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Ship lines are amazed over a proposed project by a West Coast recycling firm to ship up to 1,000 ton

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

Royal Nedlloyd NV, a Dutch shipping and transport group, is poised to spend over $700 million on new

The Federal Aviation Administration warned U.S. airlines and airports worldwide in late December of

A leading economist's assertion the "GATT is dead" is rejected by U.S. business leaders, even though

Another of the great names in U.S. industrial history is set to move to the Far East with the purcha

The government has kicked off the first of a number of promised state renovation projects in the opp

A contract to carry more than 200,000 tons of coal from Virginia to Egypt has been awarded by the U.

Euro Pacific New Zealand Line Ltd., a London-based company trading between Europe and Australasia, h

While legislators wrangle over proposed reforms for insurance regulation in Texas, administrative pe

Borrowers upset about their bankers aren't just taking their business elsewhere these days.

CALIFORNIA TO PROBE STATE FARM ACTIONSState Farm Insurance Cos. will face hearings March 9-1

Safeco Corp. reported that operating income in the fourth quarter ending Dec. 31, 1988 was $68.74 mi

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ACTUARIES (Washington) - James J. Murphy was named executive vice president of t

The American Tort Reform Association will hold its national conference Tuesday in Washington. For mo

Employee benefits-related legislation, an important issue in the 1988 presidential campaign, will co

Venezuelan officials are seeking $2 billion in new credits from banks and another $600 in bridge fin

The Asian share of foreign gross activity in U.S. stocks exceeded European gross transactions for th

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

The January employment report to be released this Friday should provide a new short-term direction f

The rapid appreciation of the won against the U.S. dollar appears to have stalled over the past two

BRAZILIAN UNIONS FIGHT AUSTERITY PLANSAO PAULO, Brazil - Unions are increasing pressure on t

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The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index nudged lower last week as plywood and a some nonferro

Fri., Jan. 27. 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

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Unusually warm temperatures in January have covered large portions of theglobe's main food a

Corn Refiners' Group Names '89 OfficersThe Corn Refiners Association Inc. named Ernest S. Mi

NYMEX APPROVES LINK WITH CME GLOBEXNEW YORK - Members of the New York Mercantile Exchange ha

"GATT is dead." The distinguished audience at the World Economic Forum at this Swiss ski res

GROLIER INC. (New York) - Robert B. Clarke, chairman and chief executive officer of this major diver

Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's leading auto manufacturer, said it is looking into the possibility of la

MAJOR TRADERS AGREE ON NEW TEXTILE TALKSMajor trading nations have agreed to make a fresh st

A U.S.-Japan free trade agreement may sound promising in theory, but in reality it would do little t

Labor. Daily newspapers from Britain, France, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, West Germany and Ital

Major mergers and acquisitions in the Canadian oil, airline and beer industries recently are seen as

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Witco Corp. is planning a 50 percent capacity expansion of its Ponca City, Okla., carbon black produ

Hoechst Celanese Corp.'s Technical Fibers Group is planning an expansion of dimensionally stabilized