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The Federal Reserve data released last week clearly showed that central banks, including the Fed, ag

One tip that Weyerhaeuser is taking bold export steps with its newest sawmill is the bed of pansies

U.S. investment in Malaysia rocketed 263 percent in the first quarter ofthis year from the correspon

BROWNING-FERRIS INDUSTRIES INC. (Houston) - R. John Stanton was named senior vice president and chie

DURABLE GOODS ORDERS DECLINED 4.2 PERCENT IN MAYDurable goods orders fell a sharp 4.2 percen

ARGENTINA RESTRICTS FOREIGN CURRENCY SALESBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Citing low official rese

European Community Commission President Jacques Delors appeared to raise the stakes Friday for agree

There is no doubt that the U.S. Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 is well known in Mexico.

MEXICO's CRUCIAL NEGOTIATIONS with commercial banks hold great promise for that nation and for the n

MALAYSIANS REVISE GROWTH FORECASTKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The Malaysian Institute of Economi

In the 1960s, it was unisex haircuts. In the '70s, it was unisex fashion. This decade? How about uni

The U.S. oil industry said it intends to insist the government adopt a treaty requiring more rigorou

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

* John Boyd - Economic Beat 3A * JofC Industrial Price Index 10A* Kevin Commins - Currency F

A Japanese firm has moved into the U.S. integrated circuit layout market as it sets up a corporate r

The Supreme Court, in line with its recent rulings, sharply narrowed a federal age discrimination la

The next secretary general of the London-based International Maritime Organization favors a balanced

SONY PURCHASES UNIT OF SUNDSTRAND CORP.PARK RIDGE, N.J. - Sundstrand Corp. of Rockford, Ill.

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Contrary to intense speculation, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has not scheduled a discus

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Oryx Energy Co. announced a gas discovery in the Gulf of Mexico offshore Texas. The well encountered

With a single sweep of the regulatory hand, the Environmental Protection Agency has cut in half the

RANCHO SECO OPERATOR SEEKS TAKEOVER BIDSSACRAMENTO, Calif. - The operator of the Rancho Seco

Savannah Electric & Power Co. said it received a shipment of Colombian steam coal this week in what

The head of a maritime industry anti-smuggling group called Thursday for the U.S. Customs Service to

June 22, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Shareholders of SmithKline Beckman Corp. will meet July 26 to vote on a proposed merger already appr

Two U.S. oil companies and a British partner are pledging $10 million to develop an offshore concess

President Bush may not have envisioned such a summit, but his clean air proposals have the Big Three

OAKLAND VOTES TO FUND NEW BIOSCIENCE CENTEROAKLAND, Calif. - The Port of Oakland voted to co

ORGANOTIN STABILIZERS Akzo Chemicals Inc., New Brunswick, N.J., said it raised prices for or

A federal judge Wednesday refused to accept a guilty plea from a company indicted for water pollutio

IRAN-JAPAN OIL TALKS STALL OVER 20 CENTSCrude oil negotiations between Iran and Japanese oil

In a brief ceremony at the White House, President Bush Wednesday signed a $162 million measure that

Noel C. Painchaud has submitted his resignation as executive director of the North Carolina State Po

NALCO CHEMICAL OKS ANTI-TAKEOVER PLANNalco Chemical Co. approved an anti-takeover plan but s

About 2,800 people have been killed and 59 nuclear weapons or reactors lost at sea in major peacetim

A tentative labor-management accord at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Heavy Machinery Ltd. fell apart Thursd

A House maritime panel approved a $3.5 billion Coast Guard budget bill for 1990 and oil spill pollut