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Louis Mizell, a terrorism intelligence officer with the U.S. State Department, recently passed throu

Hauser Chemical Announces AgreementsBOULDER, Colo. - Hauser Chemical Research Inc. announced

Traders in U.K. government bonds complained earlier this week that the London International Financia

Grace Ventures Corp., a venture capital subsidiary of W.R. Grace & Co., has invested an estimated $3

Two major British insurance companies more than doubled their profits during the first half of 1987.

When London securities firms were desperately recruiting staff to man their new high-tech dealing ro

The Bank of Japan and the country's Finance Ministry have purchased more than 500 billion yen ($3.3

A British politician is calling for tariffs and other trade measures against Japanese exports to Eur

A delegation of Israeli orthodox rabbis is visiting Bangkok this week to resolve a dispute over whet

Philippines Targeted For Wheat PurchaseThe Department of Agriculture targeted the Philippine

Combined revenue and tonnage increased for the North Carolina State Ports Authority during the last

Ford Motor Co. will make TRW Inc. of Cleveland its main supplier of air bags and advanced seat belts

Japan's business community will provide all-out support to the Nakasone administration's decision to

Mike Bradshaw, a geologist with Conoco Inc., digs out a handful of gray sandfrom a bluff ove

An exhibition with a difference is being planned for China late this year - showing off the worst ra

Black Group to Buy South Africa Bus FirmJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - In one of the largest p

Tax preferences for certain insurance companies will be under fire as Congress faces mounting pressu

Nine states have recently received funds from the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund to dev

The U.S. market for methanol is strengthening, driven mainly by a reduction in capacity and a drop i

California's insurance commissioner opposes sale of additional types of insurance at banks, saying s

IGI Inc. and Rorer Group Inc., signed an agreement to jointly develop and commercialize a broad rang

Two years after a packed Japan Air Lines jumbo jet crashed into a mountain in history's worst single

The Tennessee Valley Authority will phase out a nuclear contract with General Electric Co. worth nea

Wed., Aug. 12, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Pratt & Whitney Notes 25,000 Engine DeliveriesThe Pratt & Whitney division of United Technol

American Airlines became the third major U.S. carrier to match fare increases and a new discount res

Tri-Central Marine Terminal Inc. will double its fuel oil and chemical storage capacity with the pur

New Hampshire Port Authority Director Ernest Conner hopes his 10-acre terminal here will be maxed ou

Japanese Islands Linked by New BridgeA worker tightened the last bolt Wednesday on a 12.3-ki

Several major ship lines and some fruit and car importers are discussing using the vacant Howland Ho

The West Coast shipping industry Wednesday was still waiting to hear the results of a close longshor

A team of U.S. traffic engineers will try to help China's largest city untangle its daily monster tr

Crouse-Hinds Names Tuck to New PostSYRACUSE, N.Y. - Crouse-Hinds Co., a Syracuse-based elect

U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese III arrived Wednesday to help lead a conference in which 1,700 U.S

Where, my lords and ladies, can you meet Robin Hood and his nemesis the Sheriff of Nottingham, rub e

The Indonesian Textile Association protested to the U.S. government Wednesday, saying proposed U.S.

The California state Insurance Department is advocating changes in the way reinsurers provide financ

Representatives of the major industrialized nations are scheduled to complete negotiations in Septem

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

U.S. housing completions fell 2.7 percent in June to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.572 mill