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Puget Sound Tug Gets Tariff ExemptionThe Federal Maritime Commission has agreed to grant Pug

Customs Electronic Systems Advisory Committee, Sept. 7, 9:30 a.m. Hearing room C, offices of the Int

An underground fire that knocked out electrical power in much of downtown Seattle on Wednesday conti

The man who runs Taiwan's largest containerport says he's getting ready for slower growth by startin

Britain's 10,000 registered dockworkers are to vote by mail this month on whether to hold a series o

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

Australia's bicentennial has proven to be a more important benchmark for the country than anyone wo

A hoped-for August recovery failed to materialize for the nation's largest general retailers, the co

A study by the Joint Economic Committee of Congress reported that the switchfrom manufacturi

Non-farm businesses in the United States lost some of their efficiency in the second quarter of the

New claims for state unemployment insurance benefits were made by 312,000 people during the week end

The growth rate for jobs in the United States will continue to slow in the rest of 1988, an index of

Massachusetts joined Montana Thursday as the only states barring life insurance companies from their

The president of the California State Bar says an insurance industry political commercial about a fi

Construction spending jumped 1.2 percent in July as strength in government building projects and off

CHUBB CORP. IS STUCK between a rock and a hard place. This highly respected insurance compan

In the blizzard of paper coursing among brokers, insurance agents, underwriters and regulatory bodie

Fibreboard Corp. said Thursday it received a favorable judicial decision on the issues pending in it

Chubb Corp.'s computers over the next few weeks will be calculating the affects of nature, as the in

New Jersey Insurance Commissioner Kenneth Merin predicts drivers responsible for accidents or motor

ARTHUR J. GALLAGHER ACQUIRES BROKERAGEROLLING MEADOWS, Ill. - Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. said

The U.S. dollar eased Thursday on the back of a decline in the pound sterling against the deutsche m

The Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp. will assist six Oklahoma thrifts in acquiring 14 insolv

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development says a concerted one- off cut of at least 30

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

The Senate is expected to vote this month on a bill to limit the amount of imported shoes, which are

DREXEL BURNHAM LAMBERT INC. (New York)- Lawrence W. Cohn was named corporate first vice president fo

Copper prices are expected to gain after the Labor Day weekend as the traditional fall buying season

Thu., Sept. 1, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

CONTINENTAL ILLINOIS SELLS BRANCH IN TAIWANTAIPEI, Taiwan - Hollandsche Bank-unie NV of the

IF IMITATION IS THE BEST FORM of flattery, then score one for the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

UK COMPANY PREDICTS HIGHER COCOA SURPLUSUnited Kingdom cocoa trader Gill & Duffus PLC Thursd

Wheat streak mosaic virus took a heavier-than-usual toll on 1988 Kansas wheat yields, but because of

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JAPAN SHARPLY RAISES INVESTMENT IN CHINAJapanese investment in China has nearly doubled in t

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR MONITORING MACHINE TOOLS AND PARTS (New York Pipeline #1614). The U.S. Depa

The story headlined Angolan-US Trade Hampered by Lack of Diplomatic Ties, which appeared on page 4A

Mississippi Gov. Ray Mabus said Thursday he signed an accord with China's southern Hainan Island des

Canadian legislation to implement the U.S.-Canada free trade agreement has moved to the Senate after