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Federal approval of a channel deepening plan for Boston Harbor will mainly improve the Port of Bosto

1289 (Sept. 19, 1988) Previous day - 1289 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange

For the week ended Sept. 3, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

The Federal Reserve should slow the growth rate of money to ease inflation pressures and build credi

Relief from interest and debt payments may be the only way for Mexico to work out of its economic an

Japan and Taiwan are leading a boom in foreign investment in Thailand, which is poised to move into

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

TRADE SURPLUS FALLS IN WEST GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - West Germany posted a trade sur

U.S. steel companies are smiling again thanks to the weak U.S. dollar, which makes imported steel mo

FUJIAN SETS REGULATIONS ON EXPORT TECHNOLOGYFUZHOU, China - Fujian province in East China re

Production of plastic resins totaled 4.18 billion pounds in June, up about 5.1 percent from the same

BASF BOOSTS ACTIVITY IN CZECHOSLOVAKIAFRANKFURT, West Germany - BASF AG, the West Germany ch

In the mouth of the murky Rio Belen in Panama, nautical archaeologists are searching for the remains

In a move aimed at returning to its basic transportation business, CSX Corp. is selling two of its t

The Interstate Commerce Commission is preparing to free IC Industries to spin off its Illinois Centr

J. Stanley Payne is leaving his second-in-command position at the Virginia Port Authority to join th

London insurers believe that Mother Nature may have handed them a gift when she batted Hurricane Gil

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PEPSICO, INDIA APPROVE FOOD, DRINK VENTURESOMERS, N.Y. - India has approved a landmark joint

Macao, often overlooked in world affairs, hopes to emerge from the shadows of neighboring Hong Kong

The House of Representatives is expected to vote Friday on the textiles- footwea r import quotas bil

Fines of up to $20,000 a day are being paid by China's National Coal Import & Export Corp. because o

Glaxo Holdings PLC, the British pharmaceuticals group, announced Monday that a particularly strong p

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

With little advertising and less fanfare, the Ford Probe is speeding through dealer showrooms, keepi

Sen. Bill Bradley, D-N.J., criticized the Reagan administration's policy of handling developing nati

Government officials in India and Australia are grappling, for different reasons, with the question

The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has strongly praised the perfo

The nation's troubled atomic power industry has started spending millions ofdollars on adver

Finland's energy-intensive industrial sector, particularly the forestry industry, is calling for an

The current round of labor unrest at Australian coal mines is a relatively short-term situation, say

United Airlines will continue to stick to its knitting. That the message that UAL Chairman S

The United States doesn't have the world's biggest phone company anymore. Or the biggest banks. Or e

RICHFOOD HOLDINGS INC. (Richmond, Va.) - David H. Maass was named vice president and chief financial

Insurers say losses stemming from Hurricane Gilbert will be minimal despite the savage storm's trag

The U.S. dollar drifted slightly lower Monday in stagnant trading. Dealers said with no news

Mon., Sept. 19, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

For many Texas ranchers, Hurricane Gilbert may turn out to be what the bankers have ordered.

Hungary wants to allow foreigners to own companies operating on its soil, a plan that would make it

JAPAN USERS FORMULATE CHIP IMPORT PLANThe Users Committee of the Electronic Industries Assoc