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Japan's Tosoh Corp. will restart a low-density polyethylene plant in central Japan that has been clo

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It was the continuation of a beautiful relationship. Thirty nine years ago, when Raymond F.

Investor Kirk Kerkorian said Monday that he would invest $250 million into troubled Trans World Airl

Coastal Corp. plans to roughly double its natural gas output to 400 million cubic feet a day within

The U.S. dollar's slide steepened Tuesday afternoon on speculation that German bank rates will rise.

Premier Li Peng said Tuesday that China will maintain its 30-month economic austerity program.

Some 60 graduates of American business schools will be taking their newly acquired expertise to East

In South Korea, the traffic around Seoul can make a U.S. urban highway at rush hour look like a spee

NORTH AMERICA Transworld Housewares Show. April 12-16. Rosemont, Ill. Contact Housewares Sho

1611 (Apr. 9, 1991) Previous day - 1608 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Marine terminal operators and carriers that specialize in niche commodities such as fruit, steel and

China is mounting an intensive lobbying campaign to retain normal trade status with the United State

The U.S. dollar was mostly higher on Monday after noon as traders moved to the sidelines awaiting go

The government of Brazil and the Bank Advisory Committee for Brazil reached a preliminary agreement

The Japan Import Board held its first round of talks Monday amid strong calls by the United States f

U.S. Agriculture Department officials will meet with domestic sugar producers and processors April 1

OPEN WIDE, or not? A few years ago, it was electronic communications packages designed to wo

The tanker market, which is broadly in balance right now, is likely to see a growing surplus of ship

MBIA Inc., an Armonk, N.Y.-based holding company for municipal bond insurer Municipal Bond Investors

Two of Bergvall + Hudner Group's three companies posted substantial drops in income for the fourth q

Canada will advance a US$500 million, five-year line of credit to Mexico's state oil monopoly Petrol

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

MOBIL CORP. GAS WELL PRODUCES RECORD FLOWA Mobil Corp. development well offshore Texas teste

Joint-venture operations between Scottish and U.S. oil companies in the North Sea could form the bas

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

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THESE DAYS, WHEN IT COMES to market share, you've got to be as bold as brass to hold on to what you

The Lloyd's of London insurance market has responded to the changing needs of the aviation business

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION RISES 13.7 PERCENT FOR CHINAChina's industrial production by value inc

Despite a public show of mutual support and gratitude between Japanese and U.S. representatives who

EC INVESTIGATORS RAID EUROPEAN STEEL FIRMSBRUSSELS, Belgium - European Commission investigat

Brazil's Verolme shipyard, the largest in Latin America, is waiting this week for a formal purchase

Quality and general freight carriers don't go hand in hand, at least not in the eyes of shippers mee

China plans to spend 6 billion yuan over the next decade to expand an international port near Shangh

Higher Soviet gold output and sales combined with a continuation of the U.S.dollar's firm tr