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A fundamental shift in China's policy on trade finance is fueling lively competition among foreign b

In the world of international banking in Florida, Miami is home base. But the state's intern

U.S. companies are slow and lazy in their export policy compared with the more competitive Japanese,

MONROE SEEKS DUTIES ON SHOCK ABSORBERSMonroe Auto Equipment Co., Monroe, Miss., has asked th

China's mining industry is working hard to take advantage of the world's apparently insatiable deman

Traditional Exports Tobacco, chemicals, wines and spirits, dairy products and essential oils

Bulgaria hopes to increase its exports through joint ventures with foreign companies, moderate decen

The new GOP ticket of George Bush for president and Dan Quayle for vice president drew fairly solid

U.S. housing starts in July rose 2.4 percent to 1.489 million annualized units, but industry economi

Cape Horn Methanol Ltd. has started up a 750,000-metric-ton-a-year methanol plant at the southern ti

ETHYLENEAMINE UP AT CARBIDEDANBURY, Conn. Union Carbide Corp. announced a 10-cent-a-pound i

Chemical prices continued to advance in July but prices are approaching apeak, according to Leslie R

Cambridge BioScience Corp. announced that it has received a $375,000 contractfrom the U.S. A

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Affirmative action issues will be among factors determining whether San Diego Gas & Electric Co.'s p

MEXICO'S PRICES TO US, FAR EAST FELL IN JULYMexican oil prices fell in the Western Hemispher

Hewlett-Packard Co. is impressing customers, if not Wall Street, with new computers and appears on t

NJ LAWMAKERS ARGUE OVER INSURANCE REFORMTRENTON, N.J. - Sen. John Russo, president of the Ne

Canadian National tripled its profit in the first half of this year over the same period in 1987, bu

For the first time since the communist state was established in 1949, a Chinese maritime court has a

The U.S. dollar pushed broadly higher Wednesday, far above the levels at which both the Federal Rese

Farmers Group Inc.'s stock rose sharply Wednesday over optimism that its agreement to meet with Batu

Barclays Bank PLC has forecast inflation in the United Kingdom will stand at 5.8 percent at the end

When a company with mines all over the world began exploring the idea of developing a major mine in

Rising steel imports are again raising concern among domestic steel producers. Imports in Ju

It's a marriage of convenience and one made on the production line, analysts said Wednesday, after J

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter said a bill to expand and extend the Caribbean Basin Initi

Gastor and its twin sister Nestor, probably the world's loneliest ships, have finally been adopted a

The month before the Olympics looks like it will be Frank Aires' busiest in 16 years. Mr. Ai

BASF POSTS INCREASE IN PRETAX PROFITFRANKFURT, West Germany - BASF AG, the West German chemi

Pity the transportation companies that serve Liz Claiborne Inc., the New York- based high-end appare

Four hundred coal miners went on strike in southern Poland Wednesday in support of about 4,000 miner

INSTITUTE OF GAS TECHNOLOGY (Chicago) - Fred H. Zerkel was promoted to vice president, Washington op

Varig Brazilian Airlines has begun an unusual cargo job: flying planes in planes from Italy to Brazi

The land down under is about to start using electronic data interchange. A committee has bee

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The House is scheduled to vote on a bill to mandate drug and alcohol testing for railroad workers ne

Armstrong World Industries Inc. has agreed to acquire American Olean Tile Co. for about $330 million

Total U.S. wheat acreage for the 1989 crop should increase roughly 14 percentfrom a year ago

Republican vice presidential nominee Dan Quayle draws mixed reviews from the maritime and aviation i