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FORD, CHRYSLER SHUTTING CANADIAN PLANTS BRIEFLYCanadian subsidiaries of Ford Motor Co. and C

Even the glorious fall weather, with temperatures in the 70s and humidity a comfortable 55 percent,

Fred Kayden, the man who brought Russian black bread by air to New York's Bloomingdale's department

MOSCOW, SEOUL SET UP CONSULAR RELATIONSSEOUL, South Korea - The Soviet Union and South Korea

BOLIVIA - $58.2 million from the International Monetary Fund to help the government continue economi

The winding down of East-West military tension could offer immense economic benefits to many countri

S. KOREA TO LIBERALIZE IMPORTS OF 98 PRODUCTSSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea will liberaliz

It was the kind of news that sends a collective chill through the U.S. computer-chip industry.

American companies must get lean and mean if they are to compete successfully in world markets, the

The Chilean political opposition's 17-party conglomerate Concertacion de Partidos por la Democracia,

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index declined to 102.4 on Friday for a loss of 1.3 points

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it bought 26,500 tons of coal for two power plants in weekly spo

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Royal Nedlloyd Group NV, the Dutch transport company, expects to achieve net earnings in 1989 of 240

Newly elected members of the Supreme Soviet - the equivalent of Congress in the Soviet Union - say t

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Sergio Casaine Jr. was named executive vice president and general manager of Puerto Rico Marine Mana

No immediate changes are anticipated in Del Monte Tropical Fruit Co.'s ocean shipping operations fol

Dec. 8, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

UNITED MACHINISTS OPPOSE NEW PROPOSALCHICAGO - United Airlines' machinists, who have opposed

Temple Holdings Ltd. at the weekend increased the price of its takeover bid for Sea Containers Ltd.,

Recent corporate mergers, higher operating costs and new government noise and safety rules will push

Bill Usery, "supermediator" in the protracted strike by the United Mine Workers against Pittston Coa

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY quietly came to Houston last Monday, orchestrated to perfection their

GATX Terminals Corp., Chicago, said it is purchasing Exxon Co. USA's 1.6 million-barrel petroleum te

DUKE/FLUOR VENTURE WINS CONVERSION PACTIRVINE, Calif. - A newly formed joint venture of Duke

The United States should phase in a 50-cent-a-gallon tax on petroleum transportation fuels over nine

The Maritime Administration and two carriers are asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit challen

FOLEY APPOINTS FOUR TO SHIPPING ACT PANELWASHINGTON - House Speaker Thomas S. Foley has appo

FUTURES MARKET NEEDED IN TOKYO, REPORT SAYSA petroleum futures market is needed in Tokyo for

Wholesale prices of distillate fuel oil are soaring in West Germany as refineries have very low stoc

US, SOVIETS TO TRADE AGRICULTURE EXPERTSThe United States and the Soviet Union Friday signed

LATEX POWDERS Union Carbide Corp.'s UCAR Emulsion Systems division said it will increase pri

The infestation of Mediterranean fruit flies in Los Angeles and Orange counties is serious and could

Computerization of the Tokyo Commodity Exchange, set for completion by October of next year as part

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Air Products and Chemicals Inc. of Allentown, Pa., is expanding its chemicals and industrial gases b

The citrus canker scare that led to the burning of 20 million fruit trees in the mid-1980s reached t

Dow Chemical Corp. raised acetone prices 2 cents a pound for rail and tank truck shipments, but sent

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