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Eastman Chemicals Division of Eastman Kodak Co. announced plans to expand production of distilled mo

A serious supply-demand mismatch is developing in the Indian coal industry. If the situation

A major synthetic glycerine plant modernization by Dow Chemical Co. nearing completion in Freeport,

Resins ProducersSpecializeSTAMFORD, Conn. - Major producers of engineering resins, s

Production of Canada's seven major grains in 1986 is expected to total 63.1 million metric tons, up

Open Market Sought ROME - Henry Goldfield, U.S. undersecretary of commerce for trade develop

London's influential insurance groups are welcoming long-awaited European Court of Justice rulings g

The westbound shipping conference for the trade from the Western Mediterranean to U.S. Atlantic and

Factory Orrders Plummet Orders to U.S. factories plunged 3.6 percent in October, the biggest

A series of new U.S. customs fees is embarrassing U.S. trade policy-makers. Within a period

The Brazilian government surprised local computer manufacturers and software houses Thursday, submit

Britain's international trade performance during the third quarter of the year was considerably wors

A government advisory council put finishing touches on a proposal for Japan's most sweeping tax refo

A Japanese businessman is plotting to overturn his government's tight ban on rice imports by any mea

With up to $56 million at stake, San Francisco International Airport asked the U.S. Court of Appeals

A Democrat-controlled Senate does not necessarily mean protectionist trade legislation will pass nex

Spending US$410 million to acquire a majority stake in Canada's Husky Oil Ltd. "should prove a good

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

STROLLING DOWN MEMORY LANE WITH NOTHING IN MIND: Twenty-five years ago, media philosopher Marshall M

Metropolitan Reinsurance Co. received a $25 million early birthday presentfrom its parent.

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Baxter Travenol Laboratories announced that it will eliminate an estimated 5,000 positions over the

Staff at the San Onofre nuclear plant are investigating two incidents of equipment tampering at the

The Society of Port Engineers New York. Dinner meeting in conjunction with the Institute of Marine E

Sen. J. James Exon, D-Neb., sees little chance of any massive infusion of government funds to revive

Typhoon damage to crops may force North Korea, normally not a grains importer, to buy substantial am

Nigeria's ban on wheat imports effective Jan. 1 threatens its ability to attract investments in whea

Japan's MITI Weighs Fund to Help BusinessesThe Ministry of International Trade and Industry

The prospective new chairman of the Senate Aviation Subcommittee appears ready to play hardball with

Unicorp Raises Stake In Purolator CourierUnicorp Canada Corp., a management investment and h

Suit by Gelco Claims Illegal Stock TradingGelco Corp. filed suit against a New York investor

Farm lenders, already reeling from a weak agricultural economy, are bracing for another round of far

Sudan Bank Fraud KHARTOUM, Sudan - Government investigators unearthed bank fraud so massive

Insurer AppointsThree VPsCapital Guaranty Insurance Co. said Kurt Guen, Helene F. Ja

The recent acceleration of progress toward dismantling economic barriers within the European Communi

Egypt Will Maintain Oil Export PricesCAIRO, Egypt - Egypt decided to maintain present oil ex

Ryder Truck Rental is cooling its rhetoric but says it will keep the heat on engine makers to set in

China's retail sales will reach 560 billion yuan ($150 billion) in 1987, up 13 percent from this yea

Trade between South Africa and the politically hostile black-ruled nations of Africa has experienced

December 3, 1986 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo