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

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

Colgate-Palmolive said it completed acquisition of Canada's leading bleach and fabric softener busin

Europe's congested skies and overworked air traffic control system are costing airlines and traveler

CANADA'S BOMBARDIER BUYS LEARJET ASSETSLearjet Corp., a unit of ailing Integrated Resources

1462 (Apr. 9, 1990) Previous day - 1466 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

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

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

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

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

Exports of textiles and garments from the Philippines grew 34 percent in the first quarter, to US$43

Business executives in western Japan's historic Kansai region have cultivated a new respect for Midw

CZECHOSLOVAKIA HIRES US IMPORT CONSULTANTCzechoslovakia has hired Aegis Group Ltd., a Washin

China appears set to impose further restrictions on privately owned businesses, already suffering fr

Mon., April 9, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

* Albert L. Kraus - Markets & Money 3A * Import Quota Watch 4A* Commodity Research Bureau: G

NEDLLOYD LINES (San Francisco) - Two new staff members were named to the San Francisco traffic depar

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

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

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

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

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

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

CORPORATE TAKEOVERS BY JAPANESE STILL RISECorporate takeovers by Japanese firms are increasi

The remaining hurdles to the foundation of the new European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., for 90 years a staunchly American-flag carrier, is eyeing foreign as well

A federal court has upheld a maritime agency's ruling that conferences may bar their carrier members

Grain shippers give a cautious thumbs up to Union Pacific Railroad for considering a revamp of its A

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

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

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

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

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

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DUTCH RAIL STRIKE OVER PAY CLOGS ROADSAMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Rail traffic in the Netherlan

Sophisticated software and new hardware make it easier than ever for business to engage in paperless

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