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A middle-aged Japanese woman has opened what may be the world's first shop specializing in lingerie

Automated teller machines may do the same thing human tellers do, but they're not going to do it for

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Two crewmen were killed in a fire aboard an oil drilling ship being converted into a crab processor

Containerization is the key element necessary for growth for the ports of Spain. As customs

Is eating hormone-treated meat hazardous to your health? Many American scientists and govern

Kellogg Co. said Wednesday it is recalling the cool flute and binoculars toys packaged in some produ

COLUMBUS BEGINS SERVICE TO NUKU'ALOFAJERSEY CITY, N.J. - Columbus Line Inc. said it has inau

Fax Expo '88. A series of expositions designed to promote the use of facsimile products and technolo

NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR TO SELL DATACHECKERSANTA CLARA, Calif. - National Semiconductor Corp.

WHEN DISCUSSING PACIFIC RIM CONTAINER BUSINESS, don't tell George Nichols that his port is on the wr

The Dominican Republic accounts for more than half of the 53 twin plants and two-thirds of the 9,000

BULGARIA LAST TO END BROADCAST JAMMINGMUNICH, West Germany - Bulgaria has stopped jamming br

The Reagan administration named Tuesday the seven items imported from the European Community on whic

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

The U.S. dollar edged higher in quiet holiday trading on foreign exchanges Tuesday. The Amer

ISRAEL CENTRAL BANK DEVALUES SHEKEL BY 5 PERCENTJERUSALEM - Israel's central bank Tuesday de

Spain has turned into one of the U.S. farmer's richest overseas markets, but U.S. Department of Agri

A Lake Wylie, S.C., man is Gastonia's first airport administrator. Harry Henke, 64, a retired engine

MERCK & CO. (Rahway, N.J.) - Joseph W. Keating was elected president of the Merck Pharmaceutical Man

CHEVRON CORP. (San Francisco) - Rodney E. Willoughby, vice president of foreign operations, will ret

AEP UNIT TO SUPPLY POWER TO NC UTILITYCOLUMBUS, Ohio - American Electric Power Co. said that

A U.S. Navy officer warned Tuesday that underwater mines laid by Iran and Iraq may be adrift in the

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. said Tuesday that it agreed to buy Paradyne Corp., a maker of dat

After a decade of rising prosperity China is confronted by one of the toughest crises it has faced u

The U.S. Small Business Administration plans to increase the availability of its export finance prog

The democratic government, that will take power in March 1990 after 15 years of military rule in Chi

Good vision can be painful. Electronic data interchange can eliminate one of the more import

Around Kendall Square there won't be many bonus checks this holiday season. Most of the doze

Spot prices for jet fuel have jumped by as much as 18 percent since the OPEC ministerial meeting in

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Mexico by the end of the century may no longer be a major oil exporter unless new crude deposits are

CITIZENS SUSPENDS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMCitizens Energy Corp., best known for providing low cost

Dec. 27, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

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Sales of existing homes rose 1.1 percent in November, the biggest increase since August, a real esta

6.3 PERCENT EXPORT GROWTH PREDICTED FOR JAPANJapanese exports will rise by 6.3 percent in 19

Crowley Maritime Corp. has ended its monthly ship service between the United States and the Far East

When Nguyen Ngoc Bich graduated from Harvard Law School in June 1973, Jerome A. Cohen, then director

Vietnam has devalued its currency against the U.S. dollar for the second time this month, setting a