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JAPANESE TO REVAMP AGRICULTURAL SECTORJapan has decided to end 40 years of protectionism wit

In a move that was largely expected, members of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's

APACHE CORP. (Denver) - Steve Farris was elected vice president of domestic exploration and producti

DOES THE GIANT of the EDI industry have clay feet? Some people say so. They claim that GE In

Commerce Secretary William Verity urged U.S. exporters of a variety of consumer items to step up the

Japan has unveiled a string of economic indicators that showed May to have been one of its best mont

SEAT BELT LAW FINES MAY BE HIKED IN CALIF.Motorists cited for failing to use seat belts woul

Reduced pricing pressures helped St. Johnsbury Trucking Co. double its first- quarter net profit, ac

Salvage crews scrambled to the rescue late last week when dangerous chemicals began to leak from the

NS COMPLETES PURCHASE OF ILLINOIS CENTRAL LINENORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk Southern Corp., through

A U.S.-Soviet trade seminar in Atlanta was beginning to resemble a love fest until a Commerce Depart

When his pastures turned brown and crunchy and his stunted oat fields failed to form grain because o

The president of the state AFL-CIO called for a complete audit of the state's Empire health insuranc

Tri-State Insurance Co., a subsidiary of insurance holding company W.R. Berkley Corp., acquired Amer

The Coast Guard has published the new telephone numbers and addresses of key personnel at national h

If you don't know what you're doing, all the electronics in the world can't help you. Receip

The votes were usually close, but the Supreme Court acted largely to reassure business this term tha

European shippers are questioning the future of conference agreements between the U.S.Pacific Coast

Plagued by drought this year, China is moving to import up to $1 billion worth of plastic sheeting a

President Reagan on Friday signed legislation designed to protect elderly and disabled people from c

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

The Bank of England published draft proposals broadly outlining terms under which it plans to allow

Small- to medium-sized U.S. exporters are better off doing business with foreign banks or smaller U.

Southern Co. said that kilowatt-hour sales to industrial customers rose 6.8 percent during the first

BELMONT BUYS TANKERS FROM GOVERNMENTBelmont VLCC of Boston bought three big 264,000-deadweig

The push for on-dock rail transfer facilities in Southern California gained added momentum last week

Union Pacific Railroad is closing repair shops in Omaha and moving these operations to newer shops i

Railroad labor has decided to keep the peace on the Delaware & Hudson Railway's lines while the New

World consumption of natural rubber is expected to grow much faster than production in 1988, leading

U.S. supercomputer manufacturers say they are disappointed with the Japanese government's failure to

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The CRB Futures Index had one of its best moves last month, as it climbed by over 20 points to 275.5

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

Fri. July 1, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

BANKS OF MID-AMERICA INC. (Oklahoma City, Okla.) - Frank X. Henke III was named chairman and chief e

Oil prices relinquished more than 20 cents a barrel Friday with U.S. crude slipping below $15, its l

American President Lines asserts its service from Asia to Europe via a U.S. landbridge will offer co

An official at the U.S. State Department has acknowledged that the United States sent a letter to th

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