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U.S., European and Japanese automakers eyeing Brazil's domestic car market will have to wait a whil

ALASKAN REFINER BUYS AUSTRALIAN CRUDE OILAbout 300,000 barrels of Australian Challis crude o

SERGIO V. PERSICO, born in Asmara, Ethiopia, has a degree in sociology from the Universityof Rome. L

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PANASONIC ANNOUNCES VIDEOTAPE IMPROVEMENTThe first commercially available optical disc recor

Insurers in the United Kingdom are awaiting a decision from New Scotland Yard, headquarters for the

Sedgwick Group PLC said Tuesday that its errors and omissions insurance will cover the cost of a $43

CHAMPAGNE PACT ENDS; PRICE HIKES EXPECTEDEPERNAY, France - Winegrowers and champagne compani

The Manville Property Damage Settlement Trust has completed a review of 14,000 claims for asbestos e

Amid a flurry of gloomy predictions about Hong Kong's future, a senior government official insisted

FIRST EXECUTIVE POSTS LOSS IN QUARTER, YEARFirst Executive Corp. said the plunging value of

Togo and Cameroon are each seeking private developers and operators for model free-trade zones that

Legislation to exempt small businesses from mandated health insurance requirements will be introduce

After many false starts, Europe's insurance industry can at last boast its first major cross-border

Federal Express Corp., the giant express package company that "guarantees" deliveries, can learn a f

Japanese life insurers' plans to trim holdings this year in companies they sell insurance to is a mo

The U.S. dollar was steady in quiet trading Tuesday, with most activity deferred because of Saturday

China's steel output increased by 11 percent in the first quarter from the corresponding period of l

FUND SET UP TO HELP YUGOSLAV MODERNIZATIONThe six-nation European Free Trade Association, or

Airline Container Leasing Inc. plans to open a Miami facil- ity for the manufacture, repair and leas

A revived Central American common market is in prospect, Latin American officials predict. T

French wine exporters Tuesday said a dispute with the United States over Washington's move to block

Executives from British Airways PLC, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Sabena SA of Belgium met in Brusse

Japan is bidding for a larger role in the Inter-American Development Bank, but it may not get it, at

SCHERING-PLOUGH TO SELL ITS MAYBELLINE UNITSchering-Plough Corp. said it has agreed to sell

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

The new two-year extension of the 1986 International Cocoa Agreement will have very little, if any,

SOUTH KOREA REPORTS MARCH TRADE DEFICITSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's March trade defici

THE TREASURY NORMALLY PAYS DOWN some of its debt in the second quarter as tax receipts flow in, but

P.T. Pupuk Sriwidjaja, Indonesia's government-owned petrochemical company, selected Kellogg Overseas

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News that Bulgaria has suspended payment of its foreign debt has added to the caution already shown

EC ALONE IN OPPOSING RULE ON SUGAR WAIVERThe European Community found itself isolated Tuesda

The futures contract debuting here this week on the one-month London interbank offered rate, or libo

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West Germany's big three chemical companies posted record profits again in 1989, but share analysts

Further evidence of the resurgence in shipbuilding has come from booming Singapore, where even small

The Paris futures exchange, Matif, is to launch an option on its Euro- Deutsche mark futures contrac

NEW ORLEANS - Two senior vice presidents of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. have switched jobs in what the