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The Japanese government has presented beef industry officials with a rough outline of its planned si

Carlos Salinas de Gortari, Mexico's president-elect, indicated he may abandon an economic policy tha

JAPAN WORRIED BY RISE IN EXPORTS TO S. AFRICAJapan's trade ministry has cautioned industries

US FOOD EXHIBITION TO BE HELD IN JAPANThe largest ever U.S. food promoting and sales exhibit

China Business Update: A Seminar/Workshop for Corporate Executives. Aug. 15-19: Shanghai (venue to b

A 37-year-old embargo on imported fur pelts from the Soviet Union will come to an end when President

BURLINGTON SET TO SELL CANADIAN TEXTILE UNITGREENSBORO, N.C. - Burlington Industries Inc. sa

September will be report time for the International Trade Commission. The commission is not

Guyana is courting foreign investors and offering state-owned companies for divestment as part of an

By 1991, more than a half million new jobs will be available for New Yorkers with the fastest growth

Imports are pouring into Mexico, lowering the country's trade surplus in a process that economists s

General Motors Corp.'s Central Foundry Division plant in Massena plans to start production Sept. 1 o

Arms smuggling to Libya, drug hauls and child pornography may be nothing to smile about, but that do

The number of U.S. farms dropped 1 percent over the last year and farm land fell below the billion-a

The changing global economy is forcing state governments to go after foreign trade and investment ha

Wholesale prices rose at a slightly faster rate of 0.5 percent in July after rising 0.4 percent in J

Brazilian Finance Minister Mailson da Nobrega decided to shelve at least until next year a proposal

A 1.5 percent jump in business sales held inventory growth to a moderate 0.7 percent in June, the go

* Brazil Shelves Idea of Swapping Debt for Exports 3A * International Trade Commission's Sep

Air Products & Chemicals Inc. purchased the Valchem division of United Merchants & Manufacturers Inc

The head of research and development for Smith, Kline & French Laboratories, the pharmaceutical divi

Southern Co. Services Inc., Birmingham, Ala., said it bought 876,000 tons of coal on the spot market

The government of Thailand approved a $392 million pulp project by Soon Hua Seng Group and a $5 mill

IMC Fertilizer Group Inc.'s phosphate production is expected to pick up this year, according to rece

Polaroid Corp.'s board was expected late last week to reject the $2.4 billion takeover offer from Ro

At first glance antifreeze and plastic milk containers would seem to have little in common.

ICI UNIT TO CONSTRUCT FLUOROARAMATICS PLANTWILMINGTON, Del. - ICI Colors & Fine Chemicals, a

U.S. sales of household cleaning products are projected to show moderate but steady growth through 1

A recent California Superior Court judge's decision slapped the state's Department of Food and Agric

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European oil prices closed Friday with gains of 45 cents a barrel after a week of lackluster trading

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it bought 19,400 tons of steam coal under eight contracts in its

August 12, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

World seaborne trade in steam coal could rise by 40 percent over the next five years, with shipments

Florida Power & Light Co., facing an electric generating shortfall as early as 1992, is asking custo

HOUSE APPROVES ANTI-APARTHEID BILLThe House approved an anti-apartheid sanctions bill that w

The Travelers Corp. has taken the first step toward selling its Keystone Provident Life Insurance Co

The debt-ridden Joint Underwriting Association insures four times the number of people originally de

A New York Supreme Court judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging the Insurance Information Institute's

The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey will hold a seminar on the special insurance needs of