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JOHNSON CONTROLS PLANS TO BUY PAN AM UNITNEW YORK - Johnson Controls Inc. has agreed to purc

With truckers taking the state to court over new fees and railroads threatening suit over proposed t

Today's office of the future is often submerged under the chaos of the present. Competing co

TRANS-PACIFIC CABLE IS FULLY OPERATIONALThe first fiber-optic communications cable across th

Sales for the worldwide semiconductor industry are projected to reach $51.5 billion in 1989 and $67.

PROPELLER CLUB TO HEAR GEN. CASSIDY SPEAKGen. Duane W. Cassidy, commander-in-chief of the U.

The Port of Hong Kong is looking forward to a rosy future based on serving as ''the New York of sout

Polaroid Corp. is close to completing a joint venture with the Soviet Union that would involve the s

DOUBLE-STACK SERVICE EXPANDED BY HYUNDAIGARDENA, Calif. - Hyundai Merchant Marine Inc. has s

A broad-ranging study drafted by the Commerce Department recommends a coordinated government policy

Business concluded at the spring session of the Chinese Export Commodities Fair, which closed in Gua

FIRMS' APPROPRIATIONS FOR PLANT JUMP 33 PERCENTU.S. companies' appropriations for spending o

Canada has built a new embassy in Washington and the architect says it is designed to carry a messag

State, port, management and labor officials here believe they have put their thorniest labor problem

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

A delegation from Taiwan is in Panama this week hoping to conclude talks on setting up an export-pro

Louisiana voters dealt a stinging rebuke to trade and transportation interests by rejecting Gov. Bud

The Interstate Commerce Commission meets today to confront one of the thorniest trucking disputes to

The bridge of the U.S. Navy destroyer Macdonough gleams and bristles with instruments ranging from r

A Democratic congressman from Georgia is expected to introduce legislation to counter a Bush adminis

American President Cos. says its disappointing first-quarter earnings won't repeat themselves, but a

Reliance Group Holdings Inc. Friday reported that net income for the first quarter ending March 31 w

Armed with a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation, the Wharton Risk and Decision Pr

COURT AWARDS PENSIONS TO 4 BHOPAL VICTIMSNEW DELHI, India - India's Supreme Court Friday ord

After having shed its retail stock brokerage and its large-group medical insurance, and throttling b

Six people, including two lawyers and a doctor, pleaded innocent Thursday to a scheme that allegedly

The Washington state Supreme Court on Friday overturned limits on awards for pain and suffering, an

The dollar will continue to trade in a range until there is a marked change in U.S.economic fundamen

Treasury Secretary Nicholas F. Brady said that new government estimates project a bigger surplus tha

Rough rice futures at the Chicago Rice and Cotton Exchange could be poised for a repeat of 1987's dr

Sir Leon Brittan, vice president of the European Community commission, sought to assure the United S

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DONOVAN LEISURE NEWTON & IRVINE (New York) - Roderick M. Hills, former chairman of the Securities an

BRAZIL - $94 million from the World Bank for a natural gas distribution project by Companhia de Gas

London, Britain's largest general cargo port, reported a substantial growth in cargo volume last yea

EC tax commissioner Christiane Scrivener in a newspaper interview Friday expressed optimism on the p

ARGENTINE BANKS CLOSE AS INFLATION RAGESBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The Argentine government o

Fri., April 28, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

The freight futures market started to firm toward the end of last week as it became evident that the

American President Companies Ltd. announced earnings for the period ended April 7 of $5.8 million, o