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Officials from Ontario came to Lexington this month to woo Kentucky business. Companies that

BUSH, FARM LEADERS EXPECTED TO MEETWASHINGTON - President-elect Bush will meet with represen

The Chicago Board of Trade took disciplinary actions against two members who either knowingly or unk

Scarlett O'Hara's hometown is for sale, and cash-rich Japanese investors are the principal targets o

The best Christmas present Hong Kong toy manufacturers could get would be enough sales - especially

One observer called the stalled effort to send 200,000 tons of wheat to Pakistan aboard a super-size

Crime may not pay, but the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey is finding it sure costs to fight

WHAT IT IS: Title X, Subtitle A, of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, known as the

Dockworkers appear to be going back to work at the key containerport of Tianjin after a strike at th

Propeller Club, Port of the Golden Gate. Holiday luncheon. Dec. 21. Hyatt Regency, Oakland, Calif. (

In September, U.S. total man-made fiber shipments were 774 million pounds, a 2 million pound decline

Pennwalt Corp. told its shareholders Wednesday to ignore an investor group's $100 a share buy-out of

ARCO CHEMICAL CO. (Newtown Square, Pa.) - Arco announced executive assignments in its new Arco Chemi

Mobil Chemical Co. says it has eliminated the use of chlorofluorocarbon blowing agents in producing

Hercules Inc. will sell its olefin carpet fiber business to E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. in an effo

HOECHST CELANESE REMOVES SURCHARGEHoechst Celanese Corp.'s Chemical Group said it was removi

The Dutch unit of a local conglomerate is holding talks on a merger with NV Medicopharma, a Dutch su

Formosa Plastics Corp., Parsippany, N.J., will become the second U.S. licensee of BASF Corp.'s gas-p

Exxon Chemical Co. said it started up a new methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) production line at its Baton R

Lengthy testing in rats and mice to predict whether a chemical poses a cancer hazard in humans usual

MITSUBISHI RAYON, M&T PLAN VENTUREM&T Chemicals Inc. of Woodbridge, N.J. and Mitsubishi Rayo

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Pittston Co. has struck a deal with Nippon Steel Corp. that calls for a $2 a long ton price increase

Sun Refining & Marketing Co., Philadelphia, Thursday raised its barge price for No. 2 fuel oil in Ne

Dec. 15, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

US SEEKS BIGGER SHARE OF SOUTH KOREAN MARTSEOUL, South Korea - A U.S. energy trade negotiati

The California Coastal Commission, saying offshore drilling would pose unacceptable risks, voted una

CONSUMERS POWER CO. (Jackson, Mich.) - Stephen R. Etsler will administer the American Gas Associatio

JAPANESE TRADERS RESIST PRICE HIKESDelegations from Iran, Kuwait and Iraq are in Japan seeki

UNION APPROVES STRIKE IF IT'S DEEMED NEEDEDHOUSTON - Leaders of the flight attendants union

The smile on the face of Jan Carlzon, president of Scandinavian Airlines System shone as brightly as

Without fanfare, rapidly growing Charlotte/Douglas International Airport has begun an expansion that

NEW YORK - With a few words from prolific science fiction author Isaac Asimov, the voyage of laser b

Air Canada Chairman Claude I. Taylor expects the Canadian government to sell its majority airline st

The check is on the wire. That will be the operative phrase if the National Automated Cleari

Computers have brought a rare harmony to a corner of the maritime industry. Data processing

HEWLETT-PACKARD PLANS CHIP FACILITY IN ORE.PALO ALTO, Calif. - Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to

Computer Graphics: Assessment and Forecast, Jan. 11-13. Sheraton Grand on Harbor Island, San Diego,

The long-awaited question of who George Bush wants as his secretary of agriculture has been answered