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Sony Corp., one of Japan's leading electronics companies, announced Thursday that its U.S. subsidiar

SOUTH KOREA REPORTS SLOWDOWN IN EXPORTSSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's customs-cleared tr

Extortion charges against a group of former employees of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. may be weaken

Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines and several other developing countries appear to have won the l

ORE. FIRM TO IMPORT NEW ZEALAND LAMBSPORTLAND, Ore. - An Oregon company plans to import 54,0

CLASSIFICATION OF ENSEMBLES UNDER THE HARMONIZED TARIFF SCHEDULE OF THE UNITED STATES. This notice r

While Venezuela struggles to contain economic-inspired riots at home and neighboring Peru gets ready

Legislation to expand U.S. trade benefits for Caribbean Basin countries will reach the House floor b

A $375 million soda ash plant being built in the remote desert of Botswana seems destined to become

UNILEVER EARNINGS ROSE 21 PERCENT IN 4TH QUARTERUnilever, the Anglo-Dutch household-products

CAUSTIC SODA LCP Chemicals, Edison, N.J., a division of Hanlin Group, is increasing prices f

Mitsui & Co., Japan Metals & Chemical Co. and Ergenics Inc. have established a joint venture that wi

U.S. and Canadian officials have unveiled a plan to clean Lake Ontario of toxic chemicals and which

The government of Israel is moving to privatize Israel Chemicals Ltd. through a direct sale of 50 pe

Frank Lorenzo, the tough-as-nails chairman of giant Texas Air Corp., has a master's degree in busine

A ban on shipments of hazardous waste from 32 states and Puerto Rico began Wednesday with the operat

NJ CONFIRMS DAGGETT AS ENVIRONMENT CHIEFTRENTON, N.J. - The New Jersey state Senate has conf

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European Community environment ministers are likely to agree today to sweeping cuts in chlorofluoroc

The Maritime Administration Wednesday reaffirmed its approval of International Shipholding Corp.'s $

Top women sailors will compete in a new race to be held during the second annual Fleet Week in New Y

Senate clean air supporters promised to write a tough new anti-pollution bill by July 4. The

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

CROWLEY MARITIME CORP. (San Francisco) - Ronald M. Duckhorn was named vice president, West Coast har

Dockworkers at the Port of Genoa Wednesday expanded their six-week-old slowdown into a full strike t

IS THE NATURAL GAS MARKET READY for a futures contract? The New York Mercantile Exchange, wh

MAR. 1, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

U.S. coal production will expand 1.5 percent a year to 2000, with the strongest growth occuring in W

Sustained demand for key commodities heralds a good shipping season in 1989 for carriers on the Grea

Riots in Venezuela inspired by new austerity measures show that the International Monetary Fund cont

NY TO BUY, DISMANTLE SHOREHAM POWER PLANTALBANY, N.Y.- The Long Island Lighting Co.'s $5.4 b

A new crisis is looming for the world shipping industry as orders for new giant containerships threa

The U.S. dollar moved broadly higher in active trading Wednesday. The rally lifted the dolla

Supplies of key petroleum products moved in normal seasonal patterns in the week ended Feb. 24, as p

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

California has established a new methanol reserve to ease the state's dependence on petroleum and he

Massachusetts gasoline prices rose 1 cent a gallon, the latest statewide survey by the state Energy

WATKINS CONFIRMED AS ENERGY SECRETARY WASHINGTON- The Senate Wednesday confirmed the nominat

An overcrowded ramp area, inadequate loading equipment and lax security measures are cited as major

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