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U.S. research-based pharmaceutical companies have intensified efforts to develop Acquired Immune Def

With seaports on both the Caribbean and Pacific coasts, Colombia has natural trading ties with all r

US TO EASE TERMS FOR POOREST DEBTORSWASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary James A. Baker III annou

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JAPANESE ANNOUNCE PROGRESS IN FARM TALKSThe United States has reacted positively to Japan's

Customs brokers heard once more from the U.S. Treasury Department that their industry is in danger o

Hopes for an agreement on coordinated oil production cuts between the Organization of Petroleum Expo

Truck Drivers Charged In Fatal Conn. CrashHARTFORD, Conn. - Two out-of-state truck drivers w

Five of Japan's six major shipping companies reported substantial net losses during the 12-month bus

They are being bombarded with sales pitches for everything from book-of-the- mon th clubs to cognac.

Folks down at Stamey's Bar-B-Que in Greensboro, N.C., are less worried about noxious fumes from thei

State Farm Insurance Cos. Wednesday filed a lawsuit against New York's insurance superintendent and

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Lynn Featherstone was named director of the International Trade Commission's office of investigation

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

New York City's vast garbage disposal system probably will break down if non- union tugboat crews ar

The Guangdong Posts and Telecommunications Bureau of China will buy 10 million shares of Hong Kong T

The government will intervene to avert a strike threatened for June 22 by over 300,000 dockworkers a

South Africa's business community is bracing itself for what the country's two largest trade union g

Edward K. Trowbridge was named chairman and chief executive at Atlantic Mutual Cos., a property/casu

Do you practice safe computing? Have you ever used a disk from another computer, or connecte

When the Tennessee Valley Authority wanted to check high-voltage electrical substation equipment it

Mounting opposition from trucking companies and shippers is jeopardizing an Interstate Commerce Comm

Rebuilding a car with replacement parts made by the manufacturer could triple its original cost, acc

The possible expansion of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to encompass services is not li

Postmaster General Anthony Frank is turning to Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot for help in improving

TOP STORIES: AIDS: Who is Next? Rare Climate of Peace.

A day after the European Community lashed out at the United States for its farm policy, the vocifero

The U.S. Customs Service is asking the public to comment on its proposal to use additional criteria

Unocal Corp. said it found what appears to be a major new natural gas field in the Mobile offshore a

Baltimore's bid to turn itself into a state-of-the-art cargo-handling port is meeting its ambitious

Burlington Northern Inc. announced plans to spin off all of its non- transportat ion assets into a g

The Inter-American Freight Conference said it will implement a terminal- handlin g charge on June 26

The nation's largest general retailers suffered through another month of lackluster sales in May as

A Census Bureau report says the American family has shrunk to its smallestsize ever at 3.19

Wed. June 1, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

The Federal Maritime Commission's plan for an automated tariff-filing system has been stalled by opp

Kuraray Co., the Japanese company that gave us Ultra-suede and Suedemark as substitutes for natural

Eastman Kodak Co. plans to fund a study to develop a genetically altered organism that will increase

At least one lawsuit against Marine Transport Lines in connection with the sinking of the vessel Mar