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WATER INDUSTRY SALE IN UK OVERSUBSCRIBEDThe government's $8.3 billion sale of its water indu

The director of Nebraska's Insurance Department is William H. McCartney. His name was misrendered in

The Federal Railroad Administration has proposed the first-ever federal rules setting the minimum qu

Dec. 11, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

Shipments of containers between the Chinese mainland and the United States fell slightly while simil

Local textile exports to the United States, the largest single market, could face new challenges aft

Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. revised the projected date for restarting its Calvert Cliffs Unit 1 n

After-tax profits of U.S. manufacturers were unchanged at a seasonally adjusted average of 4.9 perce

Moshe Sanbar, chairman of Bank Leumi le-Israel Ltd., said a group led by Drexel Burnham Lambert was

Ten years before China is to regain sovereignty over this tiny Portuguese- admin istered enclave on

US FIRM MAY SWAP FOR SOVIET TECHNOLOGYA proposed deal that would give a Soviet research inst

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Alaska Airlines, a subsidiary of Alaska Air Group Inc., flew 336.5 million revenue passenger-miles i

Crowley Caribbean Transport Inc. gave the embattled Port Everglades Authority a vote of confidence b

Union Carbide Corp.'s Linde division announced the start-up of an on-site plant to supply nitrogen t

The European Community has firmly occupied center stage in theWest's response to the political uphea

The Piper Alpha oil rig disaster in the North Sea in July 1988 has claimed its first victim in the i

TODD TO SELL ARO TO INGERSOLL-RANDTodd Shipyards Corp. said Monday it entered into an agreem

The United States appears certain to regain its place as the world's top merchandise exporter this y

Japan's MITI Seeks Import Promotion FundJapan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry

State transportation officials called for large increases in federal spending to repair aging roads

Flying the flag of the Marshall Islands isn't for every shipowner, says Howard B. Zeder, who runs th

Dec. 11, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

UAE TO CUT OUTPUT, BUT NOT TO QUOTA LEVELNICOSIA, Cyprus - The United Arab Emirates, which r

The Port of Redwood City, Calif., announced net income of $498,000 for the year ended June 30, an in

West German police said Monday they had foiled a Red Army Faction bomb attack on a Bayer AG research

Copper prices are likely to average between 90 cents and $1.00 in 1990 as the U.S. economy slips in

Coffee futures traded mostly higher Monday on speculative and computer fund buying after Friday's st

Secretary of Commerce Robert Mosbacher honored The Journal of Commerce by presenting Don C. Becker,

The Supreme Court Monday limited the way multinational corporations can use foreign tax laws to redu

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ARGENTINA INTRODUCES BIG ECONOMIC CHANGESBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina devalued its au

County Natwest, Guinness, Lloyd's of London, Alexander Howden, UBS Phillips and Drew, Morgan Grenfel

India will export an additional 3 million square meters (3.5 million square yards) of cotton goods t

The coffee futures markets in New York and London may face competition soonfrom a third inte

A tentative decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the EBDC fungicides widely used o

NIGERIA IS SEEKING NEW COCOA MARKETSLAGOS, Nigeria - The Nigerian Export Promotion Council a

The service arm of International Shipholding Corp. has awarded a $10 million contract to Equitable S

The Supreme Court has refused to hear accounting firm Peat Marwick Main & Co.'s challenge to a lawsu

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