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Southern Pacific Transportation Co. said it plans to spend $361 million on capital improvements in 1

The U.S. dollar declined Wednesday after early, coordinated intervention by central banks of the Gro

BEAR, STEARNS & CO. (New York) - Bill Gunter was named a consultant. He was treasurer and in

Wed., Jan. 11, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

1620 (Jan. 11, 1989) Previous day - 1604 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange i

ROYAL NEDLLOYD GROUP NV (Rotterdam, Netherlands) - A. Van Langeveld was named managing director of N

The security of Lloyd's of London policies has remained intact after the insurance market decided We

European Community rapeseed farmers could be forced to cut their plantings of the double-zero variet

The legislature has passed a law that will prohibit teen-agers from drinking alcoholic beverages and

Two state agencies have cleared the way for banks to sell insurance for the first time in California

Lock repair work that has closed the Upper Mississippi River to barge traffic above Hannibal, Mo., s

South African companies are expanding abroad as disinvestment, sanctions and the threat of future tu

Importers of textiles and apparel are angry over the composition of a new advisory committee to the

Centaur Partners said its $765 million cash offer for chemical manufacturer Pennwalt Corp., schedule

Cetus Corp., which recently settled a question over patent rights with Hoffmann-La Roche, has reache

International Business Machines Corp. will buy 25 percent of a fiber-optics company owned by Corning

American President Cos. wants to help the transportation world find itself. The company is s

The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union will be allowed to participate in a case b

JAPAN TRADE SURPLUS WITH US MAY DROP 9 PERCENTJapan may rest a bit easier after next Tuesday

It may take 10 months and 24,000 miles for a Prince Gardner leather wallet to reach a U.S. departmen

Gov. Michael Dukakis launched a new program Wednesday designed to double Massachusetts' exports with

Illinois' enterprise zone program, authorized by the General Assembly's Enterprise Zone Act of 1982,

HUNGARY WILL ALLOW INDEPENDENT PARTIESBUDAPEST, Hungary - Hungary paved the way for politica

A Belgian citizen in the transportation business was arrested Wednesday on charges of falsifying doc

States may protect consumers from paying the price for nuclear power plants under construction that

The prospective bidders for the Shipping Corp. of New Zealand have varying interests in seeking to

Heavy exports of logs, lumber, grain and aluminum last year sent cargo volume in tons to all-time hi

Long lines built up at gasoline stations and soldiers guarded state-owned oil facilities against pos

Hewlett-Packard Co. has introduced three personal computers, two desktop models and a laptop.

Outgoing Transportation Secretary Jim Burnley fulfilled industry expectations Wednesday with an outl

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

NO DECISION REACHED ON NEXT G-7 MEETINGWASHINGTON - Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady and Br

A delegation of U.S. congressmen will hold talks here Friday with Brazilian officials on the issues

A local company is building a container-handling area in the nearby Chinese special economic zone of

SOFIA, Bulgaria - Communist Bulgaria is moving toward free enterprise by allowing the formation of

The incoming Bush administration will have a tough job running U.S. trade policy, according to forme

In remarks that suggest the economy may be able to grow faster than often believed without straining

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Four years of ethnic unrest have taken a toll on Sri Lanka's economy, but the worst may be over.

ONTARIO WOOD MOLDER TO OPEN PLANT IN USYAKIMA, Wash. - Alexandria Moulding Co. of Ontario, a