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Shareholders of Union Carbide refused to increase the $470 million paid to survivors of the 1984 Bho

Shareholders of Pfizer Inc. rejected a proposal that the company should withdraw from South Africa.<

Senator Linie provided a boost to the struggling Port of Wilmington by signing a new two-year contra

HARMONIZED SYSTEM: GENERAL SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES. Singapore was removed from the list of GSP eligibl

The American Waterways Operators, which represents U.S. tug and barge operators, elected J.A. Tinkey

SONY TO SET UP CENTER FOR HDTV RESEARCHSony Corp. will research high-definition television a

Portugal began dismantling its lumbering state sector this week with the partial sell-off of shares

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating certain business practices of Benetton Group SpA, focu

1988 CARGO ROSE 3.4 PERCENT AT DEL. RIVER PORTSCAMDEN, N.J. - Total international waterborne

Exxon Shipping Co. asked the Maritime Administration to approve a temporary waiver of domestic shipp

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ANALYSTS EXPECT DROP IN ECONOMIC INDICATORThe index of U.S. leading economic indicators is e

Growth in seaborne imports slowed in the fourth quarter of last year compared with the third, while

The British government appears intent on scrapping a labor agreement that gives 9,400 dockworkers jo

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U.S. business will be helped, not hurt, when the European Community harmonizes the product standards

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SAY WHAT? Conrail says it hasn't the faintest idea what New Jersey Transit Corp. is talking

The U.S. Customs Service is launching a major effort to protect U.S. companies against imported ille

The U.S. dollar was narrowly mixed Thursday in a quiet market. Trading in the Canadian dolla

Auto insurance policyholders in Pennsylvania will have the opportunity to buy up to $1 million of c

U.S. companies seeking to set up operations in Europe in preparation for 1992 should consider the no

CITIBANK (New York) - William Treut, 41, was named first president in charge of American depositary

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

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

DISAGREEMENT DELAYS S. KOREAN BANK LAWSEOUL, South Korea - The revision of the Bank of Korea

European Commission officials said they were disappointed but not surprised by Thursday's announceme

Thu., April 27, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady's debt-relief plan for Third World countries and the European Com

The World Bank may provide up to $10 billion over the next three years in support of Third World deb

THE EASTERN REGIONAL BUSINESS CONDUCT COMMITTEE of the National Futures Association has barred State

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CHINA MAY BE WAITING FOR LOWER SUGAR PRICELONDON - China may buy sugar in the coming months

President George Bush is expected to meet with cabinet heads today regarding whether to offer the So

Complaining of a slowness to embrace his reforms, Mikhail S. Gorbachev declared that food and housin

Nissho Iwai Corp., the giant Japanese trading house, has set up what is reportedly the first foreign

Inflation pressures from imports eased some in the first three months of 1989, but the rising dollar

An investigation into alleged rebating by Showa Line is now in the hands of the Federal Maritime Com

An investigation into mismanagement of the state-owned shipping line of Puerto Rico widened, with a