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The Agriculture Department is likely to continue a policy of releasing government-owned surplus grai

Du Pont Co. and Swiss giant Ciba-Geigy Ltd. Tuesday announced an agreement to jointly develop and ma

An East German company, swimming against a tide of investment by Western firms in the East bloc, is

Cocoa futures prices in both London and New York have risen dramatically since the first week of Feb

Futures and cash traders are falling into two camps regarding delivery prospects for Chicago Board o

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Wainoco Oil Corp. announced the successful completion of a natural gas discovery in central Alberta.

General Public Utilities Corp.'s kilowatt-hour sales increased 3 percent in January 1990 compared to

SHELL RESTARTS UNIT AT ROTTERDAM REFINERYROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Royal Dutch/Shell Group re

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Tuesday approved final rules that prohibit persons with dis

Domestic bituminous and lignite coal production totaled 20.3 million tons during the week ending Feb

A second round of U.S.-Soviet talks on a joint trade agreement is scheduled to be held March 1-2 in

Blended coal products will be the wave of the future, said a senior fuels executive of the Detroit E

The Securities and Exchange Commission unanimously approved easing rules that for 50 years limited h

Sand Technology Systems International announced it has begun preliminary negotiations with Nissei Sa

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The new head of Hungary's largest commercial bank said Tuesday he expects the state to sell part of

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Argentina's Peronist government has decreed a $30 payment to private sector workers to offset raging

The battle for XTRA Corp. kept investors on the edge of their seats Tuesday afternoon as both sides

Leaders of Japan's business community are expressing more than a little annoyance about the Bush-Kai

A government investigation board, convening today, is expected to look into whether a two-fatality t

Natural gas industry analysts are forecasting a drop in spot prices for March and stable prices goin

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

Concern is mounting that the series of storms that have throttled Britain and Northern Europe period

A private advocacy group Monday accused the insurance industry of widespread abuses in the sale of n

New Jersey Gov. Jim Florio would like the nation's governors to seek solutions to the growing insura

Trimethyl phosphite, the chemical that leaked from a shipboard container last week and caused a shut

9-STATE STORM DAMAGE PLACED AT $140 MILLIONInsured property damage as a result of wind, hail

Pfizer Inc. says it is bracing for insurance disputes regarding heart valves it made available betwe

With the help of white "space suits" and the expertise of a hazardous waste specialist flown in from

Many North European ports were at a standstill Monday as storms swept in from the Atlantic.

The story headlined "Insurance Buyers Oppose Tax Change" on Page 9A in The Journal of Commerce of Th

A congressional report citing wrongdoing in the insurance industry is creating new problems for Cali

A civil action filed in Los Angeles Federal District Court against seven labor contractors charges m

The Port of Houston has raised the ante in the contest by many American ports to attract fruit and v

Moshe Shahal, Israeli energy minister, said Israel is negotiating for thepurchase of coal fr

Yugoslavia will import about 77 million barrels of oil this year, mostly from the Soviet Union, Iran

Feb. 26, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

SOVIETS CUT OIL EXPORTS TO CZECHOSLOVAKIAThe Soviet Union is reducing exports of crude oil t