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A majority of the more than 1,000 blue-collar workers who have left their jobs at Electric Boat in t

DU PONT TO PRODUCE FLUOROAROMATICSWILMINGTON, Del. - E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. announced

British politicians called Thursday for a major shake-up of Western export restrictions to the Easte

The pound sterling and the U.S. dollar both are heading for a fall, said Richard O'Brien, senior vic

HARMONIZED SYSTEM - FOOTWEAR. With the implementation of the Harmonized System, various existing Cus

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has reported its first operating profit in three years, indicating a return to h

In the first apparent deal of its kind, three Soviet companies are investing in a California joint v

CSX CORP. (Richmond, Va.) - William V. McHugh was named president and chief executive officer of Yuk

Air Products & Chemicals Inc. will increase prices for all of its industrial and medical gas product

The chairman of the trade association that represents freight forwarders in the New York and New Jer

FEDERAL EXPRESS SEEKS TO OPERATE TIGER RUNSMEMPHIS, Tenn. - Federal Express Corp. said it ha

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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Apparel imports surged in November as U.S. buyers and foreign manufacturers sought to use up quotas

PEROT SYSTEMS OPENS BRANCH IN TROY, MICH.Texas billionaire H. Ross Perot, the nemesis of Gen

Consolidated Rail Corp.'s new chief executive told securities analysts here Wednesday that the compa

AMERICAN ADMIRALTY BUREAU LTD. (New Orleans) - Peter A. Low was appointed director of commercial lit

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The Traffic Board of the North Atlantic Ports Association, based in New York City, has urged the Fed

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The new oil futures contract to be launched here Feb. 22 will offer the first hedging vehicle for oi

At airline cargo divisions both in the United States and around the world,plans for introduc

Norway's stock exchange, after suffering as badly as any world exchange from the October 1987 stock

ANCHOR SAVINGS BANK (Hewlett, N.Y.) - David W. Beal was named executive vice president, mortgages.

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Finance Minister Michael Wilson said a plan by American Express Co. to set up a Canadian bank will p

JOHN HANCOCK TO PAY FOR UNAPPROVED DRUGJohn Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Co., one of the na

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. is moving aggressively to expand its Asian presence in the face of str

I'm pleased to announce that The Journal of Commerce is giving our daily insurance readers what they

Chew International Group, a leading export management concern, is going out of business after encoun

Stolt Tankers & Terminals (Holdings) SA, a leading worldwide operator of parcel tankers that carry l

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Transportation Secretary-designate Samuel K. Skinner said the nation's highways and bridges need "su

The Illinois Central Railroad has lost its bid to break the crew-consist agreement it has with the U

Duke Power Co. reported that overall kilowatt-hour sales for 1988 increased by 3.5 percent.

Packaging giant Stone Container Corp. of Chicago said Thursday it plans to make a C$2.6 billion (abo

TIGER INTERNATIONAL POSTS EARNINGS RISELOS ANGELES - Tiger International Inc. reported net f

American President Companies Ltd. earned $15.5 million, or 60 cents a share, in the fourth quarter o

W. GERMANS SAY LIBYA CAN'T MAKE WAR GASESBONN, West Germany - U.S. and West German intellige