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The Shadow Open Market Committee on Monday urged Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady to avoid "any com

Florida Employers Insurance Co. posted a consolidated net loss for the year ended Dec. 31, 1989, of

FRENCH-UK POWER PACT IS NEARLY COMPLETEElectricite de France, the French state electric util

Failure by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to obtain guarantees from its quota vio

The Midland Cogeneration Venture, a natural gas-fired power plant thatstarted 23 years ago as a Cons

The Interstate Commerce Commission must decide whether it has the power to set pipeline rates for a

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TALL OIL FATTY ACIDS Union Camp Corp. said it raised tall oil fatty acid prices by 3 cents a

UNCLE SAM DOESN'T want to be a mother hen. That's what officials at the U.S. Customs Service

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COURT UPHOLDS AWARD FOR INSURANCE DAMAGEThe Supreme Court refused to overturn a judge's awar

In updating "Trading Places," Clyde Prestowitz Jr. might have revised the title of his analysis of t

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An organization representing the interests of the union that formerly owned the Monterey wants a fed

Propane could be flowing within a month through the Texas Eastern Transmission Corp. pipeline that r

Iranian imports of wheat and rice could rise to record levels in 1990, as the nation continues to sh

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Kobe Steel Ltd. and Texas Instruments have formed a joint arrangement to build a $360 million semico

Striking mine workers' union leaders at Southern Peru Copper Corp. Monday reportedly rejected a comp

AUSTRALIA APPROVES DU PONT CYANIDE PLANTAustralia's Environmental Protection Authority has a

The Interstate Commerce Commission Monday approved the sale of Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad to a

Walter T. Ridder, 72, whose career as newspaper reporter, editor and executive spanned 50 years, fir

Mon., Mar. 19, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Economists expect today's U.S. merchandise trade report for January to show a gap of $9.3 billion, f

State regulation of insurer solvency is "woefully obsolete" and needs mandatory accounting standards

Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney unveiled measures to assist a dozen Caribbean nations Monday,

Boston may not have been the busiest port in the country last year but it was certainly among the mo

1594 (Mar. 19, 1990) Previous day - 1606 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Current enthusiasm for environmental legislation affecting oil tankers "does more credit to the zeal

About 12,000 gallons of cumene, a common chemical used in nail polish remover, spilled into the Dela

BP CONFIRMS PLANS TO SLASH OFFICE STAFFBritish Petroleum Co. confirmed Monday that its headq

A combination of "subtle" waterfront development pressures and expected environmental regulatory cos

THE MOVIE VERSION OF GEORGE ORWELL'S "1984" was shown on television the other night. Anyone who watc

Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello's dramatic economic reform package has overturned the c

The administration of Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Casey and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and

Monday's sharp decline in Tokyo stock prices virtually eliminated prospects that the Bank of Japan w

Like anyone else in the Army back in 1961 when the Berlin Wall was erected, Patrick J. Heaney thoug

S. KOREAN INVESTMENT OVERSEAS JUMPS 148 PERCENTSEOUL, South Korea - South Korean companies'

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ASPCA CALLS FOR BAN ON MONKEY IMPORTSThe American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to A