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1)Current Textile Quotas: Where the Average Recent Utilization RateIndicates Full Quota Util

At least one Brazilian company is looking for a bigger share of the U.S. market, whether or not the

Oman Notifies Japan It Will Trim Oil SalesOman has notified Japan's six agents for long-term

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. management told financial analysts here Thursdaythat financing arran

Tecmarine to Launch Containership ServiceTecmarine Lines will inaugurate direct containershi

Members of the Maryland House Appropriations Committee are questioning whether proposed legislation

Jan. 28, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

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Philippines May Ask US to Assume its DebtMANILA, Philippines - The United States should assu

I wish I could believe those economists who say the trade deficit doesn't make any difference.

Most presidential candidates reject arbitrary trade reprisals as an option for improving U.S. compet

Spiderman, Woody Woodpecker, Captain America, Betty Boop and Uncle Sam descended on London's Covent

I could own the European market in two years if the Europeans would let me sell my services there, i

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

THE LESS SAID THE BETTER may be the view held by insurers since the publication last month of an NAI

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

The Caribbean Community has postponed the start-up of a bank to finance the region's exports and imp

E-Z SERVE INC. (Dallas) - Jerry H. Mouser, E-Z Serve's president since its acquisition by Harken Oil

Northwest Turns Down Offer of ArbitrationST. PAUL, Minn. - Northwest Airlines has rejected a

US Share of Britain's Import Market ShrinksThe United States shipped more goods to Britain l

U.S. personal spending rose by 0.5 percent in December, the same as in the previous month, but spend

Increased container traffic helped push operating income up by 24 percent at Matson Navigation Co. l

Turning protein into particles that taste like fat, a sort of culinary lead- into-gold conjuring tri

When sweltering weather pushes electricity use to the limit next summer, Orange & Rockland Utilities

Coffee prices could rise 5 U.S. cents a pound if the International Coffee Organization authorizes an

International Business Machines Corp. restructured itself into five autonomous segments coordinated

Inter-Continental Equipment Inc., the container-leasing group, said it has formed a new subsidiary,

Sponsors of mandatory employer-sponsored health insurance are preparing a major push to enact legis

Thu., Jan. 28, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Labor contracts affecting more than half of U.S. refining capacity expire this weekend, and leaders

Truck lines operating in the eastern central United States approved a freight rate increase effectiv

Coal management and labor leaders locked in contract negotiations are prepared to work through the w

Ralph Sarotte, brand-marketing manager for Chrysler's new Eagle car line, was hunched prayerfully ov

Exxon oil tanker crewmen are picketing company offices in New York, accusing management of a series

State Insurance Commissioner Bill Gunter Wednesday pledged to push for legislation that would requir

U.S. game manufacturers have come to the birthplace of Trivial Pursuit this week to hunt for new way

When the assembly lines stopped and silenced Sweden's huge Volvo factory last week, it was another s

New Jersey Resources Posts Rise in NetWALL, N.J. - New Jersey Resources Corp. reported earni

Import prices other than fuel generally rose faster in the final three months of 1987 than in any ot

Alan J. Brody, chairman of the Commodity Exchange, criticized the New York Mercantile Exchange for d