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PHILLIPS PETROLEUM TO CUT 1,100 JOBSNEW YORK - Phillips Petroleum Co. Tuesday said i

Switzerland posted a January trade surplus of $63 million (93 million Swiss francs), compared with a

Regulators' failure to identify and correct financial problems at four large insurance companies led

Officials of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union angrily denied charges that u

Not surprisingly, John Stocker, president of the Shipbuilders Council of America, telephoned to comp

The wave of privatization and free trade sweeping Latin America these days has generated an unpreced

As of Feb. 14, 1992 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list price

Japanese-owned Nintendo of America Inc. will ask U.S. trade officials to help Nintendo fight what it

Exports of chemicals gave an unprecedented boost to the U.S. industry in 1991, making up for weak do

A senior executive of Boeing Co.'s commercial jetliner group has told employees of its 777 Division

Like a reluctant class sitting for a school photograph, the U.S. chemical industry is having some tr

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Some Western governments are concerned their nationals might be preventedfrom leaving Libya

Upset by a lawsuit for damages stemming from union observance of a 1991 secondary boycott against CS

Feb. 14, 1992 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPrev.Close High Low

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Only 16 items remain on India's restricted list of imports after a drastic pruning announced last we

Feb. 14, 1992 No. 4/ No. 6/ No. 6/1% 1% 0.5%

Trade officials from a number of countries are discussing a limited role for a United Nations commit

(Pounds Sterling Per Metric Ton) Feb. 14, 1992Bid AskedCopper_

AIR PRODUCTS TO BUILD COGENERATION FACILITYALLENTOWN, Pa. - Air Products and Chemicals Inc.

Argentina's economy is slowly recovering from a four-year recession, but times are still tough down

The United States has set a March 31 deadline for the European Community to agree to a plan to reduc

Shake-ups at two major surplus line insurance brokerage firms are creating new competition and new h

Angry investors in the giant Lloyd's of London insurance market took their fight over losses to the

General liability protection, once elusive to professionals who test and clean up buildings contamin

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Freightliner Corp. of Portland, Ore., took the lead in sales of heavy trucks last monthas the recess

The adaptation of "big bag" cargo containers, already used to transport minerals, powdered detergent

A proposed agrarian reform law in Honduras, expected to be approved by Congress this month, would en

Feb. 14, 1992 Copper Total, 30,821. Gold Total, .1,359,567.Silver Total, .274

Quotations, provided by Citibank/New York, Foreign Exchange Desk, are offered rates of New York City

A dramatic and puzzling increase in the number of thefts from sealed containers here has prompted sh

A state agency plans to lease six ships from overseas companies to boost India's shipping capacity q

Fri., Feb. 14, 1992 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Anyone familiar with the Brazilian coffee institute or the institute for sugar and alcohol can count

Virgin Atlantic Airways Inc. plans to double cargo handling when it moves to larger quarters at John

RUSSIA PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR LITHUANIA AGREEMENTThe Russian government pledged its support for

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The Interstate Commerce Commission turned down National Freight Inc.'s application to provide its ow