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General Re Corp. reported net income for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31 was $152.9 million, or $1

Ecogen Inc. announced it has signed a two-year manufacturing agreement with Pfizer Inc. to manufactu

STUDY SHOWS CORVETTE HAS NO. 1 DEATH RATELANSING, Mich. - The Chevrolet Corvette has the hig

Japan's government will revise a long-standing Commodity Trading Act, liberalizing Japanese futures

The chairman of the House Agriculture Committee told sugar industry executives Monday that U.S. farm

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The National Association of Wheat Growers has urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture to target the

Strong export demand will have to return before new-crop wheat futures canbreak out of their

The U.S. dollar declined Monday as the political situation in the Soviet Union appeared to be stabil

The Falcon Shipping Group is nearing a $29 million default on the second of two tankers that were on

THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION IS ENGAGED in a high stakes poker game with Congress over its economic forec

Brookville Shipping Inc., Lake Success, N.Y., won Maritime Administration approval to add four ships

A key adviser to President Bush has called on executives from small U.S. businesses to "keep the pre

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Obtaining insurance for underground petroleum storage tanks is a problem that's growing worse, a tra

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

For seven hours before he boarded the Exxon Valdez for its ill-fated trip, her skipper, Joseph Hazel

The Ministry of Finance Monday announced it will ease foreign exchange regulations March 1, allowin

BLAST HITS POWER PLANT IN NORTHERN AZERBAIJANA unit at one of the largest hydroelectric stat

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French economic policy-makers are not confident that they can tame France's burgeoning merchandise t

POLISH JOBLESS RATE SURGED IN JANUARYWARSAW, Poland - The number of unemployed in Poland jum

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries failed to reduce January crude oil production by 1

Airlines that operate trucking services in Europe for distribution of air cargo fear their operation

ALL NIPPON TO BOOST EASTERN EUROPE TIESThe international trend of inter-airline alliances co

When thieves broke into a butcher stand here recently, it was not money they were after. It was meat

Polaris Aircraft Leasing Corp. has leased 10 MD-88 aircraft to Aerovias de Mexico SA de CV, a transa

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The former Todd Shipyards site at the Port of Los Angeles may be redeveloped as a combination ship r

Westway Trading Corp., seeking to capture liquid bulk commodities moving through other ports, plans

The Coast Guard is proposing to revive the New York vessel traffic safety service closed down in 198

LYKES ADDS LE HAVRE TO US-EUROPE SERVICENEW ORLEANS, La. - Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. said it

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NS INTERMODAL FACILITY OPENS IN OHIO CITYCOLUMBUS, Ohio - Norfolk Southern Corp. opened an i

One-third of the truck drivers killed in recent highway accidents tested positive for alcohol or ill

The European Commission is looking at the idea of putting together a master plan for the development

Freight and passenger traffic across the English Channel is growing fast enough to allay any fears t

''THE THIRD WAVE" is what pundits call the latest stage in the computerization of the world's busine

CONVENTIONAL WISDOM on soybeans, that South American producers will reap a smaller 1990 harvest, is