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Leaders of the National Pork Producers Council called on the U.S. Department of Agriculture to seek

CARNIVAL REPORTS RISE OF 14.8 PERCENT IN ITS NETCarnival Cruise Lines Inc. said Wednesday it

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MARSH & MCLENNAN COS. (New York) - Robert Clements was elected vice chairman of the company and will

Alaska's natives late Tuesday joined forces with their state and the federal government in filing la

As of Sept. 25, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list pric

China's macroeconomic policies are proving broadly successful, the World Bank said, but it must stic

Anthony D'Amato was named chief executive officer, effective Nov. 1. He has been president a

Plans by American International Group Inc. to withdraw from agency personal lines business and to re

Gov. Mario Cuomo's ambitious $7 billion plan to revitalize New York City's ailing economy contains s

The European Commission Wednesday proposed a controversial graduated energy tax, equivalent to $10 o

The Department of Transportation Wednesday tentatively approved the transfer of most of Pan American

The U.S. dollar moved broadly lower Wednesday, locked in a narrow range, in an anx- ious market fear

The narrow cobblestone streets in what a century ago was the West's rip- roaringest gold-rush mining

News at the U.S. Department of Agriculture that $1 billion is available for farm disaster aid likely

Corn and soybean futures traded higher Wednesday morning on news that the Soviet Union is increasing

The Pentagon admitted it could move cargo overseas more effectively by doing what liner shipping com

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A new joint service between Mediterranean Shipping Co. and Empremar SA will boost container volumes

Citicorp, the largest U.S. bank company, has agreed to sell one of its Italian operations to Banco A

Vietnam appears to be moving into use of offshore natural gas, now burned off, for domestic use but

Yasushi Mieno, Bank of Japan governor, Wednesday for the first time hinted at what the financial mar

The condition of the air cargo industry in eastern Europe is so precarious that domestic services wo

The Bush administration will announce a major new credit-guarantee package totaling as much as $2.2

The U.S. airline industry, devastated this year by the Persian Gulf war and recession, probably will

Canadian business leaders are enthusiastic over proposed sweeping constitutional changes that would

South Korea has renewed a campaign against "conspicuous consumption" that the United States has call

Tokyo Electric Power Co. has begun construction on the world's first advanced design nuclear electri

Nine U.S. shipbuilders received Navy contracts to develop designs for new military cargo vessels to

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

New York Mercantile Exchange Sept. 24, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cent

Argentine pharmaceutical companies have denounced what they termed "arm- twisting" by the United Sta

BASF FIBERS DIVISION ANNOUNCES PRICE HIKESWILLIAMSBURG, Va. - BASF Fibers Division will incr

Copper futures on the Commodity Exchange Inc. rallied early Wednesday on escalating political tensio

A five-man delegation from the Soviet Union's Red October confectionery will arrive here Oct. 7 to c

F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co., one of the world's largest drug companies, is expected to announce that

A wide range of nearly 150 U.S. state and local laws that restrict U.S. companies' business ties wit

Air France said Wednesday it plans to slash 3,000 jobs by 1994 and to cut annual costs by 1.5 billio

The Indian government plans to spend $156 million (4 billion rupees) over the next five years to exp