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IPE HOPES TO LAUNCH BRENT OPTIONS IN APRILThe International Petroleum Exchange expects to la

PRINCESS DI'S SPECIAL EVENT INSURERS must have sweated it out Thursday night, after several hundred

A captive insurance company that would provide property and casualty insurance for the dealers of t

S.KOREA CAN DIAL DIRECT TO CHINA, SOVIET UNIONSEOUL, South Korea - South Koreans now can mak

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. is finally poised to get a big break in Europe after five years o

Eastern Air Lines Inc. is headed for a confrontation with its largest union, and it could threaten t

The Federal Maritime Commission made available Tuesday the text of proposed rules to simplify the fi

A Canadian home-cleaning company will enter the Japanese market through a franchising agreement with

HONG KONG - NEW VISA STAMP. Effective Jan. 1, 1989, shipments of textiles and textile products expor

The U.S. dollar was lower on foreign exchange markets Thursday ahead of today's employment data and

A leading private economist warned Congress Thursday that he expects a mild recession to occur early

GRACE PROFIT INCREASED 51 PERCENT IN FOURTH QUARTERW.R. Grace & Co. reported that fourth-qua

President Bush and Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita agreed Thursday to "strengthen" their go

The US Navy's latest crane ship, converted to handle containerships in emergenies where shoreside fa

Sen. Claiborne Pell, D-R.I., has reintroduced legislation to remove the Coast Guard from the Departm

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has given the go-ahead to Globex, the Chicago Mercantile Ex

AIDS has now killed more Americans than died in combat during the Vietnam war. As of this we

The nation's largest organization for the elderly is distancing itself from protests over the new ca

WATERWAY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS INC. (Jeffersonville, Ind.) - Salverio J. ''Sal" Berte was named re

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

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Chrysler Corp. Thursday reported sharply higher fourth-quarter earnings, paced by the strongest U.S.

Truckers who are fined for pulling overweight ocean containers on the nation's highways always have

Standing like giant Christmas trees covered with shimmering Italian lights, the two new container cr

The state-owned tin mining company in Indonesia plans to double expenditure on exploration and incre

NEW NAME ANNOUNCED BY HONEYWELL BULL INC.Mass. - Honeywell Bull Inc., a joint venture comput

Businesses should not expect Congress to soften greatly a tax provision that removes fringe benefit

MicroAge Inc., a major computer franchising company, is expected to announce as early as Friday an a

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

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

Four times weekly, a British Airways L-1011 loaded with Florida citrus fruit, seafood, meat and othe

Knight-Ridder Inc. reported fourth-quarter earnings for 1988 of $45.6 million as against a year-earl

The U.S.-Canada free trade agreement should not provoke a significant increase in closings of U.S.-o

A joint venture promising authentic New York-style pizza will be launched here Feb. 4 as a commercia

Sears Roebuck & Co. is launching a network to carry electronic messages between companies, hoping to

An Argentine supply ship sank in heavy seas after running aground off Antarctica, and authorities in

Charismatic Himont Inc. Chairman Alexander Giacco does not seem overly concerned about the growing g

A nationwide program to improve French port productivity by paying dockworkers to retire early has b

THE GUESSING GAME OVER new leadership below the Cabinet level has swung into high gear in Washington