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The South Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar Thursday for the fourth day in a row. The fall wa

American consumers, increasingly mindful of their health, are becoming big buyers of olive oil, a ma

AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS INC. (Allentown, Pa.) - Frank J. Ryan, president and chief operating offi

SOCIETY OF MARINE CONSULTANTS. March 28. New York. Luncheon and seminar on the impact of higher desi

Civilian containerized cargo traffic between American and foreign ports rose for almost all ocean ca

Travelers Corp. has begun eliminating between 500 and 600 positions in 75 field offices nationwide a

In a restructuring move aimed at fending off a hostile takeover, BAT Industries PLC plans to focus o

SULFUR DIOXIDE Hoechst Celanese Corp. said it is increasing liquid sulfur dioxide prices by

CURRENT ACCOUNT DEFICIT IN THE UK NARROWSThe United Kingdom's seasonally adjusted current ac

U.S. negotiators have agreed on the terms of a new long-term grain treaty with the Soviet Union that

MEXICAN DEBT REDUCES PROFITS OF JAPAN BANKSThe combined profits of Japan's 13 city banks wil

New ship orders received by 14 of the 24 countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and

The easing of rules governing trade among U.S. allies and with emerging East European nations is no

The plunging yen is driving Japanese investors to the U.S. bond market, pushing U.S. interest rates

A simmering feud erupted into open hostilities this week between containership operators in the tran

World trade in rice will fall to 12.7 million metric tons in 1990, a 10 percent decline over 1989 le

Mar. 22, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Charging that U.S. companies with foreign owners were not paying their taxes, senior House Democrats

Coca-Cola Co. lost its bid to return to India Wednesday when the government turned down an applicati

Over the past two decades the public has been outraged by ocean vessel groundings and the related en

GLOBAL RUBBER GROUP GOES ON BUYING SPREEThe International Natural Rubber Organization, or In

When a large American manufacturer wanted to hire a British woman working in the United Kingdom as a

EC BACKS EXTENSION OF COCOA AGREEMENTEuropean Community delegates at the International Cocoa

ASEA BROWN BOVERI LTD. (Stamford, Conn.) - George Kimmel resigned as president and chief executive o

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

The air cargo industry in Malaysia is expecting further rapid expansion over the coming few years, a

Japanese institutions have been aggressive buyers of U.S. Treasury zero- coupon bonds at prices well

A leading American entrepreneur suggested Wednesday that the U.S. government probe allegedly anti-co

A merger of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission woul

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The pound sterling fell sharply against the dollar and the deutsche mark Wednesday, and hit a record

The board of governors of Commodity Exchange Inc. Tuesday announced that Dennis A. Suskind, partner,

American Airlines is apparently the first U.S. passenger carrier to start using bar codes for its ca

Primary inventories of gasoline and distillate fuel stocks declined, the American Petroleum Institut

A year ago Saturday, the only thing more scorned in Alaska than the oil industry was Capt. Joseph Ha

The bankruptcy of Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. has delayed for months a decision on the opening of a

A revival of longer-term charters for the tanker market is forecast as the number of laid-up vessels

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

Growth in world merchandise trade is expected to slow to the 5 percent to 6 percent range this year,

The pace of unifying the East and West German economies has picked up, and U.S. business executives