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POLYVINYL CHLORIDE RESIN BFGoodrich Co.'s Geon Vinyl division will raise prices for pipe-gra

Cocoa prices were moderately lower as tensions eased in the Ivory Coast, the world's largest cocoa p

Florida citrus industry representatives are estimating the 1990-91 (September-June) orange crop will

The Soviet Union's bid Monday for 300,000 metric tons of U.S. wheat has long been awaited in U.S. ex

YEUTTER SEES OPENING OF JAPAN RICE MARKETU.S. Secretary of Agriculture Clayton Yeutter said

The Commerce Department said Monday it has canceled an aerospace trade mission to Iraq as U.S. lawma

Pepsico Inc. and the Soviet Union signed an agreement Monday to trade Pepsi- Cola for ships and vodk

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US MAY SUE COMPANIES THAT HURT US EXPORTSWASHINGTON - The Justice Department may pursue anti

E. BLOC VOWS SUPPORT FOR SWEEPING REFORMSBONN, West Germany - Moscow and its reformist allie

In Afghanistan, where blood feuds and ancient tribal rivalries help to fuel an 11-year-old civil war

Despite the current austerity campaign and lack of buyers for cars, West Germany's Volkswagen AG is

Windmere Corp. said Monday a federal court has found that a Dutch electronics giant had unfairly mon

Ford Motor Co. said Monday that it would switch 225 million ($369 million) of investment planned fo

Grumman Corp., the U.S. aerospace company that is a leader in the business of linking supercomputers

SEA-LAND RUMORS. The rumors that have sprung up over the past several months about Sea-Land Service

Resolving a 3-year-old impasse, the city's Board of Estimate last week approved a new lease covering

VARD TO LIST SHARES ON LONDON EXCHANGECORAL GABLES, Fla. - The Olso, Norway-based parent com

Wanted: Tropical lot for relocation. Must move. Variety of neighbors preferred. Wet basement a must.

Apr. 9, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

OPEC OIL OUTPUT HITS HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE '81NICOSIA, Cyprus - The Organization of Petroleum

A fuel transportation consultant is warning coal companies to be cautious about agreeing to new term

Workers in the Soviet Union's largest oil field have postponed until late April a planned strike ove

Canada, which has produced more crude oil than it needs each year since the early 1980s, could becom

Evergreen has agreed in principle to take 25 percent of a new airline in Macao, the Portuguese-admin

COASTAL ARUBA PLANS TRANSSHIPMENT FACILITYCoastal Aruba Refining Co. NV, a subsidiary of the

HEAD OF BROKERS GROUP SEEKS TO INCREASE CLOUTORLANDO, Fla. - Donna R. McCann, newly elected

Ensuring that the food served at this week's Passover meals is kosher takes more corporate planning

Two California congressmen have submitted competing measures to deal with the hazards of a major U.S

When he ripped across the island of St. Croix in September, Hurricane Hugo probably never gave this

UK AGENCY COVERS TRADE WITH EAST BLOCBritain's official export credit insurance agency is ex

California voters are showing little interest in who will become the first elected insurance commiss

The Scandinavian Star could become the most costly ever ferry accident if the vessel, insured for $2

Aetna Life & Casualty Co. is making a comeback in Australia. Just over a year ago the giant

JAPAN SOYBEAN BUYING 50 PERCENT COMPLETE FOR JUNEPurchases of U.S. and Brazilian soybeans fo

The EC, in an attempt to combat fraud, is set to introduce spot checks on not less than 5 percent of

H.J. Heinz Co. Monday said that by next year, it would sell ketchup in completely recyclable polyeth

BECAUSE OPEC MEMBERS have been cheating on their quotas, pumping almost 24 million barrelsof oil a d

MASS. URGED TO TIGHTEN ANTI-TAKEOVER LAWThe chairman of embattled Norton Co. told Massachuse