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NL Industries Inc., a Houston-based company controlled by Dallas investor Harold Simmons, is prepare

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Sherwin-Williams Co. of Cleveland said it reached an agreement to acquire the Chemical Coatings Grou

Although Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures have slipped back toward contract lows this week, mark

The United States and Soviet Union are heading down a familiar road in preparation for December talk

Imperial Bank, a medium-sized bank based in Los Angeles, is at the forefront of a growing national t

Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. said it will spend $64 million expanding its Beaumont, Texas, synthetic

Ciba-Geigy Corp., Hawthorne, N.Y., acquired the epoxy syntactic potting compound aerospace product l

Thailand's once-modest jewelry industry has persevered quietly over the last several years against s

A fourth consecutive annual increase exceeding 20 percent enabled the Port of Charleston to become t

A plan by Ivory Coast to revitalize the International Cocoa Agreement by persuading Malaysia to join

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Analysts strongly suspect the price of gold will remain under pressure from a firmer dollar and a sl

Japan and the Soviet Union have slowed the pace of their U.S. corn purchases, a development that is

The tangled web of issues and allegations raised during the 15-week trial of two former members of t

Insurance companies from the European Community will be allowed to open branch offices in Taiwan if

COFFEE FUTURES CLOSE NEAR DAY'S HIGHSNEW YORK - Coffee futures closed near their highs Wedne

Westronix Inc., a contract manufacturer of electronics, Wednesday said it had agreed to acquire Rose

In a bid to attract U.S. high-tech investment, Israeli trade and investment officials here are promo

Although economic sanctions against South Africa are increasing around the world, the loopholes avai

A U.S. appeals court upheld a 1987 Maritime Administration rule that allows certain subsidy-built oi

The world's two biggest manufacturers of musical instruments said Wednesday they would stop buying i

The U.S. Customs Service is searching for a West German who it suspects participated in an illegal s

JAPANESE PREMIER SLATES BOSTON VISITJapanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu is scheduled to vi

Sales of China's "four essentials" - a refrigerator, a color television, a washing machine and a tap

A Mexican developer of "maquiladora" plants is teaming up with the former chief of Puerto Rico's eco

Belmont Springs Water Co., which sells bottled water under the Belmont Springs brand, has been sold

Businesses in many towns across the south of England are finding it almost impossible to recruit sta

The U.S. government and the tuna fishing industry warned that U.S. trade would be hurt and dolphins

A major Taiwanese company is acquiring the Philippines' only polyester producer, which is giving up

JAPAN FOUND DUMPING DRAFTING MACHINESJapanese drafting machines and parts are being sold in

An administrative law judge is urging the Federal Maritime Commission to approve a settlement in a 2

Viktor Volobrinsky and Yevgeny Schmidt are in business. Not the old-style business (usually

Three members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries are putting a lid on oil prices t

U.K. North Sea crude oil production for July rose 34.3 percent from June to an average 1.84 million

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Miners striking against the Pittston Coal Group Inc. were scheduled to receive a visit Tuesday from

The state of Rhode Island will pursue criminal charges against the captain of the Greek-flagged tank

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In a move that's left many observers surprised, port commissioners here have removed their director