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The U.S. dollar declined broadly Monday on relentless demand for the deutsche mark, as the U.S. prim

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

The unemployment rate dropped 1.5 percentage points in New Jersey last month, while going up slightl

The United Steelworkers of America lost nearly half of its members in the 1980s, and it faces a diff

UNPAID CONSUMER CREDIT HITS $4.24 BILLIONU.S. consumers took on $4.24 billion more in consum

BELT'S WHARF WAREHOUSE INC. (Baltimore) - David Baird was named vice president and will lookto expan

The Supreme Court let stand Monday a ruling that cordless telephones fall outside the constitutional

Panama Canal workers have asked their new government to act quickly to solvefinancial and le

About 300 workers at Avondale Industries Inc. received pink slips Friday in the first of what may be

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U.S. sugar losses stemming from last month's severe freeze in Texas and Florida are likely to total

Parts of Comecon are obsolete and need radical changes, but the Soviet Union opposes disbanding the

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 1/5/90* PercentageCountry Category Description FilledB

* Albert L. Kraus - Markets and Money 3A * Import Quota Watch 4A* Edwin Unsworth - Europe Vi

Flexible work schedules will become more commonplace during the 1990s, along with job sharing and wo

The Rotterdam Energy Futures Exchange, already suffering from falling trade volume, faces the diffic

Saudi Arabian Oil Co. announced Sunday the discovery of an oil and natural gas field, the third fin

Ford Motor Co. may seek to boost its stake in its Japanese affiliate, Mazda Motor Corp. In a

After-tax property/casualty industry profits deteriorated in 1989 to $11 billion from $15.6 billion

David E. Vincent, a former employee of Showa Maritime U.S.A. and its Consolidators Unlimited subsidi

AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES LTD. (Oakland, Calif.) - Tim Olsen was named country manager in Thailand fo

Privately owned UTA French Airlines now flies from the United States to five provincial cities in th

Wholesale fuel oil prices slipped again Friday at a number of Northeastern terminals as mild weather

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U.S. ocean liner operators will experience modest growth in import and export cargoes over the next

JAPANESE FIRM'S UNITS SHIFT TO FOREIGN CONTROLJapanese consumer products giant Kao Corp. sai

Two Pakistani shipmates who spent a torturous month crossing the Atlantic on a Maltese freighter tri

Medical insurance rates for 600,000 subscribers of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey are on t

Travelers Co. is among a number of large Connecticut employers that are commiting funds to a busines

Oil spill dispersants were used too late and had little effect on 19 million gallons of crude oil sp

Jan. 5, 1990 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

BRANIFF INC. (Orlando, Fla.) - David Murchison was named chief executive officer, after his appointm

Temple Holdings Ltd. at the weekend accused takeover target Sea Containers Ltd. of violating various

A New Jersey company has taken a first step in the race to develop new refrigeration equipment that

Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu, who begins a 10-day tour of Europe today, is expected to promise massi

A French shipping company said it reached agreement to acquire 75 percent of America-Africa-Europe L

They own Columbia Pictures in Hollywood and Rockefeller Center in New York. Now they've gotten a chu

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

DELTA WARNS PASSENGERS OF THREATS ON FLIGHTSDelta Air Lines stepped up its security and gave

Last month the White House put its weight behind changing product liability laws, which it argues is