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Although Chicago's rats are the toughest in the nation, and as loathsome as any to inhabit urban Ame

Associated British Ports Holdings PLC, a major ports and property development group, has announced a

Howard I. Hoch, George Papazicos and Hope E. Rosenbaum were named vice presidents at Equitable Finan

Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey, who played host to Soviet leaderMikhail Gorbachev for

* John Boyd - Economic Beat 3A * Kevin Commins - Currency Forecast 7A* Stanford Erickson - C

The federal government is studying whether criminal charges can be brought against Exxon Corp. for i

International efforts to reduce protectionism and liberalize world trade can be resumed following cr

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AEP Industries Inc. announced the acquisition of all of the outstanding capital stock of Design Poly

New electronic trading systems will lead to a re-examination of international regulation of the futu

The U.S. dollar declined Thursday on a statement by Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D- Texas, that he wants the

Joint venture agreements between British and Soviet companies ranging from expanding Soviet chemical

* Customs Update 3A * Howard Simon - Simon Says 6A* Marc Levinson - Korea and America's Embr

A maritime union and a shipping line fulfilled their promise to challenge International Shipholding

American Airlines on Thursday unveiled a major expansion of its Miami passenger and freight service.

ADHESIVES Atochem Inc.'s Polymers Division, Glen Rock, N.J. announced a 3 percent price incr

Amoco Chemical Co. announced that it will nearly triple the purified terephthalic acid, or PTA, annu

DESPITE ECONOMISTS' CONCERNS about inflationary pressures emerging later this year, gold prices have

S. KOREA ALLOWING CURRENCY TO RISESEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean won may strengthen t

Japan is expected to garner the No. 2 spot at the International Monetary Fund by the end of the year

Exxon Corp.'s pledge to pay all claims arising out of the worst oil spill in U.S. history is apparen

A congressional subcommittee will continue hearings next Tuesday into the $2 billion insolvency of T

CHINA'S CASH SHORTAGE THREATENS FACTORIESDesperate cash shortages caused by economic austeri

Yoshimasa Koyanemara, 48, still proudly calls himself a steelworker. But a year ago he gave up the f

AT&T DOESN'T FORESEE TELEPHONE RATE WARDETROIT - The chairman of American Telephone & Telegr

SEA-LAND OFFERING FAST TRANSIT TO USEDISON, N.J. - Sea-Land Service Inc. is offering shipper

Cleaning up the Alaska oil spill, the nation's worst ever, could take 1,000 days and will cost betwe

The Federal Maritime Commission wants ocean carriers and shippers to keep better track of their serv

CELGENE, CYANAMID JOIN IN BIOTECHNOLOGY R&DWARREN, N.J. - Celgene Corp. and American Cyanami

Taiwan has decided to send officials to China for the first time since 1949, taking Taipei's battle

The International Monetary Fund is mulling drastic tactics to persuade banks to back the new U.S. in

The Toronto Stock Exchange, battling global concerns of spiraling interest rates, is determined to b

GDP GROWTH IN EC UNLIKELY TO MATCH '88BRUSSELS, Belgium - Gross domestic product in the Euro

CONSUMER CREDIT RISES $4.215 BILLIONU.S. consumers took on $4.215 billion more in consumer i

Sen. Howard M. Metzenbaum, D-Ohio, has launched the latest Congressional attack on the insurance ind

Members of the Maine Legislature's Banking and Insurance Committee will try today to agree on legisl

Time is beginning to run out for negotiators who are trying to hammer out accords on four key areas

BUSH URGES ELECTIONS FOR PALESTINIAN ARABSPresident Bush, ending talks with Israeli Prime Mi

The network wars continue to heat up. International Business Machines Corp. has fired the la