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CAUSTIC SODA, DRY Occidental Chemical Corp., Dallas, increased its off-schedule prices on al

June 2, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

SHELL'S BRENT OIL FLOW NEARLY BACK TO NORMALCrude oil flowing through the North Sea Brent sy

The airline industry and Boeing Co. are welcoming government orders that will alter the way airlines

GULF & ATLANTIC MARITIME SERVICES INC. (Iselin, N.J.) - Allan W. Graupner was appointed sales manage

The dollar and market interest rates both fell after the government reported that growth of new non-

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The association representing most of the railroad industry's labor unions has made a tender offer to

A London appeal court is expected to give its decision early this week on a bid by several U.K. port

Nine vessel owners made offers Friday in the first U.S. government public bid opening on freight rat

More than 1,500 cattle embryos from Oregon could be traveling to Pakistan this fall with a small fin

A Florida-based dealer in specialty aircraft has signed an historic deal to acquire three aircraft f

Mexico's newly relaxed rules for foreign investment may transform U.S. companies' stakes in maquilad

INFLATION IN YUGOSLAVIA PUT AT 600 PERCENT FOR MAYBELGRADE, Yugoslavia - Yugoslav authoritie

BECHTEL WILL ADVISE SOVIET STEEL PRODUCERBechtel Civil Inc. signed an agreement with the Sov

The decision by the chief U.S. delegate to attend this week's international coffee organization meet

The 4 million-member federal health benefits plan, in which Aetna Life & Casualty Co. will not parti

Despite prospects of lower U.S. interest rates, some traders and economists believe the dollar rally

Despite the current unrest in China, Moody's Investor Service said it is maintaining Hong Kong's A2

The Massachusetts Senate took a new tack in the state's attempts to shiftprofit from the Massachuset

Financing for Malaysia Airline Systems' purchase of 16 Boeing jets will be raised in part by sales o

Delta Air Lines has ordered a collision-avoidance system for aircraft made by a Fort Lauderdale-base

Ken Sakamura dreams of a future in which billions of compatible computers link together the world's

Few industries are more bitterly competitive than the consumer electronics business. Price s

U.S. and other international shoe buyers attending Brazil's Francal national shoe fair this week wil

Britain is establishing a joint venture air-to-air missile maintenance plant in Saudi Arabia, a gove

The radio systems division of Ericsson North America Inc. said it has signed an agreement to provide

The 1.2 million New Yorkers forced to get auto insurance through the state's assigned risk pool will

ICC DENIES REQUEST TO HALT INVESTIGATIONWASHINGTON - The Interstate Commerce Commission deni

There are serious doubts among trade negotiators in Geneva whether "Super 301" could be applied by t

HEALTH UNDERWRITERS CHOOSE LILLIE AS HEADThe National Association of Health Underwriters nam

Tokyo dealers expressed astonishment at a report that Salomon Brothers Asia Ltd. successfully bid fo

BOLIVIA - $500,000 from the Inter-American Development Bank for credits and technical help for low-i

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Uniroyal Chemical Co. is temporarily withdrawing the controversial chemical Alar from the U.S. marke

THE ORGANIZATION of Petroleum Exporting Countries has just completed its most successful half-year o

EXXON WON'T SEND VALDEZ TO PORTLANDPORTLAND, Ore. - Exxon Corp. has canceled its plan to bri

The unemployment rate dipped to 5.3 percent in New York state and 3 percent in New Jersey last month

Like millions of Americans going to work each morning, Carol d'Agostino washes, dresses carefully an

''YOU CAN HAVE THE FOLKS WHO WRITE THE LAWS, just let me have the folks who write the rules."