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Bank of New York Friday offered to acquire Irving Bank Corp. for $80 a share, or about $1.4 billion,

Fri., Sept. 25, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Cotton yarn futures in Tokyo have recovered from the brink of extinction to become one of the most a

Yugoslavia has asked Western creditors for a temporary freeze on its debt repayment, the official ne

Improved nutrition can be brought about even in countries where income is falling, according to the

Admitting its economy has been hurt by rigid isolationism, Vietnam says it is drawing up one of the

Moise Mensah, a West African known to U.S. diplomats as a Marxist who has learned to be comfortable

Castle & Cooke Inc., the parent of Dole Foods, agreed Friday to buy the California agricultural oper

Procter & Gamble Co. held on to its top ranking among the leading national advertisers in 1986 even

The vast majority of industrial facilities in New England have failed to meet new chemical reporting

The sleek white glider moved out of the heavily guarded hangar and paused on a runway in Chile's sou

LCP Chemical and Plastics Inc. was recently back in business four weeks after it shut down to correc

Extender and filler minerals in plastics are forecast to grow 5 percent annually through 1991, while

Foreign chemical firms, hoping to strengthen their position in the Japanese market, are moving quick

Olin Boosts Prices For Waychem LineSTAMFORD, Conn - Olin Corp. announced increases in list p

Firms Link to Develop Cervical Cancer TestPALO ALTO, Calif. - Syva, a division of Syntex Cor

Alcoa Chemie GmbH has announced the closing of its alumina refinery at the company's alumina chemica

Maran Coal Corp., a New York City trading company, emerged from intense competition among U.S. expor

AFG Industries Inc. announced that its Canadian subsidiary AFG Glass Inc. has signed a definitive ag

Coal's position in the European energy market, under attack from heavy fuel oil and nuclear power, h

Arch of Kentucky Inc. will supply 8,100 tons of steam coal to the Tennessee Valley Authority under t

Millstone 3 Plant Back in OperationWATERFORD, Conn. - The Millstone 3 nuclear power plant we

A top Nuclear Regulatory Commission official says Boston Edison Co.'s plan to restart the troubled P

Trucking companies, with assistance from railroads like the Crab Orchard & Egyptian Railroad, are fu

September 25, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gal

The Washington Public Power Supply System is being asked to terminate future construction on one of

California Will Fight Oil Companies' SuitSACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Lt. Gov. Leo McCart

Citrus Corp. of Houston and Florida Power & Light Co. of Miami have signed two separate 15-year agre

Argentina hopes to secure oil supplies from Iran and possibly from China as well. Local anal

The 1986 surge in oil use by electric utilities has been only partly rolled back, despite falling ga

Big Rivers Rural Electric Cooperative, which defaulted two years ago on $1.4 billion owed the federa

Minnegasco Inc., the Minneapolis gas utility, has received federal permission to import natural gas

The passengers aboard Capt. Kevin Earp's flight tonight are cold and cramped. Many of them are crabb

Pratt & Whitney Canada executives plan to bank more than one-fifth of companyrevenues in pre

Letter from Montreal: SPARE THE ROD and spoil the passenger.Had the Federal Aviation Adminis

Daniel J. Kerrigan, retired president of Atlantic Container Lines, was elected president of the Cont

Railcar supplies across the Midwest and Southwest were tight and getting worse Friday as the 1987 ha

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