marketing Co., Philadelphia, discontin

COASTAL CORP. (Houston) - Jeffrey A. Connelly, 41, was elected vice president and treasurer of this

BIG COGENERATION PLANT TO BE DEDICATED TODAYBAYONNE, N.J. - The largest cogeneration plant o

Growth in re-exports to the United States in the first half of this year over last was near the bott

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank begin annual meetings across the Wall in West Berlin

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

Wed., Sept. 21, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

An unassuming building just a few blocks from Capitol Hill houses a group of low-profile but highly