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PPG Industries announced the acquisition of Mazer Chemicals Inc. of Gurnee, Ill., a manufacturer and

Reform of the tort law liability system for settling civil complaints is alleviating the medical mal

Demand For BenzeneStrengthensThe market for benzene continues on an upward trend as

Resin Output IncreasedIn OctoberProduction of plastics resins totaled 3.891 billion

The property/casualty industry was asked to provide more "quality control" to improve the credibilit

GENERAL NEWS The Reagan administration can expect help from Congress on the budget, like it

Splashy TV reporter Geraldo Rivera did not libel a Palm Beach Jai Alai executive by implying that he

A Portland company that filed for protection under U.S. federal bankruptcy laws late last year won a

A delegation of U.S. and Canadian representatives will head for Europe next month to promote use of

Seaboard Marine Ltd. postponed a decision on whether to transfer the bulk of its operations to Miami

President Reagan proposed an 8 percent cut in overall spending for the Agriculture Department in the

US-EC Grain Dispute Could Widen Trade RiftA failure to resolve the U.S.-European Community d

India's shipping industry is drifting while government officials search for a way to address the deb

The government of Singapore expects a boom in high-technology exports to the United States as a resu

A decision last week to scrap a decade-old, self-imposed ceiling on military spending has generated

Having spent most of the last two weeks changing as much local currency as possible into U.S. dollar

After over a month of hesitation, President Corazon C. Aquino has appointed a former management att

Japan's agriculture minister ordered a review of Japan's food control system aimed at lowering price

While the attention of most Americans has been focused on Washington's undeclared and as yet ineffec

The Philippine government has postponed talks with 12 creditor banks on renegotiating $9.2 billion i

Two bankers predicted that Thailand's economy will grow by at least 5 percent this year, slightly hi

The Chicago Board of Trade traded more than 100 million futures contracts in 1986, setting new excha

The National Dairy Board, which is financed by the nation's milk producers, says one of its 1987 pro

Industrial uses of corn increased from 7 percent of the crop in 1975 to 13 percent in 1985.

Plans to build an extension of Gabon's chief port at Owendo are being revived, albeit in a scaled-do

IRS Urged to Focus On Land ConservationAs the Internal Revenue Service writes all the techni

Maritime industry executives are predicting a modest upturn for world shipping in 1987. At i

Israel Diamond Exports Reach Record LevelsTEL AVIV, Israel - Israel exported a record quanti

Environmentalists Hit Redwood Logging PlanSCOTIA, Calif. - A company's plan to double its pr

The government of Singapore expects a boom in high-technology exports to the United States as a resu

Despite few innovations in 1986, makers of personal computers saw a slight improvement in sales and

A West Coast charter operator offering short trips on the Concorde has postponed more than half the

Managers at the log-exporting port of Grays Harbor, after slicing $36 million from the expected cost

The Federal Maritime Commission's counsel said shipping agents failed to make a case against a Georg

Economic Reports WASHINGTON - The government will release consumer installment credit figure

The unusual acquisition of foreign shipbuilding rights and the swapping of chartered tonnage appears

A Reagan administration move to turn the Overseas Private Investment Corp., a federal agency, into a

A federal courtroom may be the next forum for new Interstate CommerceCommission rules for de

The second of Hong Kong's struggling shipping groups is sailing buoyantly into the New Year after a

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