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West Germany's June trade surplus rose to a record 14.2 billion deutsche marks (US$7.4 billion) from

Orders for big-ticket durable goods plunged 7 percent in July, the biggest drop in four years, as th

USX Corp. announced a 9.5 percent increase in tin mill prices Tuesday, effective Oct. 1. Tin

WEEKLY US EARNINGS OF WORKERS EDGE UPAverage weekly earnings of U.S. non-farm workers rose 0

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The fervor surrounding joint ventures in the Soviet Union appears to be cooling, according to foreig

Japanese trading houses and industrial manufacturing companies should benefitfrom Iran's and

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

Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita will leave Friday for a six-day visit to China where he wil

BRADY COULD ATTEND SEPT. 22 IMF MEETINGThe Senate could act on President Reagan's nomination

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Mexico's political geography is being redrawn, as political divisions crack the formerly unbroken su

The air cargo industry faces its own round of post-deregulation consolidation in the future and as f

Tough competition from imports is forcing a New York garment manufacturer to move to a state with we

Trans-Pacific carriers today have two choices. They can make the investment required to become door-

A U.S. life insurer has designed a series of products to help employers cope with provisions in a se

A group of life insurance policyholders filed a class-action lawsuit against Massachusetts Insurance

Women who were denied sales jobs with State Farm Insurance Co. have until Aug. 31 to file claims in

E.F. Hutton Group has settled its litigation involving delinquent mortgage loans purchased from Firs

Batus Inc. has extended to Wednesday its $72 per share cash offer for Farmers Group Inc., one of the

CONTINENTAL CORP. (New York) - Kenneth B. Zeigler was named president of Continental International,

A New Jersey legislator sees freedom of choice as the key to getting the state's auto insurance refo

SETTLEMENT REACHED IN CHALLENGER DISASTERRICHMOND, Va. - A tentative, undisclosed settlement

It is no accident that walking into the London headquarters of Robert Fleming Holdings Ltd., the int

When it comes to buying a Volvo, there'e a lot more involved than just selecting the color and uphol

Women make up only 3.4 percent of the directors of publicly traded U.S. corporations, according to t

Being first isn't always a good thing, as Swedish industry is starting to discover. Having b

US-MADE TOYOTAS BOUND FOR TAIWANTORRANCE, Calif. - Toyota Motor Sales USA said it has begun

The majority of personal computers recently tested by the Federal Communications Commission failed t

YUGOSLAV SEES CRISIS OF ECONOMY DEEPENINGBELGRADE, Yugoslavia - The president of Yugoslavia'

Authorities have ordered a crackdown on rampant black market trading in foreign currency blamed for

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First signs of a more compromising attitude on copyright protection emerged over the weekend from th

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Israel Aircraft Industries Ltd. and Ramco American International Inc. have formed a joint venture to

A modular gate now available from a company in the Netherlands incorporates thin steel tensioning wi

AT&T PLANS CHANGES IN RATES, USAGE FEESWASHINGTON - American Telephone & Telegraph Co. is pr

If it weren't for glasnost, Rich Beyer might not have been out among air freight crewmen, a couple i

JAL TO HIKE RATES FROM US TO ASIANEW YORK - Japan Air Lines will increase its outbound freig