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A sudden Soviet willingness to consider making good on bonds issued by Russia's czarist government

RELIANCE CHIEF DONATES $25 MILLION TO SCHOOLThe University of Pennsylvania has received a gi

A Belgian biotechnology firm has completed experiments suggesting that pharmaceutical drugs could be

PFIZER BOOSTS PRICES OF SODIUM ERYTHORBATEPfizer Inc.'s chemical division raised prices for

C.H. Sprague & Son Co.'s Energy Group, an old-line New England fuel oil and coal marketer, will expa

Revising the 2.75 percent state petroleum gross receipts tax to a per-gallon tax has been recommende

Inventories of gasoline and distillate fuel followed seasonal patterns with gasoline stocks increasi

International Lease Finance Corp. gives new meaning to the term "lean and mean." A company with a st

A tentative accord between air traffic controllers and the Federal Aviation Administration has broug

American Telephone and Telegraph Corp. and Dialcom Inc. announced the interconnection of their two d

The South Carolina Legislature is expected to approve a six-month moratorium on auto insurance rate

The Colombian economy has grown about 5 percent a year since 1986 despite political-and narcotics-re

Kuwait will return to its own registry six of the 11 tankers it placed under the U.S. flag for prote

When Jim Burnley ends his final day as secretary of transportation today, the department loses an of

Apple Computer Inc. reported net income of $140.5 million, or $1.10 a share, on revenue of $1.405 bi

The Port of Morehead City can accommodate the expected needs of a Mobil Oil Corp. subsidiary should

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A federal judge agreed Tuesday to determine whether two Teamsters union officials must forfeit their

The British government is recruiting local chambers of commerce to assist in identifying companies t

PANASONIC CO. AGREES TO REFUND $16 MILLIONPanasonic Co., accused of bilking consumers out of

Narrowing profit margins, stiff competition and cheap stock prices are forcing a new round of merger

Criticism of steel pricing in the United States is unfair and unwarranted, according to the presiden

Denmark's stiff bank capital rules should be eased to bring them in line with those of other Europea

MAJOR BANKS PREPARE CHILEAN DEBT SWAPSSANTIAGO, Chile, - International banks are preparing a

When International Lease Finance Corp. shocked the aviation industry last May with a $5.04 billion o

Hoechst Celanese Corp. said it had sold its Baton Rouge, La., plant and related businesses to a new

Jan. 18, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The Supreme Court Wednesday overturned the tax assessment procedures of West Virginia's Webster Coun

AIRBORNE OVER MIDAMERICA - Flying a freighter is an endless series of checks. Checks?This di

Six members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries hold 70.5 percent of the world's pr

UNOCAL CORP. (Los Angeles) - Stephen C. Lipman was appointed president of the company's geothermal d

American Airlines is expected to announce two aircraft orders for 160 McDonnell Douglas airplanes wo

A developer is abandoning his $120 million Penn's Landing mall and office project along the Delaware

Bruce Burgess is in charge of the six-person telecommunications department at Delaware Trust Co. in

The deepwater Port of Sept-Iles on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River posted a nearly 20 perc

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Modest gains in freight volume and corporate profit will boost truck-trailer sales more than 7 perce

China is soliciting bids from foreign companies for coal and rail projects backed by World Bank loan

Some detail has emerged about individual quotas agreed among members of the Association of Tin Produ