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Recent reports of a pileup in the nation's inventories spells trouble for importers, not U.S. manufa

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

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

Canadian Shipbuilding and Ship Repair Association. Annual technical conference. Feb. 15-16 at the Qu

Two commuter ferries that collided in Raritan Bay on a foggy June evening were traveling too quickly

Greece's Socialist government appears to be moving to make the Greek ship registry more competitive.

Westinghouse Gets DOE Research PactThe Energy Department said it awarded Westinghouse Electr

Lear Petroleum Corp. announced Wednesday that BP America Inc. has offered to acquire all outstanding

Courier Dispatch Group Inc. has agreed to purchase the assets of WACO Courier. It also entered into

Improving China's roads, especially those serving major ports, will be the key concern of a forthcom

Moving at a freeway-like pace, a Senate committee took about 30 seconds to approve a bill that would

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

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

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

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

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

Beyond the pale of the Great Wall in the hard-rock badlands of northern China, a Chinese wine maker

Japan is a very high potential market for U.S. construction firms, a Japanese construction industry

A downstate legislator, Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, D-Westchester, says he has questions about the

Maritime and insurance industry opinion remains split on a Maritime Administration proposal to broad

The House Merchant Marine Subcommittee approved legislation expanding the authority of the Transport

Imposition of so-called negative interest rates on large bank balances held in Hong Kong dollars is

Commodity Exchange Inc. may move quickly to change its copper futures contract to an all high-grade

USAir Plans to Expand Pittsburgh ServiceUSAir will link four new cities with its Pittsburgh

Mayor Wilson Goode has urged the state to take over operations at Philadelphia's troubled port as a

Japanese youngsters attend private-school classes here that duplicate the curriculum taught in Tokyo

Four years ago, working for the best-prepared, best-funded Democrat ever to compete in the Iowa cauc

Doctors would be given limited immunity for emergency room errors under legislation designed to grap

The Texas New Mexico Power Co. said it will reduce its purchase of bulk powerfrom other supp

Michigan Firm Named One of Fastest GrowingFARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. - American Business Comput

Frank Drozak, president of the Seafarers' International Union, urged Defense Secretary Frank Carlucc

Six months ago, the executives of Europe Container Terminus, or ECT, were sunk in despair about the

Kenya is beginning to export more value-added products to the United States, diverging from its repu

WE'RE NOT byte-heads! That was one of the rallying cries at a recent conference, a Shippers'

Japan's motor vehicle production in December rose 1.9 percent from a year earlier, the Japan Automob

You might call Canada the great undiscovered market to the north. Because of its proximity a

The St. Paul Cos. Inc. is slated to become the first insurer to own outright a broker approved to do

Representatives of major North Carolina chemical and pharmaceutical companies have formed the Chemic