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The 199th Anniversary of the U.S. Customs Service. Aug. 1. A celebration of the formalization of U.S

Economists liken South Korea to a teen-ager who has grown up too fast and is being forced to take on

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service

The last of Britain's four big banks to report half-year results last week, Lloyds Bank PLC, kept up

While the argument rages whether Brazil is slipping into uncontrolled hyper- inflation, at least a f

Fri., July 29, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

New U.S. export orders kept rising at a torrid pace in July as production and prices rose more slowl

The United States is about to impose anti-dumping and countervailing duties on imports of electrical

Cargo shipped in containers worldwide is expected to increase 15 percent by 1990 compared with 1987

A New York state assemblyman is pushing for legislation to impose new safety standards on petroleum

The Japanese are still faced with among the world's highest prices for beef and other foodstuffs, th

WENDY'S RESTAURANT TO OPEN IN TURKEYDUBLIN, Ohio - Wendy's International Inc. has awarded th

Kirk G. Roeser is president and a founder of Gill & Roeser Inc., a New York- based reinsurance inter

George W. Ansbro, chairman and chief executive at Royal Insurance U.S.A. will retire at the end of t

Dow Chemical Co. is considering expanding its chemical plant in Thailand and a large petrochemical e

VIKING CHANGES SOY OIL PRICINGViking Chemicals Co., a subsidiary of M&T Chemicals Inc., set

COMPUTER MEMORY PUT IN PERSPECTIVESAN JOSE, Calif. - The folks at Hewlett-Packard Co. of Pal

July 29, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

JAPANESE TRADING FIRM BUYS US BEEF COMPANYJapan's Farmland Trade Co., Yakima, Wash., has pur

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

The European Community said Friday it had made progress on "complicated" measures aimed at transform

Electronic communications networks are headed for another round of price cutting. They're ma

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MERIDIAN OIL INC. (Houston) - L. Edward Parker was named vice president, marketing, effective Aug. 1

NORTHROP WINS PACT FOR BOEING FUSELAGESNorthrop Corp. was awarded a $730 million contract fr

Steve Wozniak, who won fame and riches by co-founding Apple Computer Inc., has put his latest high-t

This staunchly anti-communist island seems unlikely to rush into opportunities for direct shipping t

A Sea-Land Service Inc. containership that had run aground in San Juan harbor Thursday morning retur

Only two companies so far have expressed support for a rule change proposed by the Federal Maritime

1197 (July 29, 1988) Previous day - 1197 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange i

PANEL TO CONSIDER MARAD, FMC FUNDINGA $15 billion appropriations bill for various government

GEORGE BUSH NEEDS A BAKER PLAN. He needs it badly, and he needs it now. Fortunately for the

Boston Edison Co. received bids from six firms to rebuild an abandoned generating plant, even though

Airlines sell a very perishable commodity. You can't sell cargo space or a seat once the pla

A partial truce has been declared in France's computer trade fair war with theagreement to hold one

Sergei Petukhov works in the depths of Paveletskiy train station, listening to the sounds of his suc

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

RAIL TRAFFIC, EARNINGS RISE CONFIRMED BY ICCWASHINGTON - The Interstate Commerce Commission

For the week ended July 16 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 11

DEUTSCHE BANK MAY BUILD OWN US DEALERNEW YORK - After a casual round of shopping to try to b