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After federal agents seized many of its drugs on April 21, KV Pharmaceutical Co., Brentwood, Mo., as

Hoping to smooth the sell-off of petrochemicals producer Petroquimica Uniao SA (PQU), government and

Threatened disruptions at Logan International Airport continued despite the end of an American Airli

Eight law firms in Alabama and Florida are seeking to consolidate in one federal court all personal

The House again rejected an effort to scrap the Interstate CommerceCommission early Tuesday

A requirement that mining waste from a proposed gold mine north of Yellowstone National Park be haul

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CHINA TO BECOME PART OF GLOBAL PATENTS TREATYThe patent office said Tuesday that China will

Top officials from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank arrived in Nicaragua Monday fo

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Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1993 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by EAB New York, are selling rates among trading

Car-ferry service between Victoria and Seattle will resume in the spring, a government official said

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will resume talks with the Philippines on a new economic progr

Britain cut interest rates to a 16-year low Tuesday in a bid to accelerate economic recovery and off

In an unusually cautious move, German Finance Minister Theo Waigel said Tuesday that nobody could pr

Strachan Shipping Co. has made an out-of-court settlement to end a lawsuit that charged the Savannah

The U.S. dollar declined Tuesday after technical barriers thwarted an early advance in a thin holida

Gulf Coast refiners that are trimming crude oil inventories to minimize taxes assessed on their year

Once again, selection procedures for marine pilot trainees in San Francisco Bay are coming under fir

A collection of artifacts from shipwrecks is on display at the American Merchant Marine Museum from

Indonesia's state oil company Pertamina hopes to sign more oil contracts inDecember, said Gu

EC AND NORWAY INCH TOWARD OIL AGREEMENTOSLO, Norway - The European Community's oil c

Members of the United Mine Workers took down picket lines Tuesday as the union and coal companies re

Employees from France's electricity and gas monopoly, Electricite de France- Gaz de France (EDF-GDF)

It remains an ambition of French state-controlled oil company Elf Aquitaine to eventually to get 20

Tuesday Nov. 23, 1993 Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, representi

Sugar Ridge Coal Co. risks fines and the loss of a $322,000 bond if reclamation work doesn't begin i

Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd., the colony's premier boxship operator, is nearing final agreeme

A jury in Matagorda County, Texas, has awarded a Texas oil company, Rubicon, $417 million in a case

MARAD, CHINA EXTEND 1988 SHIPPING PACTWASHINGTON - U.S. and Chinese maritime officia

R.J. Ritchie, the mild-mannered and thoroughly pleasant president of CP Rail System, concedes he fac

Auto insurance rates for the state's worst drivers may to rise by 12 percent, a spokesman for Insura

The American Waterways Operators disputed a maritime union's claim that the high percentage of inlan

AMERICAN RE-INSURANCE CO. (Princeton, N.J.) - Paul St. Laurent was named vice president ofthe divisi

The state Supreme Court has ruled that insurers must pay the cost of defending most lawsuits against

China has selected 30 more ports and berths for upgrading, an official said Monday, the latest move

Commercial Quantity Aluminum ingots_ $1,230-$1,260per ton lots &