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Hershey Foods Corp. said it will cut 400 manufacturing, technical and administrative jobs over the n

Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has decided to revise its rice-control plan

Amid the screaming of the trading pits, where it is often difficult to hear yourself think, the key

Methanex Corp., the world's biggest methanol producer, said Monday it plans a $320 million expansion

Economic growth of nearly 4 percent this year and a further substantial gain in 1995 are prospects f

1863 (Nov. 1, 1994) Previous day - 1870 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Rescues at sea, often under harrowing conditions, were recognized by the United Seamen's Service, wh

GLOSSARY AR: American Tanker RateSchedule RevisedRS: American Tanker Rate Schedule

When you've been around the shipping business for a while, you start to realize one universal truth:

In the first Western commercial loans for ships carrying a Russian flag, the Primorsk Shipping Co. i

John Bowers, president of the International Longshoremen's Association, AFL- CIO, will receive the 1

Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. has announced changes in its spill-response methods and equipment in th

(1) DAILY INDEX * Annual Smoothed percent +18.0910/26 107.910/27 108.110

Maltese-registered ships head the list of vessels detained in a European or Canadian east coast port

The U.S. dollar declined Tuesday to near an all-time low against the Japanese yen on news of a break

The anti-incumbent tide expected in next week's congressional elections isn't likely torise high eno

The 20 percent decline in value of the Italian and Spanish currencies has substantially boosted thos

Reported labor abuses have spurred human rights advocates to launch a letter- writing campaign askin

"It is important that the U.S. government assist the private sector where it can so American busines

MIDEAST SUMMITEERS SAY FIRST STEP TAKENCASABLANCA, Morocco - Arabs and Israelis left a landm

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539 FOREIGN COMPANIES HAVE PLANTS IN JAPANA total of 539 foreign companies in Japan were ope

To learn the secrets of high-speed concrete block-making, an American contribution to modern archite

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Banco Latino International, which shut its doors amid a depositor panic in January, has entered into

Labor unions that vowed to punish Democrats who voted for the North American Free Trade Agreement ha

Brazil's economic tightrope act is taking its toll on Fernando Adeclides. Last month, the appliance

NORTH AMERICA Export Matchmaker '94: Exporting Medical and Healthcare Products. Nov. 8. New

Analysts from two ratings firms applauded Cigna Corp.'s plan to withdraw from the property-casualty

The state doesn't have a timetable to rule on homeowners premium increases requested by a state-spon

MASSACHUSETTS MAY CUT JOBLESS INSURANCE RATESThe Weld administration reportedly may call for

CIGNA REPORTS PROFIT IN THIRD QUARTERCigna Corp. reported third-quarter net income of $123 m

A fishy story is emerging after the North Sea grounding early Monday morning of fish-factory vessel

Latin American industrial manufacturers will join their European and North American counterparts in

A new insurance law expected to be passed in Venezuela in the next two weeks will allow 100 percent

DU PONT, RHONE PLAN CHINA FIBER VENTURESHENYANG, China - The Liaoyang petrochemical