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DOW WILL RESTART ETHANOLAMINES PLANTMIDLAND, Mich. - Dow Chemical Co. announced plans to res

Canadian Transportation Research Forum, 24th annual meeting, May 28-31. Halifax Sheraton, Nova Scoti

Call it digital seduction. Managers of the Port of Hamburg are doing their best to lure memb

Call it a reluctance to work on windswept rooftops, knead dough at 4 a.m. or get dirty installing fu

May 24, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

Ashland Petroleum Co., the refining and marketing division of Ashland Oil Inc., said it will begin m

Indonesia is waiving a hotly contested tax on oil support services less than two months after it was

The U.S. government will not consider an emergency short-term loan for Argentina until its authorit

A new commuter aircraft is likely to be seen soon over U.S. skies, a 35-seat turboprop built in Indo

S. KOREANS CONSUMING MORE IMPORTED BEEFSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's consumption of imp

TYCO TOYS TO BUY VIEW-MASTER IDEALTyco Toys Inc., the nation's No. 5 toymaker, announced tha

AIG EXECUTIVE GETS 1 TO 3 YEARS IN PRISONA former executive at American International Group,

State regulation of the emerging private insurance market for long-term care gives the elderly "a fa

A partner in a newly formed Boston law firm specializing in insurance says California consumers' rec

ITT TELEPHONE RATES FOR 27 NATIONS TO DROPSECAUCUS, N.J. - International telephone rates for

Once again, the Marines are on the front lines. Only this time, there aren't any guns being

Sixteen companies have applied to the Federal Maritime Commission for licenses as ocean freight forw

1712 (May 24, 1989) Previous day - 1722 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

Sweeping changes in U.S. trade, tax and macroeconomic policies are the key to eliminating the curren

The United States could soon become the only major nation with a fragmented banking and financial sy

S. KOREA EVENTUALLY TO FLOAT ITS CURRENCYSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's won currency wil

Customers are accepting the modest rate hike recently imposed by Zantop International Airlines Inc.,

CNW Corp.'s directors have decided to take no position on a tender offer by Japonica Partners LP to

As concern grows about the general state of China's agriculture, the nation's primary financing arm

Wheat crop losses in Kansas this year could exceed $800 million, and drought- related economic fallo

In the wake of complaints from Texas consumer groups, architects of an insurance reform package rema

More than half of the insurance policies sold to supplement Medicare provide inadequate coverage for

A crazy quilt of state insurance regulations poses a tough obstacle for risk retention groups and f

A growing number of companies intend to require their employees to pay a greater share of their heal

Between now and 1993 there is likely to be a slowdown in worldwide growth rates for computers and ot

UK DOCK STRIKE RULING IS EXPECTED FRIDAYA High Court decision on the legality of threatened

The Illinois World Trade Center Association is opening its doors to membership and offering services

SOVIET TROOP CUT PLAN WELCOMED BY BUSHNEW LONDON, Conn., - President Bush Wednesday welcomed

FRENCH OFFICIAL SEES CONTINUED TRADE GAPFrance's merchandise trade deficit will remain stubb

METHANOL IS THE LATEST DARLING of those who see it as an alternative to gasoline. In fact, t

FSX TECHNOLOGY CURBS PASSED BY HOUSE PANELThe House Foreign Affairs Committee passed a resol

While a higher dollar creates problems for Latin American debtors, the possiblity that it will force

* Iran-Iraq Peace Boosts Bailey Controls' Business 3A * Iceland Woos Fish Buyers 4A* Tom Con

A firmer dollar may result in lower metal prices, but crude oil and grains are not likely to be affe

The end of the Iran-Iraq War last September has fueled a big increase in Middle East exports for Bai