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The government has more than 250 hours of secret tape recordings of one group of traders and brokers

In an effort to overtake the United States in biotechnology research, 20 firms owned by Japan's Mits

Bureaucratic infighting is obscuring the real issues that need to be dealt with when it comes to ele

Navistar International Corp. reported third quarter net income of $28 million, or 8 cents a share, o

The nation's strictest clean air and truck management plan took a major step toward enactment this w

TRISODIUM PHOSPHATE FMC Corp. of Philadelphia cut prices for technical grade trisodium phosp

The Food and Drug Administration is conducting new tests of the 30 most prescribed generic drugs, re

Consolidated Grain and Barge Co. is getting out of a shipping law controversy surrounding its status

PORK HAMS AND SHOULDERS FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY. The U.S. Trade Representative has suspended the

DUTCH AGREE TO CERTIFY PRODUCTS AS DIOXIN FREEBRUSSELS, Belgium - The Netherlands will intro

For the week ended Aug. 12, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Two giants of the chemical industry announced a unprecedented agreement Thursday to cooperate in pet

Don't bother asking how it plays in Peoria. Protest letters from that Illinois city and else

Southern California ports and shipping lines are afraid they might lose business if one provision of

Federal regulators and lawmakers said they were pleased - but expressed cautious optimism - with the

Increasing charter business is the main force behind a 12.3 percent rise in pretax earnings of South

P&I Seminar. Sept. 6-8. London. Sponsored by Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. Ramada Hotel, 10 Berners S

Sen. Ernest Hollings, D-S.C., will serve as honorary chairman of this year's Ad- miral of the Ocean

The Communist Party on Thursday opened the possibility of radical change in the Soviet Union's struc

Check out any parking lot on a scorching summer day and you'll see it: an invention so simple, so ob

Taiwan is starting to use its vast foreign exchange reserves aggressively and hopes to overtake Hong

A Caribbean resort operator is joining with a Persian Gulf holding company to develop a resort prope

BACKGROUND: The ability of many Third World countries to repay their external debt deteriorated shar

In his ceaseless quest to spur business, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has taken a step

The U.S. dollar pushed broadly higher Thursday on bullish trade data but then faltered on fears of c

SPANISH BANK BUYS STAKE IN KEMPER CORP.MADRID, Spain - Banco Santander, Spain's fourth-large

CANADIAN TRADE SURPLUS FELL DRASTICALLY IN JUNECanada's world merchandise trade surplus decl

PANIC SHORT-COVERING IGNITES COPPER RALLYCopper prices in London rocketed during the afterno

President Corazon Aquino has welcomed initial reports of a government agreement with foreign banks t

London gold market participants are confident the new gold forward rate agreement, introduced by N.M

Thu., Aug. 17, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

* Customs Update 4A * Howard Simon - Simon Says 7A* NY Seeks to Pare High-Risk Insurance Poo

MODEST RISE EXPECTED IN CONSUMER PRICESU.S. consumer prices crept up only 0.2 percent in Jul

Annual 1 Mo. 3 Mo. Daily Smoothed Ago Ago Year8/17 8/16 Ch

The U.S. International Trade Commission says it has set a final hearing Oct. 31 on the request of Am

After years of estrangement, the United States and Mexico are on a political honeymoon. Acco

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

General Motors Corp. expects sales in Taiwan this year to reach $350 million as demand continues to

The Central Design Bureau of the Soviet Ministry of Communications, along with several Eastern Europ

Farmers and the grain trade are moving to stop the Senate from passing a bill with a provision requi