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Walsh Construction Co., a unit of Guy F. Atkinson Co. of California, started building a 30-megawatt

BASF will build another acrylic acid plant at its production complex in Ludwigshafen, West Germany,

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Philip Morris Inc. has reached a definitive agreement to sell Seven-Up Co.'s domestic business to a

Some Canadian officials are optimistic that there's room to negotiate on the Canada-U.S. lumber disp

Zimbabwe's most powerful grain lobbying group angrily protested a government plan to try to force fa

The Singapore International Monetary Exchange will become the first market in Asia to trade in U.S.

Phillips 66 Cuts PriceOf Ryton R-7PASADENA, Texas - Phillips 66 Co. slashed the pric

Bergen-based shipowners Petter Sundt and Morten Bergesen have decided to buy the total 49.7 percent

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

Pennsylvania Gov. Dick Thornburgh announced a 12-point legislative tort reform program that he said

State governments can help reduce the nation's persistent international trade deficit with improveme

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National Planning Minister J.B. Sumarlin said the government will increase the tax that Indonesians

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Iran, once the Middle East's second-largest oil producer after Saudi Arabia, will impose gasoline ra

As the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board continues its hearings on a low power license for the Seabr

G. Gitner Named CEOAt AtascoGerald L. Gitner, former president of Texas Air Corp., w

Pan Am Outlines Plan For La Guardia, DullesPan American World Airways has contracted to sell

Chase Manhattan Bank is getting tougher in its battle with Wah Kwong Shipping & Investment Co. Ltd.

The silence of strike-bound Port Elizabeth was broken Wednesday night by a celebratory blast on the

The Society of Marine Consultants. Symposium on the use of expert witnesses in legal disputes involv

The tentative New Orleans longshore contract gives employers an overtime-pay savings that union offi

Roadway Services Inc.'s third quarter earnings fell to $16.7 million, or 42 cents a share, from $20

Two of Greece's most ubiquitous cinema magazine and billboard characters, the Marl boro Man and his

GENERAL NEWSStates can help reduce the U.S. trade deficit by improving roads and ports, the

Hong Kong's largest property company, Hongkong Land Co. Ltd., is disposing of virtually all its hold

The Maritime Administration and the Federal Highway Administration resolved differences over the app

Hong Kong's largest property company, Hongkong Land Co. Ltd., is disposing of virtually all its hold

The government-backed export credit agency is moving to extend coverage to local buying offices of o

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H. Onno Ruding, the Netherlands finance minister favored to become the International Monetary Fund's

The third reactor of the Paks, central Hungary, atomic power station became operational early Sunday

Shippers said they are assessing their alternatives and watching news developments closely in the fa

Pa. House Passes P/C LegislationProperty/casualty insurance companies doing business in Penn

A Federal Aviation Administration proposal to limit the use of foreign repair and maintenance statio

Union leaders for workers of defunct Frontier Airlines accepted the conditions of a job offer for ab

Nicaraguan Contra rebels are counting on a new $100 million infusion of U.S. aid to gain them enough

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