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Wed., April 27, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Daily Index Textiles Metals Misc.Smoothedpercent Change, -0.90

Soviet consumers are still not getting all they want from their country's manufacturers, Moscow offi

EC Members Alerted To Poisoned GrapefruitBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission alerted

Thailand's textile and garment exports rocketed 78 percent last year to 36 billion baht (US$1.4 bill

American Cyanamid Co. is increasing prices on its line of textile chemicals by an average of approxi

A funny thing happened to Western Fuels Association Inc. when it went shopping for more than two mil

The mortgage industry wants to start banking on electronic data interchange, commonly known as EDI.<

Pan Am Pilots Sign Three-Year AgreementPilots at Pan American World Airways have ratified a

Like all good rumors that refuse to die, the one that has been making the rounds about Ford Motor Co

U.S. District Court Judge Harold H. Greene has before him a petition to extend a temporary restraini

The Military Sealift Command will spend over $154 million to charter six U.S.-flag vessels to carry

1377.5 (April 27, 1988) Previous day - 1393.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Excha

A letter sent to the Interstate Commerce Commission requesting directed service on Guilford Transpor

The Federal Railroad Administration said Wednesday that the fatal accident at a Springfield Terminal

Negotiators representing port authorities and the major Japanese longshore unions reached a conditio

Texas insurance agents may take the issue of expanded banking powers to the state Legislature if the

The U.S. dollar was narrowly mixed Wednesday in a thin, jumpy market. After edging slightly

A lot has been written about Americans doing business in China, but less attention is given to Chine

Traditional Exports Textiles, hand-made carpets, shrimp, sporting goods and gems.Potential E

U.S. personal income rose 0.8 percent in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $3.924 trilli

Orders received by 50 leading Japanese construction companies increased 17.1 percent in March from a

With container volume expected to double in the next dozen years, the Port of Seattle has unveiled a

Tantalizing signs of closer ties between China and Taiwan are emerging almost daily, despite the Tai

Surface Process Market ExpandsNew approaches to coating and surface technologies are doublin

The Fluorocarbon Program Panel of the Chemical Manufacturers Association is planning to provide fina

Michael S. Cammarata has close to two decades of air cargo experience - first with a major air forwa

Pan Am Achieves Pact With Flight EngineersFlight engineers at Pan American World Airways ove

Despite a weak economy in Alaska, a small fleet of barges from several companies still leaves Puget

While most other heavy truck makers were taking the wraps off their new aerodynamic models over the

Japanese imports of manufactured goods climbed by a record 25 percent last year to a value of $66 bi

Fed Official Cites Wage Inflation RiskPHOENIX, Ariz. - With the economy in the range of full

The awarding of a U.S. Patent Office first-ever patent for an animal - a mouse from Harvard Universi

Soybean oil Importer of fresh, chilled and frozen foodstuffs seeks U.S. suppliers of soybean

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The new executive director of the West Coast's busiest port approaches his job cautiously. T

TOP STORIES: Gulf ports emphasize marketing, new facilities to recapture business lost to in

There may not be enough re-supply vessels available to replenish a 600-ship Navy in a global war.

Major U.S. resins producers will accelerate a recent trend to downstream diversification integration

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