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A dramatic accident involving a Boeing 737 airplane has forced the nation's airline industry to chal

HAVEN'T THEY HAD enough of each other? That's the question some might ask about the 12 membe

IBM GETS HIGH MARKS IN MAGAZINE SURVEYComputer chiefs at some of the nation's biggest compan

The U.S. maritime industry has become used to the pabulum of protectionist government policies over

Because of the won's appreciation, South Korea's trade surplus with the United States is expected to

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

The U.S. ambassador to the European Community in Brussels has reiterated a growing concern that U.S.

EXCESS LABOR WORKERS DRAIN CHINA'S COFFERSChinese factories and offices have at least 20 mil

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

A British company has designed three products to be used as buoyancy aids in water sports. T

It's now up to the Massachusetts Senate to decide if the state's troubled automobile insurance syste

The Supreme Court Monday made it more difficult for insurers and business representatives to partici

ASBESTOS SUITS LUMPED INTO A CLASS ACTIONThe approximately 35,000 asbestos-related lawsuits

Rail carloadings increased in May, giving further evidence the manufacturing sector of the economy c

June 13, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

Growing plastics use in packaging, construction and transportation is fueling the demand for plastic

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of Commerce , U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service, Room HCHB

Sputtering Pan Am Corp. better brace for jarring head winds from its three holdout unions. T

NORTHWEST ACCEPTS TRANSPORT CERTIFICATENorthwest Pipeline Corp. said it has accepted an Orde

Computer chip makers, as thirsty as cattle men and farmers in the deepening drought, say they'll swa

TRAILER TRAIN TO CUT EQUIPMENT RATES 7.8 PERCENTTrailer Train Co. said it is reducing its ov

Foreign ministers of the European Community Monday approved an accord establishing formal relations

MITSUBISHI TO SELL KEYSTONE CAMERASCLIFTON, N.J. - Keystone Camera Products Corp. confirmed

The French Socialist Party's failure to win an absolute majority in Sunday's parliamentary elections

After receiving its first detailed discussion at an economic summit only two years ago, agricultural

Over the past two decades U.S. industry has shucked a lot of its old bad habits and now is the bette

A new company, Charterco Ltd., has been formed in London to provide comprehensive insurance cover fo

West Coast ports, which have seen shipping container traffic grow consistently for several years, ex

Conrail said it's received a rating of AA- from Standard & Poor's Corp. and a rating of A1 from Mood

The dollar, the Rodney Dangerfield of currencies, still don't get no respect, but traders are no lon

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 6/11/88* Fully Utilized Textile Quotas as of 6/11/88* Reflects

Lafe Holdings Ltd., Hong Kong makers of computer disk drive heads, is dropping plans to acquire a U.

U.S. business starts declined 6.6 percent in the first quarter to 53,382 from 57,158 in the same per

The estate of a cancer victim who worked around asbestos is suing a tobacco company, charging that i

Burlington Northern Railroad Co. has lost the most critical round to date in its showdown with labor

Total U.S. man-made fiber shipments in April declined to 761.5 million pounds, according to the late

German oil demand is likely to drop more steeply than previously expectedbecause of an oil t

The industrial consortium that is trying to boost U.S. competitiveness in the manufacture of compute

Vegetable oil from Malaysia will soon start coming into the Port of New York & New Jersey for the fi