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Jamaica recorded an increase in the overall value of trade last year, but suffered a deterioration i

The Surface Transport Ministry is seeking a 70 percent hike in funds for national port development i

The weak dollar, reduced coal and oil traffic, and labor conflicts conspired to shrink French port a

Intel Corp., the surging semiconductor manufacturer, said Thursday its profit more than tripled in i

Two important industry forecasts of heavy-truck sales for this year are about to be raised in light

Micron Technology Inc., Boise, Idaho, purchased 1,629,000 shares, or about 14.5 percent, of Hauppaug

Some former and current state insurance regulators say the insurance industry used pressure tactics

W. Edwards Deming came to Philadelphia to preach to the converted. There he was, U.S. indust

Tort reform edged out rising medical costs as the focus of a panel discussion sponsored by the worke

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter says an institute that bears the Carter name is going to use a gra

Workers compensation earned premiums increased 15 percent in 1987 to about $22.5 billion, the Nation

The workers compensation system is plagued by inadequate rates and an expanding range of benefits, a

Erwin F. Fromm was named chairman of the National Council on Compensation Insurance, a New York-base

The Legislative Insurance Committee has reported favorably on a compromise automobile reform bill th

Crash Tests Spotlight Head Injury FrequencyThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administratio

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

Motorists who leave their cars at home and ride the bus to work would get 10 percent discounts on th

After trading mixed all day, the U.S. dollar turned lower against all key currencies except the Cana

Moody's Investors Service said the credit quality of U.S. corporations continued to decline in the f

At the United States' request, the Inter-American Development Bank is looking into an $11.1 million

An export finance program developed by the state of Illinois is being adopted by other states.<

BERKEY INC. (Greenwich, Conn.) - Harold J. Axelrod was named vice president, finance and administrat

Barclays PLC plans to raise 921 million ($1.7 billion) through an offering of new equity to existin

Group of Seven Likely To Back 125-Yen LevelTOKYO - The meeting of monetary officials from th

The United States will report some single-digit trade deficits in the next few months, which will he

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

Thu., April 7, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

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

China's top leaders have taken an ax to layers of bureaucracy in commerce and economic policy - a mo

The Japanese, with the higher value of the yen, are investing an increasing amount of money in U.S.

A Danish investment group plans to set up Europe's first alligator farm in southern Spain to produce

Dumping Probe Begins On Japanese MachinesThe U.S. International Trade Commission has begun a

Every day, sawmill owner Jeff Loth watches trucks loaded with the best hemlock and fir logs from Was

Sen. Paul Simon, D-Ill. Thursday put his presidential campaign on hold, reducing the Democratic quar

Vice President George Bush and Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis filed responses to a Journal o

Foreign experts based here aren't getting overly excited about plans to turn the island of Hainan in

First quarter incentives paid off in strong late-March and first quarter sales increases for Detroit

AVIATION Midway Airlines Inc. has had a bumpy ride in its brief 10-year existencefin

Millions of Americans have home computers, but only about half of the adults with them actually use

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