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ALGERIA PLANS TO DOUBLE PRODUCTION OF LPGNICOSIA, Cyprus - Algeria plans to double its produ

The Supreme Court Monday left intact a ruling airlines said could make it more difficult for them to

SOUTH KOREA REPORTS CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICITSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea posted a $330 mi

BRAZIL SEEKS CAPITAL FOR STATE COMPANIESSAO PAULO, Brazil - In a dramatic shift, Brazil said

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Sixty years ago, letters arrived at their destinations around Italy in anaverage of two days

European Community ministers requested further study on the possibility of membership by non-EC coun

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

Transcon Lines Inc., which failed last month to complete one of the largest trucking mergers in hist

With the U.S. airline industry facing a possible pilot shortage by the end of the 1990s, American Ai

CSX Corp. reported earnings declined 6 percent to $77 million, or 76 cents a share, in the first qu

Talks between the United States and Japan aimed at removing economic, cultural and political impedim

CARGO TRAFFIC UP 4.7 PERCENT AT NY AREA AIRPORTSNEW YORK - Air cargo activity increased mode

China plans to begin using cash rather than barter for its trade with the Soviet Union and Eastern E

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

The State Department says it's looking at three methods for phasing out the textile import rules set

Two initiatives to improve safety at sea, one focusing on ship design and the other on the quality o

Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. and Allstate Insurance Co. filed a suit in San a Diego federal court se

Anxiety-ridden underwriters and intermediaries could have to wait more than a month for a Tillinghas

After years of hearing no, Vietnam veterans with a rare cancer they believe was caused by the defoli

HICKS, MUSE ACQUIRES SEVEN LIFE INSURERSHicks, Muse & Co. completed the acquisition of seven

Coast Savings, a thrift with $11.2 billion in assets, provides free insurance on many items purchase

North European ports are bracing for an outbreak of fierce competition next month when a giant new c

Gov. Jim Florio urged the Coalition of Northeast Governors to survey auto insurance laws and practic

Only a month after Atlantic Container Line said it would close a New Jersey operation that handles l

Constitutional law expert Floyd Abrams will lead Allstate Insurance Co.'s fight against New Jersey's

Argentine is a major force in the soybean and soybean product export markets that will have to be re

TEXACO CHEMICAL BUYS AIR PRODUCTS' UNITTexaco Chemical Co. said it acquired the ethyleneamin

Soft exchange rates coupled with shrinking crop forecasts continued to weigh on forward sales of Bra

Monsanto Co. and Mitsubishi Kasei Corp. said they will restructure their 38- year old joint venture,

The leading marketer of refrigerant for automobile air conditioners announced a $1 million campaign

U.S. farmers hate grain embargoes as much as ardent environmentalists hate strip-mining. Gra

FLUOBORIC ACID/ALKALI FLUOBORATES General Chemical Corp. said it increased schedule prices o

Poland's harsh economic austerity measures are bringing soaring prices under control, but Warsaw sa

EC LOAN TO HUNGARY TO BE AVAILABLE SOONBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission Friday si

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Tokyo's consumer price index for March 11-20 averaged 107.1, up 0.4 percentfrom mid-February

Mexico will reopen its debt-for-equity swap program to allow creditors to invest in infrastructure p

George F.W. Telfer was named senior news editor of The Journal of Commerce today, and Leo Abruzzese

The merger of two huge Japanese banks this past weekend creates the world's second-largest commercia