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Last week's crude oil spill in Valdez, Alaska, will temporarily boost U.S. imports, underscoring the

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Americans insure everything from precious jewels to contact lenses, so J. Scott Henderson figured th

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., a conglomerate with heavy maritime interests, says its profit rose 26 percen

Trailer Train Co. said it will order additional intermodal equipment for third quarter delivery as a

If what's good for General Motors is good for the country, the flip side is that bad news for the co

The Interstate Commerce Commission reversed an earlier decision and denied a request by the Missouri

Japanese bankers don't want to commit themselves to the Brady plan for cutting Third World debt unti

JAPANESE URGED TO BUY MANUFACTURED GOODSThe Japan Foreign Trade Council Wednesday called on

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

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

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

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

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

NJ GRANTS TWO FIRMS HOMEOWNER RATE CUTSTRENTON, N.J. - The Department of Insurance said 10 p

DUTCH TRADE: Seattle last year surprised the port-industry people-watcher set by casting its net 6,0

National Automated Clearing House Association Annual Conference, April 2-5, Fairmont Hotel, New Orle

In the past, most of Europe's major airlines were known as rather staid national emblem-bearers, hel

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

Mar. 30, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

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The Environmental Protection Agency added 101 sites to its list of Superfund hazardous waste dumps,

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

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

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

Aviation insurers were worried about what would happen to premium rates when it came time for airlin

International Shipholding Corp. announced Thursday that it has completed its acquisition of Waterman

The 12 unions seeking to replace the United Transportation Union as the representative of the worker

WHAT IT IS: The Export-Import Bank of the United States, founded in 1934, is a federal agency to hel

BUSH TOLD OIL CLEANUP 'GOING AT FULL SPEED'President Bush's top advisers on the Alaska oil s

Dockworkers and ship companies active in East Coast ports will unveil an anti-drug smuggling program