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Consumer price rises continue to ease under a tough government anti-inflation program, with prices r

BANKEAST CORP. (Manchester, N.H.) - W.N. DeWitt, chairman and chief executive, will assume the addit

Private plant and equipment investments by Japanese industries this fiscal year, a term ending next

Thu., Aug. 25, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT DECLINES 0.2 PERCENT IN JAPANTOKYO - Japan's industrial production fell 0.

Japan would like a free trade agreement with the United States, but current debate on the issue may

More than 120,000 skins of a protected species of alligator were smuggled into Japan during the past

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

PITTSBURGH TO BUILD ASIAN TRADE CENTERThe city of Pittsburgh is making plans to build the fi

The U.S. drive to export and develop foreign markets has given foreign trade zones in the United Sta

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

FUTURE SHOCK was worrying at least one delegate to the Republican National Convention last week.

Sales of existing single-family homes in the United States fell to 5 percent in July, the first drop

New claims for state unemployment insurance benefits were made by 300,000 people during the week end

When the oil industry wanted to find a way to take the squeaks out of its business practices, it tur

MCI Communications Corp. on Wednesday said it signed a multimillion-dollar agreement to provide a pr

LOTUS PLAGUED BY RUMORS OF DELAYSNEW YORK - Lotus Development Corp. is suffering from persis

PORT WON'T BE ALLOWED TO ENTER POOLS CASEA Federal Maritime Commission law judge won't allow

Exploring A Seaway Automated Information System, sponsored by St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp.

Mitsui O.S.K.'s America Maru was the first ship to call at Mitsui's new 29- acre container terminal

The electronic data interchange industry will soon have an international phone directory. In early S

Due to an error in the editing process, a Page 1A story about Lynn Korwatch in the Aug. 25 edition i

Pulp and paper manufacturers here are dismissing a government report warning that potential bottlene

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Joint ventures between labor and capital are helping to improve productivity on the Australian water

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The newest member of the Federal Reserve Board remains concerned that the economy risks overheating

Amoco Chemical Co. announced that it is adding incremental capacity at its four polypropylene plants

U.S. executives may be surprised to hear their Japanese colleagues insist they don't have any specia

As goes grain, so goes Great Lakes shipping. The validity of that statement is being felt today as G

The International Monetary Fund is about to implement a new program to help developing nations absor

Belgian shipping company CMB SA is getting good shipper response to its new liner service between Br

The U.S. dollar will continue to slide as capital flows from abroad dry up, currency traders predict

The Massachusetts Port Authority has spent another $3.4 million to acquire a commercial shipping ter

About 50 dockworkers protested on Wednesday to demand payment from the Panama government, which face

The United Arab Emirates, a group of Persian Gulf sheikdoms, plans to build an oil refinery in China

Thousands of poor New Yorkers without medical insurance may soon qualify for Medicaid coverage under

The state Assembly, back in Albany in an attempt to finish the work of the 1988 regular session, has

A group of London-based insurance and reinsurance companies may all move in to the same building in