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Using fancy footwork to nail down a deal is all in a day's work for many executives. But rep

The U.S. dollar remained broadly lower Tuesday afternoon after weakening in morning trading on word

The National Conference on Soviet Jewry is urging President Bush to extend both credits and lower ta

Dockworkers at Brazil's second-largest port, Rio de Janeiro, voted to accept a last-minute port auth

Union Carbide Corp. said it sold its 50 percent equity stake in Lincare Inc., an oxygen and medical

Two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court contain far-reaching implications for relations between rail

Ships continued to pile up at the Port of Philadelphia Tuesday as a strike by local longshoremen wen

Insurance companies will be required to furnish state insurance regulators with annual financial sta

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Since he took office 18 months ago, President Carlos Menem has broken powe

After coping for years with a highly protected Brazilian auto market whose walls are now being disma

When Apple Computer Inc. founders turned out their first personal computer, they never dreamed their

After years of difficulty and delay, ocean carriers finally are warming to true paperless trading. T

This Week: NEW ENGLAND: United Illuminating Co., New Haven, Conn.MID-ATLANTIC: General Publi

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. may change its practice of flying the American flag onits cable-l

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Dec. 4, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

COASTAL GAS MARKETING COMPANY Coastal Gas Marketing Company (formerly ANR Gathering Company)

EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE POLICIES can make it much easier for a company to obtain financing for expor

Jim Kane was elected to a one-year term as chairman of Port Everglades Authority commission.

A growing number of employers are imposing stricter limits on mental health and substance abuse bene

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BA TO FORM AIRLINE WITH GERMAN PARTNERLONDON - British Airways said Tuesday it would start a

Dec. 4, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond,

As of Dec. 4, 1990 Prices in the spot chemicals table include spot quotations or list prices

Two of the Northeast's largest trucking companies are testing new pricing strategies to generate mor

THE 1992 WINNER of the Hardest Working Man in Maritime Labor Relations award goes to BennyHolland, p

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Leaders of International Longshoremen's Association locals returned to the bargaining table here Tue

INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT FALLS IN WESTERN GERMANYFRANKFURT, Germany - A sharp decline in energy an

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European Community finance ministers in Brussels, Belgium, Monday discussed legislation to fight cri

JAPAN'S PUBLIC TV TO BUY SHOWS ABROADFollowing the lead of Japan's giant electronics compani

MURIATIC ACID Occidental Chemical Corp. announced a $10 a ton price increase for muriatic ac

Despite what flight attendants say at the outset of every flight, getting out of a crippled airliner

The Justice Department said it would not block the $67.5 million sale of Midway Airlines' Philadelph

1388 (Dec. 4, 1990) Previous day - 1365 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

International Petroleum Exchange Dec. 4, 1990Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)-

U.S. business leaders are warning the Bush administration that they will not endorse any multilater

Sweden's Wallenius Lines will upgrade its fledgling trans-Atlantic liner service by adding a sixth s