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The Dutch aerospace firm Fokker has decided to expand a Dutch assembly line for its successful F-100

Six months into office President Carlos Andres Perez is sticking firmly to his austerity policies, w

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

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

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

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

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

The Asia-Pacific region's soaring electricity consumption is expected to be met by greater use of co

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The government trustees overseeing oil cleanup activities in Alaska have released a draft plan for p

They may never become famous like Idaho's potatoes or California's raisins, but the crops of the fut

12 MEMBERS EXCEED COMBINED OPEC QUOTACrude oil production by 12 of the Organization of Petro

JOINT VENTURE WINS JAPANESE AIRPORT PACTNippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. of Japan and Am

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The story of how Voith Hydro Inc. got an $82 million contract for a hydroelectric plant in Taiwan is

A federal judge Wednesday sentenced former Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. assistant trader Lisa Jones t

CONRAIL SPONSORS TRAIN WITH SAFETY MESSAGEConsolidated Rail Corp. will deliver its grade cro

Federal action on an American President Lines Ltd. request for rights to haul cargo from the West Co

African officials will meet in Cairo on Monday to step up pressure for an international conference o

PESETA NOT EXPECTED TO WEAKEN THE EMSFRANKFURT, West Germany - The entry of the Spanish pese

While the Japanese and other foreign investors prowl the United States to acquire real estate, Ameri

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

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

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

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

FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES never hurt. Thanks to the remarkable successes and sensible fiscal ma

Sun Refining and Marketing Co. announced Tuesday that it raised its barge distillate posting by 0.50

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A congressional study of insurance guarantee funds is likely to recommend changes in state regulatio

Citing the compatibility of the two insurance operations, U.K. investor Sir James Goldsmith announce

The California Insurance Department will seek an estimated $110 million in rollbacks from six more i

Pakistan and Hong Kong have signed a reciprocal agreement with the United States that allows certain

Foreign investment in Portugal is growing rapidly as the European Community prepares for a unified m

The U.S. dollar rose broadly Wednesday, largely in reaction to a sharp plunge in the British pound,

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

The latest U.S. car sales figures show increases from 1988 levels for Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Co

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

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

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