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Ivax Corp., on the heels of a major European acquisition this year, will concentrate on expanding it

In a bizarre display of bravado and bureaucracy, European Community farm ministers today will be tal

A fire that raged for 10 hours disrupted work at one of Hong Kong's container terminals Friday and b

The hunt is on, and Kenji Yamanaka is the hunted. So is Atsuko Ohta. And Kazuo Otsuka. And so are th

Faster than a speeding 5-year-old, the paperwork generated when kids change schools is about to star

The government announced fresh concessions to the ship repair industry Thursday in a bid to woo more

British Airways said it's talking with the Soviet national airline, Aeroflot, and the Soviet Ministr

Speakers from both government and industry are expected to participate in the Containerization & Int

THE OCEAN FREIGHT FUTURES MARKET vacillated last week but closed on an upward note. Futures

Rapid growth has wiped out the Pacific Northwest's surplus of electric power, but the region's top e

For the week ended Oct. 6, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 13

New York Mercantile Exchange Oct. 11, 1990CRUDE OIL(1,000 barrels; dollars and cents

International Petroleum Exchange Oct. 12, 1990Brent Crude Oil - (Dollars Per Barrel)

Currency traders said they fear the U.S. administration is tolerating, if not encouraging, a steep d

CONSUMER PRICES UP 0.8 PERCENT IN OECD NATIONSConsumer prices in the 24 industrial nations o

The U.S. economy would lose at least $400 billion during the 1990s through higher trade barriers abr

China took a modest step on the path of economic reform Friday with the inauguration of what it hope

More than half of U.S. businesses providing employee health benefits are self-insured, according to

"WE DON'T HAVE TO BE MARRIED TO DO THAT!" Do you notice how frequently business arrangements are com

PRUDENTIAL GRANT AIMS AT NJ HEALTH PLANNEWARK, N.J. - The Prudential Foundation awarded $85,

Heavy investments in the real estate market of the 1980s have soured and come back to haunt Travele

The size of a planned fuel tax increase to reduce the federal deficit has fallen dramatically as neg

THE WOUNDS HAVE BEEN LICKED, and the Jacksonville Port Authority apparently is gearing up for anothe

The liner shipping industry is facing a period of increased lay-ups, more scrapping and continued lo

Air India plans to lease additional jet freighters before the end of 1990 in a move to alleviate per

The commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps praised the American maritime industry for its quick deliver

A Singapore-bound ship carrying over 100 million baht worth of Thai rubber may have been attacked by

Oct. 12, 1990 JAPANFinancial FuturesJapanese Gov't BondsPer 10-year, 6% bond

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Liberian officials are seeking to reassure shipowners that the well- publicized disagreement between

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

REGIONAL BLOCS U.S.-Arab Business Summit. Oct. 14-17. Manama, Bahrain. Small to middle-sized

Eugene Lang, a pioneer in international technology transfer, is more prone to discourse on the philo

Business is mounting a stiff campaign against a government plan to guarantee workers greater say in

Stanislav Shatalin, author of the most radical reform plan for the Soviet economy, warned that trade

DOW CHEMICAL CO. (Midland, Mich.) - N. Frank Huff, Dow Europe SA's vice president for quality, produ

SURFACTANTS Olin Corp. said it raised prices on some lines of its Poly-Tergent disulfonate s

Four manufacturers assessed for $5.1 million in damages stemming from the 1986 New Year's Eve fire a

After sharing staffs and office facilities for 30 years, the National Association of Surety Bond Pro