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OPIC Extends Cover To Qatar and BahrainThe Overseas Private Investment Corp. extended its in

The upcoming summit meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will be crucial to the gro

Spain's state oil company, Hispanica de Petroleos SA, or Hispanoil, is looking to acquire reserves i

Rep. Guy Molinari thinks about it every day: the people in the planes, the planes crowding the sky,

Hewlett-Packard Co. has introduced three new technical computers in its Spectrum line, including the

Customhouse brokers need not fear they will lose business as the Customs Service introduces its new

Columbus Line Joins Inter-American GroupColumbus Line became a member of the Inter-American

Major Japanese electronics firms, buffeted by the soaring yen, have reported sharp declines in fisca

When John Warnock and Charles Geschke founded Adobe Systems Inc. of Palo Alto in 1982, they planned

The upcoming summit meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations will be crucial to the gro

Transamerica Acquires Fairmont FinancialTransamerica Corp. said it completed the acquisition

Tenneco Energy Ltd., and Canterra Energy Ltd., as partners, entered into an agreement with the Alber

Dutchess County will challenge the need for a gas pipeline through local communities even though a P

After four years of below-par performance, South Africa's chemical industry (annual sales: $10 billi

INTERMODAL ASSOCIATES CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA (Minneapolis) - John E. Bennington, assis

Eighty West German import companies are under investigation for alleged multimillion-dollar fraud an

Ordinary income on freight railroads in the United States decreased 60 percent in 1986, the Associat

A BITTER BEHIND THE SCENES DISPUTE reached a climax of sorts last week. This came with discl

New Maine Terminal Nears Final HurdlePORTLAND, Maine - A proposed intermodal terminal here i

Profits from United Parcel Service Inc.'s trucking operations plunged by nearly one-third in the fir

The U.S. Energy Department said a federal appeals court ruling upholding the validity of synthetic g

Two Buyers Will Share Cogeneration PlantEnron Corp. said its subsidiary, Enron Cogeneration

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Key stevedores in New Orleans, hoping to block rubber importers from going to another port, have agr

Grape Grower Expects A Peaceful HarvestTHERMAL, Calif. - The Coachella Valley's largest tabl

Ministers of the six member nations of the European Free Trade Association meeting in Switzerland re

In a move hailed by environmentalists, Arco Petroleum Products Co. will sell methanol fuel in at lea

Oil prices weakened slightly on the Rotterdam spot market as more crude from the Middle East arrived

The Tennessee Valley Authority's spot coal awards slowed to a trickle in mid- May when the power pla

The latest spate of economic reports from the government amounted to a nice bo nus before the holida

The new longshoremen's contract has induced more than 1,000 dockworkers to retire in the New York/Ne

It's seven o'clock Sunday evening in May. But as they used to say on radio, ''Let's take you back to

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

A $1.8 billion subsidy program to help curb surplus milk production fails to ensure that all payment

Quebec's provincial government cannot accept a U.S. demand for the elimination of restrictions on fo

International Minerals & Chemical Corp. will sell a group of small volume retail fertilizer centers

Simex Investigating Alleged Trading AbuseSINGAPORE - The Singapore International Monetary Ex

The Federal Maritime Commission won't let a company's going out of business deter its tough enforcem

An Iranian gunboat attacked a small Qatari ship in the Persian Gulf, critically injuring three crewm

The United States is pressing South Korea and Taiwan to adopt the open-market policies of Singapore