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At least one major shipping line already has agreed to transfer its U.K. service to a new container

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' long-term strategy committee favors keeping its t

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it awarded two contracts covering deliveries of a total of 6,000

With electric power surpluses in the Pacific Northwest rapidly disappearing, 14 major industrial use

Smaller South Korean companies are likely to find the cost of their foreign exchange transactions fa

PERU TIES REPAYMENT OF DEBT TO NEW LOANSLIMA, Peru - Peru would be willing to lift its four-

Exporters are appealing for government help as cargo piles up at the airport here, jeopardizing fal

Japan produced 890,339 cars, trucks and buses in August, a record high for the month and up 13.7 per

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House Speaker Thomas S. Foley, D-Wash., called President Bush's plan to cut the capital gains tax "a

The International Monetary Fund probably will get a 50 percent to 67 percent boost in its resources,

Japanese consumers, long neglected by economic policy-makers who favored big business, are finally g

Federal Express Corp. is having trouble attracting forwarder support in certain key European air fre

A bankruptcy court judge Friday extended until Oct. 30 the exclusive right of Wheeling-Pittsburgh St

Federal Express Corp.'s net income declined to $30.4 million in the fiscal first quarter ended Aug.

China's economy will need two to three years to recover from this spring's political upheaval but wi

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

WHOLESALE PRICES RISE 3.3 PERCENT IN JAPANThe Japanese wholesale price index for Sept. 1-10

If you've a few bucks lying around, why not consider Oriental paintings and objects, which one exper

Transportation firms that bought out other companies during the first half of the year typically pai

The insistence of foreign-based insurers to maintain a presence within Australia as the gateway to t

State insurance commissions will have to develop more services for consumers in the years ahead, a p

AMERICAN GENERAL TO SELL INSURANCE UNITSAmerican General Corp. announced it will sell its gr

As insurance agents waited Friday to get access to Hurricane Hugo-damaged areas of the U.S. mainland

True to his word, a federal judge in San Francisco dismissed the multi-state lawsuit against members

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Appeals Court has ruled in favor of a lower court decision saying a marine co

Justice Department officials are investigating a link in ownership between a disastrous oil tanker a

A trade group representing domestic sweater manufacturers filed a huge anti- dumping petition Friday

A lot of cleanup work remains, but it looks like transport business on the southern East Coast will

West Germany's July net coffee imports totaled 617,927 60-kilogram bags, downfrom 683,872 ba

Noxell Corp., a major manufacturer of skin-care products and cosmetics, will merge with Procter & Ga

PPG Industries Inc. said it purchased the Olympic HomeCare Products and Lucite HomeCare Products sub

The National Mediation Board has been accused by a railroad union of aiding management by holding it

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter encouraged the U.S. durum wheat industry to

The United States is unlikely to offer the Soviet Union trade credits to buy agricultural goods such

BUSH: US CONSIDERING MORE AID FOR POLANDPresident Bush Friday said his administration is "st

DU PONT SELECTS RESIN DISTRIBUTORE.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., based in Wilmington, Del., h

The alleged ringleader of a plot to extort $10 million from E.I du Pont de Nemours & Co. was denied

Delegates from the world's largest coffee producing and consuming nations - gathering in London this

In the story "Nitrocellulose Manufacturer Files Dumping Petition," which appeared on Page 7A of The