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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

Virginia will reorganize its trade-related agencies, creating a new Department of World Trade in an

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

Fri. June 10, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Prices for finished goods at the producer level rose an expected 0.5 percent in May for an annual ra

Thirteen major Japanese companies have been invited to send representatives to Pentagon briefings la

U.S. housing completions fell 0.8 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.588 mil

Argentine oil imports are rising sharply amid concern over delays in government plans to open up sta

The Australian coal industry is unhappy with the success Canadian coal producers have had in the Jap

The April U.S. trade deficit report Tuesday will provide short-term direction to the dollar.

President Reagan signed legislation extending the coverage of a U.S. shipping law to the transportat

TNT BESTWAY TRANSPORTATION (Phoenix, Ariz.) - Granville Wright was named senior vice president, sale

The United States has come under fire from the Bank for International Settlements for not doing enou

M. Barry Owens, director of a Virginia export trading company that will be reorganized soon, has res

CALIF. BILL WOULD LIMIT FOREIGN FIRMS' BIDSSACRAMENTO, Calif. - Foreign-owned companies woul

They're still at it. Batus Inc. and Farmers Insurance Group Inc. both still claimed victory

Consumer groups and trial lawyers have stymied every liability reform proposal to come before Congre

Upjohn Co. announced the completion of its $100 million (14 billion yen) Tsukuba Research Laboratori

European oil prices continued drifting lower last week in response to weaker New York fuel prices an

China Releases Figures On Natural Coke MiningTAIYUAN, China - Nine million metric tons of na

The British Petroleum Co. PLC, London, revised its estimates of 1992 oil and gas production up 300,0

The accommodations are deluxe with roomy seats and high-technology equipment aboard this shiny new j

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

MICROSOFT, H-P WANT LAW FIRM TO WITHDRAWSAN JOSE, Calif. - When it comes to being audited by

June 10, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

A securities analyst said the natural fit of less-than-truckload freight to rail double-stack techno

Control Data Corp. is the first company to warehouse critical parts and components at the new Americ

Users of the Port of Piraeus have served notice on the Port of Piraeus Authority (OLP) that delays a

The Journal of Commerce's Industrial Price Index hit its highest level in four years, reaching 101.2

PORTUGAL SEEKS TO OPEN BRAZILIAN TRADE DOORSBRASILIA, Brazil - Bureaucratic red tape and dis

Japan's economy is entering a period of prolonged growth and is gathering momentum and strength, a q