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A story headlined, "Shippers in Hong Kong Fight Two Service Contract Battles," on Page 1A of The Jou

The World Bank's International Finance Corp. will make large investments in Brazil's petrochemicals

President Bush has escalated U.S. efforts to oust Panama's leader Manuel Antonio Noriega by banning

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

Shell Oil Co. agreed in an out-of-court settlement announced Wednesday to pay $20 million for a 1988

HAUSER JOINS VENTURE TO DEVELOP EXTRACTSHauser Chemical Research Inc., of Boulder, Colo., an

NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL (Washington) - Charles E. Hugel, chairman and chief executive officer

One of the biggest agricultural problems of the next decade will be a shortage of railcars for hauli

The story headlined "P/C Industry Reports Drop in Earnings for Third Quarter," on Page 9A in The Jou

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Finland's state oil company, Neste Oy, is holding "exploratory" talks with Soviet authorities about

As the Tokyo Stock Exchange prepared to start trading U.S. Treasury bond futures Thursday night, tra

Environmentalists may see Georgia Sen. Wyche Fowler as a hero for helping to ban a red food dye link

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Gerber Products Co. said Thursday it will close its Niagara Falls, Ontario, plant by April, terminat

U.S. semiconductor manufacturers are making "significant" inroads into Japan's semiconductor market,

A Japanese company will start selling smokeless "cigarettes" next month in response to increasing co

JAPANESE FIRMS CLEARED OF DUMPING CHARGESThe U.S. Commerce Department determined that Japane

The railroad industry, analysts and shippers are still assessing the impact of the Interstate Commer

US PERSONAL INCOME ROSE 0.9 PERCENT IN OCTOBERU.S. personal income rose 0.9 percent in Octob

SILANES AND SILICONES Union Carbide Corp. said it will increase off-list prices for all orga

Industry sources and defense attorneys said there's a strong chance the government had expanded its

The U.S. Postal Service is caught on the horns of a dilemma. For months, the agency has sat

Swilynn International (Holdings) Ltd., a locally headquartered but multinational maker of video cass

The Port of Los Angeles in October became only the second U.S. port to handle 2 million 20-foot cont

The Port of Baltimore is on hold. Its worst-ever labor crisis, which could explode into a po

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Sen. Pete Wilson, R-Calif., wants U.S. chemical companies to stop selling foreign countries pesticid

Global demand for oil during the first six months of next year may exceed total output of the Organi

GULF COAST PROPERTIES BOUGHT BY NERCO UNITPORTLAND, Ore. - Nerco Inc.'s oil and gas subsidia

A top official of the aircraft industry called on the Defense Department to stop blocking dual use o

UAL EXPLORING NEW EMPLOYEE BIDUAL Corp. said the company and its advisers are "exploring" th

Executives of Daiei Inc., Japan's largest supermarket chain, agreed Thursday to consider purchasing

Efforts by five Central American arabica coffee producers to reach an agreement to temporarily withh

Chevron Shipping Co. signed an exclusive long-term contract Thursday with a Singapore shipyard for w

VOTING ENDS TODAY in an election to fill the office vacated by Shannon Wall, long one of America's m

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Worried that container lines might wrongly conclude that Seattle doesn't want their business, the Se

The Far Eastern Freight Conference of 30 lines serving the Europe-Asia trade has turned down a reque

Domestic sales of U.S.-made semiconductor equipment and materials will steadily dwindle in the comin