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The Federal Maritime Commission has a history of approving charter deals like Sea-Land Service Inc.'

Representatives of seamen's unions met Thursday with United Nations Secretary- General Javier Perez

The ferry strike that was threatening to bring chaos to Britain's ports was called off Thursday.

The pending return of the world's largest containerships to service by threetrans-Atlantic s

The Financial Accounting Standards Board will go forward with plans to require corporations to list

The Legislature passed bills Wednesday to establish voluntary arbitration in malpractice cases and l

Operating Income Increases at ChubbChubb Corp. Thursday reported that operating income for t

Mass. Insurers Trying To Cut Car Repair CostSome auto insurers in Massachusetts are setting

The U.S. dollar reversed course and turned sharply lower against the deutsche mark and pared earlier

China's State Council will issue 9 billion yuan ($2.4 billion) worth of treasury bonds this year, th

CANADIAN IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE (New York) - Theodore Wolf joined the Canadian bank's New York-ba

Rising exports will boost the Midwest economy this year, according to Joseph W. Duncan, corporate ec

The productivity of non-farm businesses fell at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 0.2 percent in

Reports that Washington is seeking Britain's help to force a revaluation of the Hong Kong dollar sho

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

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

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Thu., Feb. 4, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

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Canadian Automakers Report Sales IncreasesTotal car sales by Canada's three major automakers

The U.S. Commerce Department has appointed Joel W. Barkan director of the New York District Office o

Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita said Thursday he fears that the U.S. Congress may impose sanctions a

Mexico registered an $8.43 billion trade surplus in 1987, an increase of 83 percent over 1986, the g

Japanese Report Shows Trade DeficitJapan posted a preliminary unadjusted trade deficit of $5

Japan will propose in forthcoming international negotiations on agriculture trade that nations be en

Japanese farmers are the world's most highly subsidized and protected, according to one of the best

Reagan administration officials, disappointed with Japanese purchases of U.S. semiconductors, said T

By 6:30 most evenings the cobblestone market square that forms the heart of West Germany's capital h

Ten years after the death of Elvis Presley, the McCormick Distilling Co. of Weston, Mo., has produce

On an icy winter evening there is something quite cozy about the Harvard Club. The bar and dining ro

Chinese officials said Thursday that talks with U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter revealed b

Current Textile Quotas: Where the Average Recent Utilization RateIndicates Full Quota Utiliz

Commerce Says Dutch Dump Brass MaterialsBrass sheet and strip from the Netherlands are being

The first shipment of Thai-made cars to enter North America was discharged at a terminal near Vancou

A British company has developed a new type of tile that can be laid loosely for temporary or permane

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

Business people have mixed feelings about President Reagan's decision to end duty-free privileges on

U.S. importers can help boost Ghanaian exports to the United States by supporting some of the cost o

MIXED ECONOMIC SIGNALS continue to cloud the central issue of how bad a slowdown may be coming.<