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The port of San Francisco said it expects the Food and Drug administration. to accept it's offer of

American Hoechst Corp. is planning to negotiate with the Federal TradeCommission in hopes of

The U.S. dollar steadied Thursday in relatively quiet trading after its hectic, week-long fall again

Foreign investment is important to Mexican industrial development and creation of jobs but is not th

Inventories Edged DownIn NovemberBusiness inventories edged downward 0.2 percent in

For manufacturers, 1987 ought to be the best year to come along since 1980 - especially for makers o

SOWING THE WIND: The familiar refrain of warnings about trade and budget deficits can dull the sense

GENERAL NEWS For U.S. manufacturers, 1987 ought to be the best year to come along since 1980

British exporters expect new U.S. markets to open up as a result of the recent realignment of the wo

The dollar's plunge to a six-year low against the Deutsche mark this week has left West German expor

Snow Gains Top PositionAt CSX UnitRICHMOND, Va., - CSX Corp. elected John W. Snow pr

The Senate Budget Committee will go back to normal procedures to frame its own fiscal 1988 budget pl

U.S. industry's competitiveness will decline even further if Congress passes protectionist legislati

Export Controls Lifted WASHINGTON - The Reagan Administration will lift export controls on U

A major supplier to Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will build a $37.5 million auto parts plant in this Cha

The U.S. energy industry's fondest dream of 1986 is coming true in the new year: members of the worl

Egypt Raises Oil Prices By $1 to $1.25 a BarrelCAIRO, Egypt - Egypt raised the price of its

Historical buying practices for strategically essential commodities shouldserve as an import

Most oil companies involved on the Norwegian continental shelf have been careful to avoid criticizin

European spot oil prices rose by about 25 cents a barrel Thursday, makinggains over the week

January 15, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

Chevron Chemical Co. announced plans to shut down and mothball its ammonia fertilizer plant at Pasc

South Korea's Yukong Ltd. has chosen the M.W. Kellogg Co., an engineering contractor, to design and

The wintertime doldrums disappeared from this quiet farm town after a small army of well drillers ro

Miles Laboratories Inc. is introducing a new Extra Strength Alka-Seltzer that combines more aspirin

Sales of basic oleochemicals in EC countries will grow an average 2.5 percent per annum from 1985's

Du Pont Critical Care reported that the Food and Drug Administration approved introduction of Brevib

Fertilzer ConsumptionFalls 6 percentDomestic consumption of fertilizer products was

The Procter & Gamble Co. plans to consolidate all of its Richardson-Vicks operations in Connecticut

Canadians OptimisticFor 1987The plastics industry of Canada had a good year in 1986

Scientists have shown for the first time that certain bacteria can be used to transfer foreign genes

Some of the planned changes in the London Metal Exchange's trading practices look unlikely to be in

Aetna Life & Casualty Co. is moving full force into the tight directors and officers liability marke

A controversial federal farm loan program has succeeded in paring huge surpluses of rice and cotton,

The Brazilian 1986-87 (October-September) soybean crop should be about 16 million metric tons, base

A consensus could build that too much is being spent on federal agricultural programs and a ceiling

Farm Machinery Output Hit Record Low in '86The production of tractors and other farm machine

A national consumer group has sided with the Reagan administration against any move in Congress to l

Ocean carriers aren't the only ones feeling the pain of the worldwide shipping slump. The Am

American Transport Line's decision to start a container service to South America could have signific