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Greece is beefing up its maritime anti-terrorist squad with 150 experienced divers and commandos to

Membership prices at the two largest futures exchanges fell this week, following news late last week

A leading U.S. accounting firm said it is doubtful that the European Community could achieve a singl

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

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The United States and the 12-nation European Community will reach an accord by early April on the ou

COLOMBIA RULES OUT OIL PRODUCTION CUTBOGOTA, Colombia - Colombia has no intention of cutting

K MART CORP. (Troy, Mich.) - David M. Carlson has been named senior vice president, corporate inform

PANEL TO REVIEW STATUS OF FMC TARIFF FILING- The House Merchant Marine Subcommittee will rev

After a two-month delay, a U.S. foreign aid shipment of wheat is on its way to Pakistan aboard a sup

LORILLARD CAN'T SPEAK TO TOBACCO CASE JURORSNEWARK, N.J. - Lawyers for Lorillard Inc., one o

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

Chase Manhattan Corp. plans to continue selling Third World debt and building its loan losses reserv

AIR CANADA ORDERS THREE BOEING 747-400SSEATTLE - Air Canada has ordered three Boeing Co. 747

Western Union Corp.'s newest service introduction has its competitors seething. Competitors

Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady Wednesday said that the Bush administration is not preparing any p

A federal judge has dismissed a challenge by railroad labor to a tactic adopted by the carriers for

UNION PACIFIC POSTS JUMP IN PROFITUnion Pacific Corp. said its fourth quarter profit rose to

Trinidad and Tobago will ease import restrictions as part of an agreement for loans from the Interna

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

Fairly soon, the car-rental industry simply may stop debating whether its customers should be offere

Officials from China and Singapore signed a shipping accord Tuesday. It grants most-favored-

IT IS A MISTAKE to dwell on possible future dangers to the air cargo industry, Daniel Peudupin decla

The massive racketeering lawsuit aimed at putting the Teamsters union under government control may b

The U.S. employment cost index rose 1 percent in the fourth quarter to an unadjusted 141.9, the Labo

Automakers are expected to post record profits for 1988, but the outspoken new leader of the 20,000-

Electronic mail is lifting superpower relations to a whole new level. In the spirit of impro

Months after a private company won a ferocious battle to take over Manila's International Container

Jamaica must export to survive. When its government realized its legitimate exports were stuck in fo

An "Inside Talk on Insurance" column that appeared on page 9A in The Journal of Commerce on Friday,

$42 million from the World Bank's International Development Association for research, training and e

BANK OF BOSTON SELLS BRANCH IN CURACAOBOSTON - The First National Bank of Boston said it has

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and non-OPEC oil producers meet here Thursday unde

CSX Corp. has decided to keep the Greenbrier resort it owns in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.

Warning that inflation rates "clearly are too high," Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan suggest

GENERAL SIGNAL CORP. (Stamford, Conn.) - Arthur W. Zafiropoulo was named president, General Signal S

The lingering effects of the summer drought of 1988 will play a significant role in agriculture's ou