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U.S. consumption of high-performance elastomers was more than 370 million pounds in 1988, an estimat

Nearly 90 countries agreed Wednesday to support a ban on ozone-destroying chemicals by the year 2000

Vermont will become the first state in the nation to ban chlorofluorocarbons for automotive air cond

Browning-Ferris Industries Inc., one of the nation's largest trash haulers, said Tuesday it reached

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The nation's life insurance agents fully support efforts to reform Section 89 non-discrimination rul

FRANK B. HALL REPORTS NET LOSS IN QUARTERBRIARCLIFF MANOR, N.Y. - Frank B. Hall & Co. report

Like a patient with terminal cancer, the failed New York Insurance Exchange is chugging toward a pai

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NJ AUTO INSURER GETS RATE HIKE APPROVALTRENTON, N.J. - Car insurance rates will increase an

May 3, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f.

States should set guidelines for awards in damage suits because juries are blind to the impact their

USX Corp.'s latest announcement of plans to spend $240 million on a fifth continuous caster at its U

The United Mine Workers of America said Tuesday it would accept federal mediation in its contract di

Business representatives contend that American workers would be better off if Congress repealed a ne

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

CF: EMERY GOODWILL MAY TOP $300 MILLIONMENLO PARK, Calif. - Consolidated Freightways Inc. es

The U.S. dollar edged higher Wednesday despite three rounds of dollar-selling by central banks.<

The Federal Reserve Board's overall report on the nation's economy, generally optimistic, does point

Electronic data interchange will have a "major" impact on the banking industry, according to a just-

WHAT'S YOUR NET WORTH? Oil companies, and others, that operate so-called placarded vehicles,

Bankers remain skeptical about Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady's plan for Third World debt relief.

A leading British computer manufacturer has started sending electronicpurchase orders to sup

Regulating the use of computerized files containing personal data is among a broad range of issues t

IBM PRODUCTS ENHANCE PRIVATE PHONE SYSTEMSInternational Business Machines Corp. has introduc

Crude oil inventories rose substantially as Alaskan crude shipments continued to improve. Fo

HAPAG-LLOYD TO EXPAND AGENCY ORGANIZATIONSTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Hapag-Lloyd AG is expanding i

The AFL-CIO endorsed plans for a nationwide labor boycott of American Telephone & Telegraph Co. if i

USAir announced a $1.3 billion deal Wednesday with McDonnell Douglas Corp. to buy 20 of its MD-82 ai

There's a 50 percent chance motorists in some parts of the country will be waiting in lines for gaso

Stena AB of Sweden and Sea Containers Ltd., Bermuda, faced off in court Wednesday in the latest acti

International Maritime Carriers (Holdings) Ltd. is tapping shareholders to finance four more ships,

SAUDI KING SEES OIL AT $26 IF ALL COOPERATEOil prices could reach $26 a barrel early next ye

The Department of Transportation formally approved the transfer of Flying Tigers' air cargo rights t

An article on Page 1A of the May 2 edition of The Journal of Commerce, headlined "Analysts Question

Seattle port commissioners are debating whether their port should continue battling the Port of Taco

Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner said the first of a new generation of bomb sniffers will

The Port of Wilmington's fortunes continued to brighten this week with the inauguration of monthly S

A House aviation subcommittee has advanced a bill to install sophisticated bomb-detection devices at

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