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Among the U.S. Patent Office's top 130 categories of inventions, U.S. industry does least well these

Jeffrey Chodorow, one of Braniff Inc.'s major shareholders, has been busy devising a plan to get the

A variety of forces affecting transportation will be put under a microscope early next month at a co

FOLLOWING A THREE-MONTH DECLINE, cotton futures have improved in February, helped by the U.S. Depar

Romania's new foreign minister painted a desperate picture of his nation's immediate food needs, but

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index, which measures 18 industrial commodities sensitive t

The governments of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Romania and Yugoslavia have asked the Gro

National security concerns are colliding with national competitiveness over the definition of the te

The "nuts and bolts" work is beginning on an umbrella organization to coordinate legislative and reg

DETROIT EDISON SALES FELL 1 PERCENT IN JANUARYElectricity sales to commercial and residentia

Sea-Land Service Inc. upgraded the titles of the two executives in charge of the divisions that run

CONTINENTAL GRAIN CO. (New York) - Paul Fribourg was named executive vice president of bulk commodit

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Indirect trade between Taiwan and China through Hong Kong totaled $3.50 billion in 1989, up from $2.

CANADA REPORTS DEFICIT IN MERCHANDISE TRADECanada recorded its second monthly merchandise tr

Fears over the rapid growth of foreign investment in the United States are ''misguided," Robert Forr

Eliminating program trading, shifting control over futures margins and creating a single regulator o

PERRIER FLOWS AGAIN AFTER WORLDWIDE RECALLVERGEZE, France - Pure Perrier gushed back Thursda

Navistar International Corp. reported a loss of $18 million in the first quarter of its new fiscal y

Lufthansa German Airlines has flown sophisticated medical supplies from the United States to the Sov

The U.S. dollar rose Thursday, buoyed by stronger-than-expected U.S. homebuilding activity in balmy

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

Japan has decided to enact a law to make it a crime to launder illegal drug profits, Finance Ministr

It has been four years since Alexandre Gomes Oliveira, a building superintendent in Rio, has been ab

The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee says the president's proposal to scrap federal spend

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Wednesday unveiled a blueprint for the 1990s that foresees Easte

BACKGROUND: The U.S. government insists it is firmly committed to supporting a peaceful transition t

When U.S. representatives investigating the Customs Service toured major ports around the United St

AIA SAYS FLORIO PLAN WON'T CUT NJ CLAIMSNew Jersey Gov. Jim Florio's auto insurance proposal

ALM Antillean Airlines has an uncertain future. While the Curacao-based, government-owned ai

SOUTH AFRICAN MARKETS STABILIZE AFTER PANICJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South Africa's finan

Government plans to return state enterprises to the private sector face mounting resistance, which c

REEBOK RESTRUCTURES; US PRESIDENT RESIGNSSTOUGHTON, Mass. - Reebok International Ltd. said T

Those waiting eagerly for the federal government to spell out its transportation policy in minute de

The Interstate Commerce Commission today will select a carrier to provide interim service over the d

MELAMINE RESINS American Cyanamid Co. announced it will increase the price of its Aerotex me

Victims of the 1984 Bhopal gas leak thrashed an effigy of Union Carbide Corp. with canes and then se

Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations agreed Thursday that they should not rush into

A strong showing by Japan's largest opposition party, the Japan Socialist Party, in Sunday's electio

Air Products and Chemicals Inc., Allentown, Pa., said its board of directors approved construction o