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Europe Import Agents Must Transpose CodesAgents handling imports from U.S. suppliers will ha

A little over two decades ago, the first Consumer Electronics Show drew 9,000 members of a $5 billio

Formal government go-ahead for a $1.2 billion petrochemical complex in Thailand, the country's secon

BASF Corp. chemicals division is increasing capacity for toluene diisocyanatefrom 135 millio

A new overnight "sprint" train service out of Portland is proving popular with shippers, according t

Mandatory guidelines covering hospital tests of patients for AIDS virus infection are needed to stop

Japan Ready to Accept GATT's Import RulingJapan is ready in principle to accept last month's

Jamaica's foliage and cut-flower industry expects bumper harvests this year to accommodate U.S. cons

After a tussle with seven other bidders, Unisys Corp., headquartered in Detroit, has won a US$650,00

EPA to Delay Curbs On Use of PesticidesThe Environmental Protection Agency said it was postp

TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY JAMES BURNLEY IS EARNING THE SAME OLD MARKS for exhibiting the same old att

Transportation users are unhappy with the nation's ability to move people and goods and expect furth

A western Canadian airline may buy 82-passenger British Aerospace BAe 146 jets, in part because of d

Women's International Trade Association Meeting. Jan. 12. Philadelphia. Contact Charlie Fairburn at

Fri., Jan. 8, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

China agreed Friday to accept substitutes for some Toshiba Machine Co. products, partially resolving

Treasury Minister Nigel Lawson said last week that 1988 will bring another year of strong economic g

A drop in heating oil consumption in 1987 caused the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries'

1319.5 (Jan. 8) Previous day - 1295.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in L

NY Transport Official Joins Research BoardThe Transportation Research Board has named Frankl

The foreign exchange market is likely to remain highly volatile, following one of the most turbulent

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission said the stock index markets remained healthy during the Oc

U.K. stock market analysts have an optimistic outlook for share prices during the first quarter, as

A British company has developed a chain saw sharpener that will grind saws quickly and accurately wi

Import Surge Blamed On Commodities FlowA semiofficial government analysis of U.S. trade data

The Tennessee Valley Authority continued to turn to the spot market to supply coal for two of its ge

Rail to Water Transfer Corp. has earned its reputation transferring coal from railcars to ships, but

January 8, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

Aeroflot to Compensate Passengers for DelaysThe Soviet national carrier Aeroflot, notorious

In an effort to reduce debt, Emery Air Freight Corp. of Wilton, Conn., has sold a significant portio

Wealthy Japanese entrepreneurs, corporations, provincial governments, even religious sects, made ric

President Miguel de la Madrid, trying to rouse support for an emergency inflation-fighting program,

The Jamaican government has revoked the bauxite mining lease of a refining company owned by two U.S.

Communist rebel leaders warned that U.S. troops and businesses are subject to attack. It was

Customs brokers and importers who last year struggled with a series of changes introduced by the U.S

Japanese Bond Trading Unofficially BeginsSpot option trading on Japanese government bonds st

Figures published on Dec. 30 from the Society of the Plastics Industry's October resin statistics we

Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. is escalating its war of words with Santa Fe Southern Pacific C

The New Jersey Assembly's Republican majority is ending the current two-year legislative session in

The Agriculture Department is seeking comments on proposed procedures for a referendum among cattle