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A Texas man is assaulted and shot in an alley. He drags himself a block away to a telephone on the p

Greenwich, Conn.-based businessman Adam Backstrom has stepped in with a last- minute bid for a shipy

The Port of Tacoma is starting $1.5 million in tests to make sure the 200 acres of land to be given

Factory Mutual Engineering will hold a risk management symposium, Aug. 15-16, in Norwood, Mass. For

Insurance broker Frank B. Hall reported a net loss of $60.8 million for the second quarter of 1989,

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Rep. James Florio traveled to this heavily trafficked Bergen Coun

KEMPER CORP. REPORTS HIGHER NET INCOMELONG GROVE, Ill. - Kemper Corp. said second quarter ne

The West German Federal Supervisory Board for Insurance has given Deutsche Bank AG the green light t

A federal court jury on Friday reached a verdict in a lawsuit by the Chubb Group and thousands of fa

Two women with a talent for getting things done are reaching across the United States and worldwide

RULES/REGULATIONS Trade Law and Policy Institute. Sept. 18-19. Washington, D.C. This confere

Perrier thinks its bottled water can be sold in a can. While Perrier's green bottle has almo

India's big family business clans, once the backbone of the country's industry, are being torn apart

Farm policy-makers are gearing up for another effort to resolve an issue that has confounded Congres

JUDGE FAVORS NOKIA IN CELLULAR PHONE ROWBASKING RIDGE, N.J. - The Administrative Law Judge o

PELARGONIC ACID DALLAS - HOECHST CELANESE CORP. IS REDUCING THE LIST PRICE OF PELARGONIC ACI

A big rise in the dollar late last week may mark the beginning of a major rally. On Friday t

Hoechst Celanese Corp., of Somerville, N.J., said it earned $83 million in the second quarter of 198

JAPAN'S TRADE SURPLUS NARROWED IN JULYJapan recorded a trade surplus of $5.992 billion durin

A 10 million metric ton reduction in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's forecast of the 1989 Sovie

Unilever Group, the Anglo-Dutch conglomerate, announced a 23 percent rise in second-quarter net prof

The Food and Drug Administration says it has revoked recent drug approvals granted two generic drug

Copper market analysts predict higher prices despite a slowdown in the economy. "The near te

NUMBER OF US FARMS DECLINED 1 PERCENT SINCE '88The number of U.S. farms fell 1 percent since

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Increased use of hydrogen peroxide for sterilization, controlling odors and for pulp and paper bleac

GROUP OF 7 TO DISCUSS CURRENCY RATES, DEBTFinance ministers and central bank governors of th

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The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index remained stable last week in the 103 range, closing F

Fri., Aug. 11, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

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The U.S. government's call for an end to "discriminatory and restrictive" practices in Japan's steel

Colombia's chief International Coffee Organization negotiator has praised the removal of Jan Rosenba

Two key economic reports indicate British interest rates will remain high for a few more months at l

The World Bank Friday took aim at the International Monetary Fund and voiced its support for Brazil,

IBP HOG PLANT SET TO BEGIN OPERATIONSKANSAS CITY, Mo. - IBP Inc.'s hog slaughtering and proc

International trade probably doesn't get any more complex than a new barter deal involving companies

An ocean shipping conference and the nation's largest trucking organization have joined together and

Mexico has changed its strict laws regulating foreign investment in a bid to attract outside investo

Poor sales efforts on the part of U.S. companies are to blame for ongoing trade frictions between Wa