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METROMAIL (Chicago) - Robert K. Sher was named to the new position of executive vice president. He w

P-I-E Nationwide Inc. is asking the Teamsters union to approve creation of an employee profit-sharin

1647.5 (March 22, 1988) Previous day - 1640.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Excha

The Federal Highway Administration reports that it is being inundated with complaints from farmers u

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A steamship association official says a non-union stevedore's plan to operate in the Port of Pensaco

The Customs Service will lower by one percentage point the interest on underpayment and overpayment

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

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

Tue, March 22, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

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

The U.S. dollar traded higher in quiet, but trendless trading Tuesday. Analysts said trading

The Detroit Retirement System is allocating more money to futures trading following positive results

Japan Tuesday opened overseas options trading to 332 additional banks and companies, but little imme

DAIWA SECURITES AMERICA (New York) Yuichi Kohashi was named senior vice president for Japanese equit

The coffee market outlook is uncertain because fundamental factors have created conflicting price tr

Iran Makes Payment On Argentine WheatBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Iran paid Argentina for 50,00

Bank of America signed a business cooperation agreement with China Trust and Investment Corp. for Fo

Questions swirl around Argentina's economic prospects even after the International Monetary Fund app

EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE U.S. (New York) - Joseph W. Keane was named vice president,

The Senate today will attempt to end a filibuster against employee health risk notification legislat

State regulators of the insurance industry are responsible for overseeing insurance company practice

Most of the major insurance companies were caught unaware when news of the impending antitrust suits

Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., chairman of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee, Tuesday un

Municipal Cover Pool Proposed in NJTRENTON, N.J. - A statewide insurance pool for communitie

President Francois Mitterrand said Tuesday he will seek a second term, ending months of speculation

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. of Boston announced that it has acquired PAMCO Group Inc., a registered

General Electric is recalling about 45,000 GE and RCA brand electric surge suppressors that could pr

The debt payment problems of the mid-income developing nation is likely to be the main issue at next

The selection of Michael B. Smith, deputy U.S. trade representative, to lead U.S. negotiations this

The West German Cabinet Tuesday approved a 20 billion deutsche mark (US$11.7 billion) tax reform pac

Mitsubishi Electric Co. appointed Masatoshi Kawasaki president of Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc

H.J. Heinz Acquires Botswana Soap GroupH.J. Heinz Co. has purchased Kgalagadi Soap Industrie

Computer Firm Plans Office in W. GermanyMUNICH, West Germany - Corporate Software Inc. of We

Brazil took another step toward easing trade tensions with the United States this week by officially

Best Western is trying to become Best Eastern as well. The Phoenix-based hotel company says

Reports of the demise of the customs broker and freight forwarder have been greatly exaggerated, som

The Annual Hong Kong Jewelry Show. March 23-26. Hong Kong Exhibition Centre in Hong Kong sponsored b

Maxtor Corp. of San Jose said this week the U.S. Customs Service has lifted duties on hard disk driv

K mart Corp., the world's second-largest retailer, announced Jack D. Guthrie will head the company's