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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange had record trading volume of 7,548,073 futures and options contracts

Greece's Socialist government is preparing early for next January, when it says austerity will give

Bankers in the Midwest say farmers are doing a better job of repaying their loans, an analyst for th

News of Paul Volcker's imminent departure from the Federal Reserve Board sent shockwaves through Eur

Union Pacific Corp. recently created an operating arm to develop and market its computer software an

Union Pacific Corp. agreed to grant some trackage rights requests filed by competing carriers in an

The allies of the United States must share the burden of keeping shipping lanes in the Persian Gulf

Shippers and forwarders doing business in Africa are becoming increasingly alarmed over an upsurge i

A growing number of people in the United States are going without any health insurance at all, accor

A new trade pact with Israel could result in increased Massachusetts exports to both Israel and Euro

GENERAL NEWS New home sales jumped 7.6 percent in April, the biggest increase in four months

Israel High-Tech Show Coming to New YorkISRATECH, Israel's leading high-technology trade sho

Bank of Japan Chief Defends Rate InactionSatoshi Sumita, Bank of Japan governor, reiterated

Air Products and Chemicals Inc. will increase list and off-list prices for selected specialty and hi

The number of Japanese tourists annually traveling abroad will double over the next five years under

National leaders at the Venice economic summit next week will endorse new procedures for monitoring

Paul Volcker, a dominant force in U.S. and global economic policy for several years, is leaving his

The Japanese crystal ball seems to be working perfectly. The news of an expected move by Nis

Authorities in China plan to invest nearly US$2 billion on new railroad lines in the heavily populat

Lufthansa is calling its innovative Cadillac air-bridge a success eight months after it started flyi

A general strike by at least 250,000 union workers protesting a proposed labor reform law ended Tues

An Iranian deputy foreign minister warned Tuesday that if his country could not export its oil, it w

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Rosenkranz Subsidiary Agrees to Buy RelianceDresser Industries Inc. said it signed a definit

Tenngasco Delivers To New La. CustomerTenngasco Corp., a unit of Tenneco Inc., has begun del

The Reagan administration's approach to clean coal promotion has begun to resemble hockey's three-go

Coal production in China will dip this year, largely because of inadequate rail road transportation

News that Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul Volcker is retiring surprised and shocked the foreign

Korea Electric Power To Sell Euroyen BondsSEOUL, South Korea - The Korea Electric Power Co.

Presidential Airways Inc.'s financial and passenger figures continued to decline after one full mont

The Boeing Co. of Seattle will pay $275 million in cash to take over Argosystems Inc., a Silicon Val

Britain, which has threatened to revoke the licenses of Japanese firms doing business in Britain unl

Interior Secretary Donald Hodel took the Reagan administration's case for oil exploration and develo

Fleet-Defense Panel Turns Ear to ShippersThe Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense will

Japan's shipping companies currently stand at a major crossroads that, if the wrong moves are chosen

In this age of consolidation, PACCAR Inc. decisively turns thumbs down to the notion of combining it

Paul A. Volcker's rule of the Federal Reserve Board has earned him legendary status. He is s

Nationale-Nederlanden reported first quarter net profit rose 4.4 percent to 117 million guilders fro

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts is charging Harvard Community Health Plan, the state's l