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U.S. oil imports increased substantially in April, filling a gap left by declining domestic producti

INSURERS SLASH RATES FOR NJ HOMEOWNERSTRENTON, N.J. - More than 70,000 homeowners will save

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Federal engineers have opened investigations into reports of safety defects in potentially 4 million

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Two measures to create California state units that would represent consumers in upcoming insurance r

Israel Chemicals Ltd. and Soquimich Corp., the largest fertilizer company in Chile, have established

RUBBER PROMOTERS American Cyanamid Co., Wayne, N.J., announced price increases for rubber ch

Massachusetts plans to use undercover agents, aerial surveillance and search warrants in a pollution

Harry Corless, chairman of ICI Americas Inc. and ICI American Holdings Inc., will retire July 31, 19

MONTEDISON REPORTS 54 PERCENT JUMP IN '88 NETMILAN, Italy - Italy's Montedison SpA said Tues

Cargill Ltd. and the province of Saskatchewan will jointly build a nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing

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Officials of the European Community Commission have promised Japan that the EC's integration in 1992

Containership Agency Inc. merged this week with American Container Agency Inc., a related company th

CHASE SECURITIES INC. (New York) - Linda M. Holland was named institutional salesperson for short-t

Foreign exchange dealers here doubt that U.S. monetary authorities really want to stop the U.S. doll

SOVIETS SEEK US HELP TO ANALYZE RUBLEWASHINGTON - The Soviet Union has asked the United Stat

U.S. meat imports have hit the skids in 1989, and industry sources are not optimistic that there wil

The 1989 dollar rally has demolished conventional wisdom on Wall Street. Taken by surprise,

As many as 200 longshoremen will be unemployed when Chiquita Brands Co. of North America moves its o

Gov. Michael S. Dukakis turned up the pressure on the Massachusetts Port Authority to pay off $12.9

Leading international banks, persisting with a controversial idea that the U.S. Treasury has flatly

The first Coast Guard officer to board the stricken Exxon Valdez tanker told safety investigators We

Boeing Co. is close to a revised production schedule for the new 747-400 jumbo jet but will negotiat

Testimony in the opening day of the Exxon Valdez oil spill hearings "raises some questions of judgme

Record U.S. exports in March revived hopes for a substantially better U.S. foreign trade balance thi

COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (New York) - Hugh Sigmon was appointed vice president of marketing at the Co

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SUGAR SUBSTITUTES RISING IN CHINALONDON - China may become a major user of sugar substitutes

Voters approved a plan to replace the nation's fifth largest airport, prompting a jubilant Mayor Fe

Talks to extend the U.S.-Soviet long-term grain agreement again should begin ''relatively soon," pos

Coffee prices are heading lower, analysts said, as sentiment grows that International Coffee Organiz

Kansas City is often called "the heart of America" because several major railroad lines and highways

Most business and transportation ground to a halt Wednesday as more than 1 million people joined pro

Amerijet International Inc., an all-cargo operator, is expanding its overnight freighter service in

Capt. Pat Coffman settled his 220-pound frame into the cockpit, placed his unlit El Producto cigar s