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Economist Lacy Hunt told mortgage bankers that the prevailing view of a short and sweet recession is

Politics and public policy are on the agenda for maritime labor leaders when the AFL-CIO Maritime Tr

HONEYWELL, SIAM STEEL SET KEYBOARD ACCORDEL PASO, Texas - Honeywell Inc. announced that it h

Canada's most industrialized province, Ontario, opposes a proposed free trade zone in North America.

Business Executives for National Security, a national association of 5,000 business executives and p

Malaysia's Consolidated Plantations will go ahead with a plan to build a second palm oil refinery in

A&A NET INCOME ROSE IN FOURTH QUARTERFourth-quarter operating income at Alexander & Alexande

British Airways posted a large decline in profit for the fiscal third quarter due primarily to decli

A seized Lloyd Brasiliero ship sailed to freedom Monday from Vancouver, British Columbia, but eight

TRADE VOLUME ROSE 14 PERCENT IN SINGAPORE IN '90Total trade volume in Singapore reached a re

Sales to Japanese auto plants in the United States have also produced new export business for a fami

Coalition forces destroyed three of four floating mines recently discovered in the Persian Gulf, a S

The Interstate Commerce Commission voted to set a 75-day ceiling on the period that Guilford Transpo

HENKEL UNVEILS THREE PAPERMAKING RESINSCHARLOTTE, N.C. - Henkel Corp. said it had developed

MEDICARE TO STUDY PLAN TO CUT DOCTOR BILLSThe government said Monday it was studying a way t

When fire destroyed The Narrows, a restaurant and bar in Ketchikan, Alaska, regulars mourned the lan

Syria agreed to sell Jordan crude oil and refined products at market prices to help make up for Jord

New York Mercantile Exchange Feb. 11, 1991CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

While politicians in Budapest squabble over the return of land confiscated under Communist rule, imp

A coalition of labor, environmental and religious groups said they will use the occasion of free tra

The European Commission is working on a directive laying down tough rules covering the ingredients,

Corn, wheat and soybean prices traded lower most of the day Tuesday in response to a higher-than-exp

The White House Tuesday praised recent moves by the Federal Reserve to push down interest rates but

While public attention has focused on oil tanker safety since the giantExxon Valdez spill in 1989, t

RYAN-WALSH INC. (Mobile, Ala.) - Capt. Robert Engram recently assumed the responsibilitiesof the Gul

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

The Commodity Research Bureau's future price index closed Monday at 213.80 off 0.66 which compares w

Charges by Soviet Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov on Tuesday that Western interests tried to topple P

The United States and the British Virgin Islands signed a legal assistance treaty that officials on

Australian wool prices will crash and confidence is unlikely to return to the market after the gover

European Agriculture and British farming in particular is facing its biggest challenge in 50 years,

Early traffic reports for 1991 don't give railroad marketing executives much reason foroptimism.

FORWARDER SEEKS $49,000 REIMBURSEMENTWASHINGTON - An ocean freight forwarder's complaint to

The Soviet Union will remove all restrictions imposed on Japanese airlines serving trans-Siberian ro

Midway Airlines Inc.'s cargo business is holding up well, despite the company's well-publicized fina

Plans to start an aerospace industry in Taiwan are starting to take hold as the government steps up

ALASKA TO ENCOURAGE INTERIOR EXPLORATIONAlaska plans to encourage more exploratory drilling

The United States should limit imports of oil to 30 percent of total usage, says an Enserch Corp. of

Feb. 12, 1991 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

British officials strongly denied Tuesday U.S. charges that London is asking for a reduction in the