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Mariko Ito, a former employee of Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan Ltd., thinks Japanese women are too co

GM LINES UP DEALERSFOR SATURN CARS IN JAPANTOKYO - General Motors Corp. said it has lined up

The newcomers ''are not (employed in) laundries in their own neighborhoods. They are integrated into

A recent ruling from the International Telecommunications Union allowing nations to suspend or outla

Sri Lanka's announcements about seeking bidders for control of two state-owned companies suggest str

EX-RAIL PRESIDENT PLEADSINNOCENT IN SPILL CASEANCHORAGE - The former president of the White

Pakistan has asked the World Trade Organization to review the Uruguay Round agreement on textiles an

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COOPER/T. SMITH CORP.Ed Peterson was promoted to senior vice president of sales and marketin

West Coast longshoremen, going into their second week without a contract, staged a work slowdown Tue

General Motors, one of the world's largest and most exacting shippers, is rerouting U.S. business th

Russian cooperation with the West is facing its first post-election test this week as the United Sta

Steamship lines scrambled to get back to business Tuesday in Puerto Rico, thanking their lucky stars

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The recent rise in the value of the dollar against the Japanese yen has provided a big boost for Jap

Tuesday, July 9, 1996(Percentages Per Year) INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

SEAFARERS UNIONS RATIFYMATSON CONTRACTSAN FRANCISCO - Unions representing unlicensed seafare

Mary Schiavo is used to getting some heat for her blunt criticism of the transportation industry and

The dollar dropped back near 110 yen Tuesday as U.S. exporters complained that the current level of

Foreign investment in the United States rose for the third consecutive year in 1995, the Commerce De

Over the objections of U.S. ship workers, the Maritime Administration expanded a shipping law waiver

Expeditors International, the Seattle forwarder and logistics company, is opening an office here.

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, July 14, '95 - July 9, '96 (a graph)* An

GLOSSARYAR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

Swooping out of the blackness, the McDonnell Douglas and Airbus aircraft thunder into Federal Expres

FUTURE TALKS POSSIBLEBETWEEN CLINTON, CHINAWASHINGTON - The White House Tuesday said Preside

Japan's government sounded a new note of optimism Tuesday about the nation's economic recovery, but

A Japanese destroyer will visit Vladivostok in Russia's Far East later this month, the first Japanes

From fighters to freighters, this former U.S. Air Force base is pinning its economic revival on airc

Pasta prices are likely to head higher in the coming months following a U.S. ruling that found that

2 FIRMS MAKE JOINT BIDFOR COPPER PROPERTYTORONTO - Rio Algom Ltd. and Inmet Mining Corp. hav

Moves in some Western countries to link labor rights and environmental concerns with trade amounts t

A calculated move by the Clinton administration to avoid a bloody showdown with influential lobbies

Ontario Hydro has now restarted three reactors at its Pickering nuclear plant, a spokesman for the u

TRUCKSDORSEY TRAILERS POSTSLOSS, DROP IN SALESATLANTA - Dorsey Trailers Inc., a lead

The Federal Maritime Commission launched an investigation Tuesday of Brazilian shipping policies and

Western Resources has just sent mailings to shareholders of Kansas City Power & Light Co. in its pur

Commercial QuantityAluminum ingots_ $1,300-$1,500 per ton lots

As of July 9, 1996Quotations are based on prices reported in the market or obtained from sup