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Along with the euphoria over the decline of the postwar communist order in Eastern Europe, the sober

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN JAPAN RISES 0.7 PERCENTJapan's industrial production in November ro

E.I DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. (Wilmington, Del.) - H. Gordon Smyth, senior vice president - employee

Minnesota is trying to attract a $50 million national research center the Navy wants to build to con

Five new candidates have been added by petition to the ballot for the Jan. 16 election of Chicago Bo

High-tech wood is becoming an increasingly important bridge-building material in New York state.

The Port of Marseilles said it will cut its charges by 5 percent in current French francs next year.

COLOMBIA JET BLAST LAID TO PLASTIC EXPLOSIVEBOGOTA, Colombia - A bomb consisting of plastic

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The $3.8 billion Florida citrus industry, the second-largest industry behind tourism for that state,

Now that the Australian Mutual Provident Society has acquired Britain's Pearl Insurance Group, it ho

CANADA SOUTHERN PLANS PROBE STOCK PURCHASECALGARY, Alberta - Canada Southern Petroleum Ltd.

Residents in the Parsippany-Troy Hills area of New Jersey are being asked to consider a new type of

ASSOCIATION OF FIRE AND CASUALTY COS. - James G. Drawert of Dallas, president of Trinity Universal I

The Coast Guard plans to study 23 U.S. ports and waterways, including Long Island Sound, to assess t

Slobodna Plovidba, a Yugoslav shipping group, is adding five ships to its fleet. The new add

Participants in the money market are likely to seek short-term funds in the weeks to come as they an

Will rates on the North Atlantic go up next year? That depends on whether the major carriers

Prices for Third World debt in the secondary market edged higher last week in thin pre-holiday tradi

A Senate bill to create a federal product liability system is finding more support from unexpected p

NORTH AMERICA Consumer Electronics Show. Jan. 6-9. Las Vegas. Contact Consumer Electronics S

THE FAILURE of Topgallant Lines is having an interesting ripple effect in the current industry specu

Colombo port, traditionally one of the busiest ports in South Asia, once again is buzzing with activ

Landmark Ventures of Simsbury is acquiring the portfolio of Cigna Venture Capital for over $100 mill

US PLANS TO SEIZE ASSETS OF NORIEGAThe Bush administration announced its intention Tuesday t

Among overseas investors in Asia, the flavor of the year for 1989 was Thailand, with its cheap labor

Good response from foreign investors saw Jardine Fleming's Malaysia Fund reach US$40 million of prel

Martyn Merritt and seven shipping companies he owns or controls may have run afoul of the Federal Ma

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West German ports expect to snare the bulk of the increased East-West trade likely to develop as Eas

THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE is waving the banner high as protector of American companies that manufactu

When the Bank of Communications, a large Taipei commercial financial institution, received its gover

Protesting South Korean workers are creating the same upheavals in the workplace as their Japanese c

ILIESCU NAMED TO HEAD ROMANIAN GOVERNMENTBUCHAREST, Romania - Romania's National Salvation F

Sonoco Products Co. of Hartsville, S.C., said it expected to report record sales for 1989, despite a

If Europe's political thaw leads to U.S. force reductions there, ocean carriers of military supplies

TransExpo, a transportation industry exhibition on the technologies that will move America into the

Earnings at the Big Three U.S. automakers will be down significantly in 1990, as a slumping car mark

Before the 1960s, most airlines weren't particularly interested in flying across the Pacific Ocean.<