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Union Carbide Corp. said Wednesday it reached a definitive agreement with Rohm & Haas Co. to buy the

The basic solvency regulations governing the industry should be strengthened through increased feder

Most of the jet fuel offers for a recently closed Indian invitation were at premiums of almost 10 ce

Two labor contracts covering blue-collar workers aboard scores of U.S. merchant ships were signed We

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

Wed., Oct. 10, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

A Japanese business mission agreed with Polish government leaders Tuesday to set up four joint ventu

After years of struggling at home, U.S. auto parts manufacturers may be about to get a twin boost f

Older tankers in pristine condition can earn several thousand dollars a day more than poorly maintai

TAIWAN PASSES JAPAN IN MALAYSIA INVESTMENTTaiwan has replaced Japan as the largest foreign i

China announced Wednesday it will shut down textile factories that produce substandard products.

Laura Ashley, the troubled British fashion and home furnishings group, announced that profits fell 9

A.T. Kearney Inc., management consultants, opened a new office in Singapore to serve clients in Sing

House Agriculture Committee members are reportedly considering a plan that would rely heavily on acr

A former brokerage house chief executive has launched a private research and portfolio management gr

French sugar intervention board, Firs, Wednesday revised its forecast for European Community 1990-91

A settlement between Hitachi Ltd. and Motorola Inc. that ended their long- running computer chip leg

Commercial health insurance companies spend 14 times as much as the federal Medicare program does on

EMERY WORLDWIDE UPGRADES TRUCK FLEETPALO ALTO, Calif. - Emery Worldwide has replaced about 3

Thieves who took the egg-shaped, 45-carat Marlborough diamond in a London robbery 10 years ago got c

A federal labor court here was scheduled late Wednesday to try to reconcile differences between stri

Unocal Corp. will close its Edmonds, Wash., marketing terminal by May 1, 1991. The terminal

Miami truckers accepted a settlement Tuesday night, ending the fuel cost dispute that effectively cl

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The surge in the value of sterling against the dollar this week has taken the shine off the otherwis

FIAT AND CGE TO FORM MANUFACTURING GROUPTURIN, Italy - Italian auto giant Fiat and French in

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Gold prices fell sharply late Tuesday in heavy trade and commission house buying after prices hit a

FORTUNE COMMODITIES ACQUIRES STANLEY BELLFortune Commodities Inc. acquired the trading opera

Pirates using grappling hooks and rope have boarded two Australian containerships in the past two mo

Hartford Insurance Group's Hartford Life Insurance Co. subsidiary purchased an equity interest in Me

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A shake-up in management at one of China's main airports and in a regional airline was promised Tues

REFINERS RAISE POSTINGS FOR WTI CRUDE BY $1A number of major refiners increased their posted

China plans to set up the first pilot oil field in the desert area of the Tarim Basin in northeast X

The Maritime Brief "Consolidator Opens Chicago Area Office," on Page 5B of The Journal of Commerce,

Oct. 9, 1990 Copper Total, 6,314. Gold Total, .1,560,201.Silver Total, .257,643,553.

NORTH AMERICA Northcon/90. Oct. 9-11. Seattle, Wash. Electronics engineering, design, test a

Nedlloyd Lines BV, a major container shipping company, will lay off 420 people in the Netherlands,

MIDLANTIC NATIONAL BANK, Edison, N.J., has become the first New Jersey bank, and one of only a handf