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BEKINS VAN LINES (Hillside, Ill.) - Carl Walker was promoted to vice president, marketing, household

A group led by Salt Lake industrialist Jon Huntsman has offered to acquire Pittsburgh's Aristech Che

Twenty-five years ago, the biggest U.S. lockset maker created a small international department to ha

The Foreign Trade Association of Southern California has asked that a search begin immediately for a

A hardening strike of the Finance Ministry staff is starting to hurt the French economy. The

HALLETT MAY TAKE HELM AT CUSTOMS THIS WEEKCarol Boyd Hallett, the new customs commissioner,

For every bull on 1992, there is a bear. That proposition was nowhere more evident than at a

LOOK PAST THOSE roller-coaster government statistics if you really want a feel for what's happening

Minnesota Power and Northern States Power Co. settled a dispute out of court, agreeing to void a 198

CARE SHIPPING INC. (Houston) - Leroy Smith was named general traffic manager of this shipping agent'

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated the 1989 corn harvest at 7.45 billion bushels, up 51 pe

Mitsui and Co. will pay Iran 130 billion yen ($900 million) to compensate for the company's withdraw

Trading in the London Metal Exchange's high-grade zinc contract will end in March 1990, LME Chief Ex

The Sydney Futures Exchange plans to launch an off-hours, computerized trading system in the near fu

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Washington has thrown the ball into China's court in response to charges by American importers that

Recent economic developments in the United Kingdom could lead sterling to join the European Monetary

Air freight volume increased 1.4 percent in August from the same period a year ago, a much slower gr

Texas insurance regulators are set to begin hearings Tuesday on the state's crumbling workers compen

Crews from as far away as Guam have arrived to help restore electric power to the 55,000 residents o

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As the Senate and House try to resolve their deficit-reduction strategies, government agencies, incl

The AIDS epidemic is hitting the U.S. workplace, and the shock waves of higher costs and ethical dil

SOVIET GRAIN IMPORTS PUT AT 34 MILLION TONSTotal Soviet grain imports in 1989-90 (July-June)

PRODUCER PRICES EXPECTED TO JUMP 0.6 PERCENTA sharp climb in oil prices is expected to push

A New Jersey trucking company filed a complaint with the Federal MaritimeCommission accusing

FRENCH STRIKERS CLEARED FROM COMPUTER CENTERSPolice Thursday cleared strikers from trade and

Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. will design and build a bituminous coal and petroleum coke-fired circula

OVERLAND MOVEMENT of ocean cargo containers could well be the transport fly in the Europe 1992 ointm

1486 (Oct. 12, 1989) Previous day - 1479 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Oct. 12, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

MACK TRUCKS FORCED TO IDLE PA. FACILITYALLENTOWN, Pa. - Mack Trucks Inc. is temporarily clos

A poster in the hangar at the skydiving "drop zone" shows an experienced skydiver hurtling headlong

NIGERIA WILL KEEP WARRI REFINERY OPENLAGOS, Nigeria - Nigeria's 125,000-barrel-a-day Warri r

Within 18 months, some pilots guiding vessels into the Port of Valdez will have a computer pal to ba

THE U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT is expected to announce at any time that it has chosen Carol Boyd Halle

Muscovites soon will be able to have a Big Mac attack, thanks to aninnovative joint venture.

Recent actions by U.S. lawmakers will slash Caribbean garment shipments to the United States, offici

Australian insurance companies have stepped up their fraud investigation activities. Faced w

FMC PLANS TO REVIEW TAIWAN SHIPPING DATAThe Federal Maritime Commission has scheduled a clos