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W. GERMAN RATES COULD RISE THURSDAYFRANKFURT, West Germany - A rise in West German interest

Private analysts who track the Federal Reserve doubted that the central bank's policy panel was read

The engineer and brakeman of a runaway Southern Pacific Transportation Co. freight train that killed

CONSUMER PRICES RISE 2 PERCENT IN SINGAPOREConsumer prices in Singapore were up 2 percent in

Carlos Menem's victory in Sunday's presidential election has left exporters awaiting clear signals a

HOUSING STARTS FELL 2.7 PERCENT IN APRILNew construction of houses and apartment buildings i

Sears, Roebuck & Co. has been offered an incentive package worth more than $100 million to keep its

Imports accounted for 46 percent of all cameras sold in the United States last year, according to th

Despite a flurry of excitement after President Bush's offer to make the Soviet Union a preferential

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

Aegon Insurance Group reported Tuesday that net income for the first quarter ending March 31 increa

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission Tuesday cleared the way for certain British firms to sell t

May 16, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

United Parcel Service Co. urged federal transportation officials to defer allocation of the U.S.-Jap

Major shipping lines and exporters from Britain are well-prepared to withstand a threatened strike b

Tue., May 16, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Japan's overall trade surplus climbed 7.7 percent last month at $7.3 billion and with the United Sta

Motorists could pay auto insurance rates up to 4.5 percent higher beginning July 1 under a new ratin

Some Assembly Democrats are sharply criticizing an attempt by Assembly Speaker Chuck Hardwick to ask

RI AUTO INSURER SEEKS TO EXIT MASS. MARKETA Rhode Island insurer that writes less than 1 per

Large purchases of U.S. cotton by China have boosted charter ship rates in the U.S. Gulf. Mo

Customs agents replaced $500 million worth of cocaine hidden in a barbed-wire shipment with sand, bu

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IBM UNVEILS SOFTWARE TO LINK COMPUTERSNEW YORK - International Business Machines Corp. has r

FOR JOHN C. SMITH AND MYSELF it is a kind of wrap-up interview. It didn't start out that way. But wh

When the price of gasoline here rises, or the cost of a pizza falls, Wall Street and Washington list

Ray Friant likes to recall the visit by a Japanese camera company executive to the Keystone Camera P

A memorial service is scheduled Monday for Jacob Nebeling, a prominent shipping executive on the Wes

Hanjin Group, the shipping and airline organization, cut a sweet deal with its purchase of debt-lade

Britain is pressing the European Commission to liberalize coastal shipping within the European Commu

US CLASS I RAILROADS REPORT INCOME BOOSTWASHINGTON - The nation's Class I railroads reported

The failure to enforce train operating rules, by the Iowa Interstate Railroad and the Federal Railro

Not since Adolph Hitler swept to power in 1933 has Europe been in the midst of such precipitous chan

All cigarette packs sold in the European Community will have to carry specific health warnings from

Despite a substantial increase in the defense budget, almost 100,000 companies stopped doing busines

New York insurance regulators Tuesday announced their largest fine ever, levied against two Liberty

NLRB SETS HEARING ON UMW PRACTICESLEBANON, Va. - The National Labor Relations Board will hol

FINA OIL & CHEMICAL CO. (Dallas) - Jeff D. Morris was named refinery manager at Fina's Big Spring, T

An Amoco Oil Co. official said a planned expansion of its Cartaret marine terminal would allow the c