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A U.S. division of Dutch electronics giant Philips NV Thursday said it will join a joint venture of

NEW SONY CD PLAYER IS WORLD'S SMALLESTJapan's Sony Corp. says it has developed the world's s

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TEXAS AIR STOCK LOSES VALUE IN HEAVY TRADINGTexas Air Corp.'s stock lost nearly 16 percent o

1646 (Jan. 25, 1990) Previous day - 1653 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

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South Africa, fighting to raise investment despite its pariah status, is offering local Chinese resi

The American hamburger is going to China's Tiananmen Square, thanks to a small fast-food chain that

To stem complaints that its first class mail service is inconsistent, the U.S. Postal Service chose

Polish Ocean Lines, Gdansk, is hoping that warmer relations between the United States and East bloc

London's traded options markets are expanding rapidly as commodity traders learn about and adopt new

This 49-year-old never grew up. There are no fancy awards on this executive's office wall. B

The oil industry wants to spend $393 million to prepare for massive oil spills, but says its cleanup

Despite a subdued outlook for the early years of the new decade, the Australian chemical industry po

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A group of U.S. coking coal exporters settled for lower-than-expected price hikes in 1990 contract a

Ashland Coal Inc. completed its acquisition of Mingo Logan Coal Co. from BP America Inc. As

In the beginning, the average Japanese trader barely knew the difference between Washington state an

Transportation Table. Jan. 26. Washington, D.C. Luncheon meeting. Guest speaker: James J. Carey, act

Jan. 25, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Pertamina, the Indonesian state oil company, has told Japanese oil buyers it will cut crude oil supp

The Czechoslovakian Aviation Industry and General Electric Co. announced an agreement Wednesday to p

HONG KONG REPORTS DROP IN TRADE SURPLUSHong Kong posted a provisional trade surplus of HK$2.

13 INJURED IN BLAST AT DU PONT'S NJ PLANTDEEPWATER, N.J. - Thirteen people suffered minor in

NON-FUEL IMPORT PRICES UP 0.7 PERCENT IN 4TH QUARTERPrices of U.S. imports, excluding fuel,

Federal coal mining officials, ending an eight-year legal dispute with environmentalists, unveiled a

The European Community's bid to underwrite the reform process in Eastern Europe has triggered a back

The U.S. dollar was nearly unchanged against the deutsche mark and broadly lower against the yen Thu

* Customs Update 4A * Jon Jacobs - Reporter's Notebook on Forwarders 1B* Greg Johnson - Mana

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Weary of unfulfilled promises, a new IMF mission to Argentina will demand President Carlos Menem's g

United Airlines' unions have closed ranks with one of the company's biggest stockholders, Condor Par

US QUESTIONED ABOUT SUGAR QUOTA CHANGESAustralia Thursday circulated a statement at a counci

Costa Rica will import refined petroleum products from Mexico and Venezuela for two months this year

EC DROPS QUOTAS ON COPPER SCRAPThe American brass mill industry won a major victory with the

The economic aspirations of North African countries could be dashed as international attention swing

GO-VIDEO RENEWS FIGHT WITH ELECTRONICS GIANTSSCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Go-Video Inc. has filed a l

A leading aviation insurance broker says that a move toward unlimited liability in airline disasters

New York lawmakers should take a serious look at whether medical malpractice insurance cases should

Two tugboats moving 33 barges collided in the dark on the Mississippi Thursday, spilling more than 1