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Analysts suggested the rise in durable goods orders in July wasn't as promising for the sluggish nat

Faced with heavy demand, American President Cos. said it doubled the number of its container trains

The landlocked nations of southern Africa, worried by South African threats to cut off their lifelin

The U.S. dollar moved higher over a broad front Friday in response to the surprising 4.3 percent inc

The Insurance industry split a decision with the public in a round of surveys about availability and

The U.S. property/casualty reinsurance industry continues to approach underwriting profitability aga

U.S. copper producers got unions to agree to wage cuts without a strike this summer, but the price

Japan's Nissho Iwai Plans Office in HanoiNissho Iwai Corp., a major Japanese trading firm, a

Horst K.D. Wallrabe, president of Miles Pharmaceuticals, announced Miles' decision to jointly market

The board of harbor commissioners approved port tariff increases expected to generate an additional

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Amoco Corp. added pre-employment screening and urinalysis to its policy of employee searches in the

Africa and Asia are the major destinations for used clothing, but large amounts of textile waste are

The United Kingdom's role as one of the leading exporters of capital was highlighted in latest gover

There are many donors around the world who want to help set up a viable link between the Indian Ocea

Buried in the House-Senate compromise tax reform bill are technical changes removing some of the sti

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

The European coal market remained quiet last week, taking its time to digest the effects of rising o

For Americans, the U.S. trade deficit is as burdensome as it is legendary, but at least one Far East

Directors of Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. rejected a $2.1 billion takeover bid by Wickes Cos. Inc.,

Someday, solar cells that can turn light into electricity will help irrigate the deserts and bring p

Chernobyl Radiation Worse Than ThoughtRadiation spread wider than first thought after the Ch

No announcement had been made at the weekend concerning the date and place for resumption of contrac

Soviet officials disclosed Kremlin overtures to China, the West and the Organization of Petroleum Ex

Gulf Canada Pulls Out Of Beaufort Sea ProjectEDMONTON, Alberta - Gulf Canada Corp. has decid

Seven new refineries are under construction in Gulf Cooperation Council states and will have a combi

The U.S. Arab Management Co. Inc., a Washington-based consulting firm that assists U.S. businesses i

Evidence of an economic slowdown in Canada is continuing to mount. The federal agency, Stati

Friday, August 22, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanadaU.K.

City councilmen plan to ask for a special appropriation to buy smoke detectors for the city's fireho

Fundamentals are deteriorating for the pharmaceutical industry, but drug stocks will continue to out

New Miss Maritime Crowned in New YorkJoyce Carmela" Baglietto, an office manager at P&O Bulk

Port of Seattle commissioners said the Inland Waters Coalition can use port facilities to hold a pub

First Commodity Corp. of Boston, one of the nation's biggest retail futures brokers, has been expell

American Motors Corp.'s joint-venture plant in China is back in business under a new agreement to sp

The Soviet Union apparently has had enough of being the odd man out of the world trade community.

The loss of a lucrative contract to fly supplies to an Angolan diamond mine was one of several even

South Africa has been stockpiling strategic minerals and manufactured products for the last 10 year

MARITIME TRANS FREIGHT LINES (New York) - Rupert M. Hickler was appointed owner's representa

State Health Commissioner David Axelrod said he wants New York's attorney general to shut down a Man