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Production and sales of plastics resins set new records for the sixth year in a row in 1988, surpass

BUTANEDIOL BASF Corp., Parsippany, N.J., is increasing its off-schedule price of 1,4-Butaned

The Brazilian government has decided to extend its fledgling system of free- market currency exchang

Pharmatec Inc. announced it has received a license from the U.S. Department of Commerce to U.S. pate

Chevron Chemical Co. announced closure of its Ra-Pid-Gro fertilizer production facility here, effect

With an eye on exports to the United States and elsewhere, a local manufacturer is building a plant

BLAST HITS HERCULES' ROCKET FUEL PLANTWEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - A fiery explosion tore throug

Increasing worldwide benzene demand is rapidly squeezing capacity to a point where a shortfall could

Ausimont NV announced fourth-quarter 1988 net income of 51.37 billion lire (about $39.3 million), or

Pressure is growing in Congress for a ban on the apple chemical Alar following reports that the prod

Thirty-eight companies and organizations submitted comments to the U.S. Trade Representative's offic

St. Lawrence Seaway officials kicked off the waterway's 30th shipping season on a sober note Thursda

The Federal Maritime Commission has revoked four ocean freight forwarder licenses and reissued three

The diversified conglomerate Swire Pacific Ltd. chalked up a 25 percent increase in profit for the y

U.S. and Canadian participants were enthusiastic upon their return from a recent trade mission to Eu

It is hard to believe that even at sky-high prices, there still seems to be no shortage of customers

Three new index products recently approved by the Securities and ExchangeCommission have bee

FOREIGN AFFILIATES TO HIKE SPENDING 12 PERCENTAffected by sharply lower increases in capital

IS THE SOYBEAN SUBSIDY DISPUTE between the United States and the European Community distracting Amer

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter told his staff and industrial officials to come up with o

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Polaroid Corp. and Eastman Kodak Co. will meet in court May 1 in the damages phase of their patent i

SOVIETS DENY RUMORS OF SUGAR PURCHASESThe Soviet Union has completed its sugar-buying progra

ECONOMIC GROWTH SEEN AT 4 PERCENT-6 PERCENT FOR JAPANESEA Japanese Economic Planning Agency

In a surprise move, Ford Motor Co. has pulled out of a consortium of U.S. companies that on Thursday

The oil that has polluted Prince William Sound is soiling Alaska's $500 million tourism industry, an

South Korea has no further plans to revalue its currency despite U.S.pressure, according to

A South Korean high-tech mission to the United States purchased more than $500 million worth of good

South Korea faces its worst economic performance since 1985 as a result of rapidly rising wage costs

Exhibitors at the annual jewelry show notched up record sales of HK$140 million (US$18 million) at t

GERMAN STEEL OUTPUT DECLINED IN FEBRUARYFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German steel producti

VENEZUELAN COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF OCCIDENTALCARACAS, Venezuela - The Venezuelan Supreme Cou

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The amber arm of the radar set swept slowly around the screen, picking up the contours of nearby lan

With the future of the current multilateral trading round hanging in the balance, U.S. and European

The nation's largest dockworkers' union and the shipping companies that pay their wages made progres

Each time Michael Jackson, Phil Collins, or the ubiquitous Madonna go on a searing concert tour, Wil

Exxon Co. U.S.A. said Thursday it can't meet its commitments to deliver about 2 million barrels of A

The U.S. District Court in Philadelphia today will begin hearing arguments involving a disputed clai