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Debt burdens, protectionism and commodity prices top the agenda at a 10-day meeting of some 300 seni

Dow Corning Corp. announced plans to open a new $5 million Michigan-based automotive application cen

Customs officials have developed a system for targeting containers that might hold illegal drug ship

Pre-Paid Legal Services Inc. is a company that started with a simple, yet revolutionary concept: low

FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES INSTITUTE (Morristown, N.J.) - Mimi Deitsch was named public relations manager

Argentina's balance of trade surplus fell last year by almost 80 percent, leaving bankers predicting

Strike Halts Output At Daewoo Motor Co.SEOUL, South Korea - Daewoo Motor Co. officials charg

G.M. Holdens, the Australian subsidiary of General Motors Corp., expects to increase exports this ye

The National Assembly is getting ready to renew debate on a politically sensitive copyright bill, bu

Kemper Group's hopes to depart the chaotic Massachusetts automobile insurance market hinge on the go

Representatives of the maritime industry are playing a cautious waiting game as they search for a pr

A DIGITAL RAP session is going on this week in Washington, D.C. Though the meeting is billed

April 11, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita said Monday that Japan must make a more positive contribution in sup

Morton Thiokol Inc.'s specialty chemicals group announced the acquisition of Iromer Chemie GmbH of O

EPA Seeks Review Of Sears Island RulingThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has asked As

Despite a stunning verdict by a South Dakota jury in a restraint of trade antitrust case involving i

Although European road/rail traffic has grown steadily during the past decade, most piggyback traffi

Martin County Closes 2 Mining OperationsINEZ, Ky. - Martin County Coal Co. closed two of its

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

Export insurance is often a cheaper way of assuring payment than confirmed letters of credit, an off

Mon., April 11, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Australian wines are taking their place on tables around the world, including the United States and,

The pile of documents involving years of asbestos-related suits against Manville Corp. has grown so

U.S. District Court Judge George H. Revercomb remains confronted with a sharp dispute over the inten

Although no meeting has been scheduled between officials of Batus Inc. and the Farmers Group Inc., t

For 116 years, Hellmann GmbH maintained a profitable freight forwarding- distrib ution company with

The president of Cerro Copper Products Co., East St. Louis, Ill., said that the health of the domest

April 11, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

Consumer activist Ralph Nader has pledged to put a voter revolt initiative on the November ballot in

The U.S. dollar rose broadly Monday on bullish hopes for Wednesday's meeting of the Group of Seven m

Austerities belatedly imposed last week by the Brazilian government - including a two-month freeze o

The Commerce Department has ordered dumping duties ranging from 13.65 percent to 56.81 percent on sm

PROCESSING OF ENTRIES FOR MAIL SHIPMENTS - JFK AIRPORT AREA, NEW YORK. Entries covering mail shipmen

The median price of a typical single-family home rose by 5.6 percent in 1987, with prices of similar

Kaneka Texas Increases PricesKaneka Texas Corp. has announced a price increase of 5 cents a

After nearly 40 years of going on their own, members of the International Longshoremen's and Warehou

Holland America Line announced that it has agreed to buy two cruise ships, the Homeric and Atlantic,

Bellcore Researchers Complete ProjectRED BANK, N.J. - Bellcore researchers have successfully

A huge backlog of air cargo destined for Europe is piling up at Singapore's Changi airport, sending