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Genetics Institute Inc., based here, and Schering-Plough Corp., of New York, have formed an alliance

Union No. 3 members at the Chilean Copper Corp.'s Chuquicamata mine have accepted the company's lat

A survey shows environmental damage is a serious crime in the minds of 84 percent of the American pu

W.R. Grace & Co. said that by the end of the year it will sell its Bekaert Textiles unit, based in B

Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Inc. announced that it will sell its Dietetique et Sante unit to Sandoz Nutritio

Gerald L. Maatman, president and chief executive officer at Long Grove, Ill.- based Kemper National

Insurance officials were optimistic Monday that a stalemate over workers compensation insurance refo

As of July 8, 1991 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

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1649 (July 8, 1991) Previous day - 1663 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

The U.S. Customs Service is developing a computer system that promises to help exporters generally w

European airlines are fighting a frantic rearguard action against the European Community Commission'

Future air express operations are likely to include increased use of quick- change and combi aircraf

The U.S. dollar drifted lower, except against the yen, Monday in a slow and listless market.

There is an even chance that Japan and the European Community will have a joint declaration on their

Demand for investment capital in Eastern Europe, a unified Germany and the post-gulf war Middle East

The Federal Maritime Commission is permitting Matson Navigation Co., San Francisco, to delay payment

The attempt by the Port of Los Angeles to implement a five-year schedule of tariff increases is part

SPI PHARMACEUTICALS SALES, EARNINGS RISECOSTA MESA, Calif. - SPI Pharmaceuticals Inc. said i

Union des Assurances de Paris (UAP), France's largest insurer, and Banque Nationale de Paris (BNP) a

Aluminum ingots- $1,315-$1,325 per ton lots & in warehouse min. 99.

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The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Friday at 206.68 off 0.12 which compares w

Three Weeks Ended June 29, 1991, vs. Similar 1990 Period Cars Cars Loaded LoadedC

For every six full containers shipped from the Far East to Europe, five return empty. While

TALK OF SANCTIONS SENDS TOKYO STOCKS LOWERTOKYO - Tokyo stocks closed sharply lower Monday,

Wisconsin Central Ltd. has agreed to purchase a 102-mile line between Superior and Ladysmith, Wis.,

Air Express International Corp. has shifted its North American management to consolidate negot- iati

Australian economists may have to start looking into waste bins to find signs of recovery in recessi

FATHER KNOWS BEST. And Ed Guilbert, the man known as the father of electronic data interchange, has

FLAGSHIP EXPRESS INAUGURATES SERVICEFlagship Express began its transcontinental DC-8-71 frei

China said its imports from the United States have "increased sharply" so far this year compared wit

Robin Cornish was named general manager of marketing and pricing for the ship line's North Europe/Un

Author Daniel Yergin scolds us gently, calling the modern U.S. consumer merely ''the Hydrocarbon Man

A congressional investigating agency says the nation's ancient fleet of mothballed cargo vessels no

Textile lobbies have mounted pressure on the government to restrict the export of cotton in the 1991

New York Mercantile Exchange July 5, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

July 8, 1991 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

Francisco Rojas, chief executive of the state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos SA, is walking a tightrope i