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National Starch and Chemical Corp. has acquired Caourepe Qumica Industrial LDA of Lisbon, Portugal.<

GATT PANEL AGREES WITH JAPAN ON EC TAXThe General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade's dispute-s

Tokyo unveiled plans Thursday to review laws making it hard to open big stores as Prime Minister Tos

The fight for control of Xtra Corp. took a conciliatory turn Thursday as sources indicated that the

MOSBACHER: US FIRMS COMPETING SUCCESSFULLYRobert Mosbacher, commerce secretary, Thursday sai

CONDITIONAL RELEASE OF ATMEL CORP'S EPROM SHIPMENTS. The U.S. Customs Service has been unable to det

Pennsylvania's automobile insurance reform battle has shifted from the state Legislature to the fede

Riomar Agencies Inc., a new shipping agency, opened offices in the ports of New Orleans, Houston, Pa

The federal government wants waterfront union leader John Bowers and 25 local officers of the Intern

Economic and political problems are forcing Japan to turn inward after a short-lived flirtation with

Giant TV sets, Super VHS VCRs and laser-disc players are some of the finest achievements in video en

SOFTWARE AUTOMATES MOVEMENT OF CARGONetcom Inc., Edison, N.J., has introduced a new software

Japan has opened its doors to a huge influx of cheap, Chinese soybean meal at the peril of its domes

A plot to extort $10 million from Du Pont Co. for the return of stolen trade secrets on the manufact

AUSTRALIAN PILOTS SAID TO SOFTEN STANDSYDNEY, Australia - Australia's domestic airline pilot

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The Bush administration is again taking up the call for state maritime academies to share their trai

As Memphis, Tenn., power officials consider whether to renew their contract with the Tennessee Valle

INFLATION RISES AGAIN IN INDUSTRIAL NATIONSInflation increased in the United States and othe

MARSOFT INC. Executive Briefing: Minimizing Risks and Maximizing Returns in the Current Dry Bulk and

A joint task force of the U.S. and Japanese semiconductor industries issued a report Thursday propos

Consolidated Rail Corp. and Guilford Transportation Industries Inc. are close to an agreement that,

A Miami jury Thursday returned a unanimous verdict in favor of G.D. Searle & Co. in a trial involvin

Morgan Stanley and Co., which had attempted to sell $100 million in high- yield notes in the public

"I have access to money; how can you help me?" That intriguing question was posed to those a

Transportation industry officials generally praised the Bush administration for developing a new nat

A consortium of seven Taiwan firms is trying to decide between American and Japanese companies as it

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

For years, it was the ultimate irony. Communist workers in anti-imperialist Cuba hand-rolled some of

Mitsubishi Corp. and a management group at Aristech Chemical Corp. have completed an $859 million ac

In what may be one of his last addresses to the industry as leader of the Chica- go Mercantile Excha

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Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady said Thursday that economic policy-makersfrom the world's

Shipment routings, shorthand for what railroads handle a shipment and where it is interchanged betwe

Exports of toys and dolls declined for the second consecutive year in 1989, falling 8.25 percent to

Saudi Arabia, which sits atop one-quarter of the world's proven oil reserves, has found more, perhap

CAUSTIC SODA Olin Corp. increased prices $1 per hundredweight for dry caustic soda. The incr

Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter opened the door Wednesday to increased U.S. subsidies for food

The chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Thursday urged the futures industry to beco

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