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The widow of an astronaut who died in an Apollo spacecraft accident urged thefamilies of cre

Sumitomo to Invest In France's ParibasJapan's Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. will buy about 500

International Business Machines Corp. reported that earnings fell 48.2 percent in the fourth quarter

A new statistical report by the Agriculture Department shows that, while net farm income was at a ne

A federal judge rejected a bid by the American Medical Association and other groups to delay new rul

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Worth Chemical Corp. announced the purchase of a modern facility on Fruehauf Drive, just west of I-

Knoll AG, a member of the BASF Group, and Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. agreed to form Knoll Taisho Phar

The Silanes and Silicones Group of Dynamit Nobel Chemicals aligned and expanded its marketing organi

Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. announced it has entered into an agreement to sell its Ladish Co. subs

Danochemo Hikes Vitamin A PricesDanochemo USA Inc. is increasing its prices for vitamin A pr

The fight has already begun over introducing daylight-saving time this summer. Energy Minist

The Japanese have forced British Columbia's major southeastern metallurgical coal producer, Vancouve

Northern States Power Co. in Minnesota reduced the amount of coal it will take from two Montana supp

Forest Laboratories Inc., an international pharmaceutical manufacturer and marketer, announced it co

Japan will continue pouring billions of dollars into foreign exchange markets on a daily basis to pr

Cuomo Proposes Funds For NY Energy PlanALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. Mario Cuomo has proposed

The conventional wisdom is that foreign exchange intervention doesn't work to alter basic currency m

The Taiwanese dollar was quoted Tuesday at 35.14 to US$1, its highest level since 1958, as the U.S.

The Department of Transportation generally supported a Federal MaritimeCommission proposal t

A turnkey contract worth some US$139 million for bulk materialhandling facilities at Nhava Sheva por

A union representing shipyard workers in the province of Quebec has approved a proposed major takeov

Dixie Services Wins Approval as AnalyzerThe Customs Service approved Dixie Services Inc., Ga

Japanese Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said it may be possible to reach an agreement with the Uni

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it signed an agreement with the government of Jamaica u

Tin Producers Meeting To Fix Export QuotasKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Members of the Associatio

Ten states, mostly large grain and cotton producers, accounted for more than 63 percent of the $7.7

The Chinese 1986 cotton crop is smaller than expected and will cause a drop in China's 1986-87 (Sept

In a move aimed at undermining a thriving black market in hard currency, the government of Guyana ha

Cocoa-trading nations decided unanimously to bring into force their new agreement to stabilize price

California Gov. George Deukmejian told Japanese businessmen Tuesday they must act quickly to avoid a

Japan's Steel Output Down 6.7 percent For YearJapan's 1986 crude steel output was down 6.7 p

The Brazilian government, its economic policies in shreds, began talks with business and labor leade

Aquino Issues Warning MANILA, Philippines - President Corazon Aquino warned that democracy '

LEFT HAND, RIGHT HAND: In recent weeks, hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of imported electrica

MINISTRY OF INDUSTRIES, GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH INVESTORS' FORUM. Main objective is to promote fore

A recent change in U.S. defense procurement policy may spark a boom for Caribbean electronics assemb

China's crackdown on "bourgeois liberalism" is necessary, but the country will not change its reform

Jack Hughes Joins StaffOf InsurerHome Insurance Co. hired Jack R. Hughes as senior v