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The West German chemical industry is having an excellent year, with the Big Three companies - BASF A

Sales of U.S.-made cars and light trucks by the Big Three automakers fell 1.5 percent in mid-Novembe

FMC Corp. announced an expansion and upgrading of its food phosphates production facility in Lawrenc

AIRGAS, PERMEA AGREE ON MARKETING RIGHTSWILMINGTON, Del. - Airgas Inc. announced that its U.

Richard Feldman, executive director of the Coalition of Americans to Protect Sports, said his group

Consumer advocate Ralph Nader and California Proposition 103 author Harvey Rosenfield Wednesday call

A group of Soviet shipping executives is scheduled to arrive in the United States today for meeting

A growing demand for chemical tankers and a stable supply of them point toward a promising future fo

Shares in insurance companies have slipped recently due to Proposition 103 in California and the pro

The Maritime Administration sold three obsolete ships from the National Defense Reserve Fleet to Chi

The Bundesbank Wednesday eased pressure on the foreign exchange markets by draining less liquidity t

Wed. Nov. 23, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

An unlikely alliance between the governor of the Bank of England and the head of the West German Bun

Sugar futures prices are expected to surge to highs near 17 cents a pound in 1989, given a sensitive

COLOMBIA IS COUNTED AMONG SEVERAL MINERAL-RICH South American countries reaping extra profits in 198

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The nation's publicly offered commodity futures funds have delivered a cumulative rate of return of

WORLD RUBBER USE ROSE IN '88 FIRST HALFKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - World natural rubber consump

Domestic and foreign business interests in Chile are cautious but not alarmed in the wake of the vic

The U.S. agency that provides insurance cover for U.S. companies investing abroad is organizing a se

COMMERCE FINDS JAPAN DUMPING DIGITAL GOODSThe Commerce Department issued a final ruling that

Owning a motorcycle is a sign of prestige and wealth in China, but manufacturers are unable to produ

Brazil's October trade surplus dipped to $1,588 million, the lowest in six months, but a long-awaite

* Trading with Chile 3A * Howard Simon - Simon Says 4A* Christopher Lofting - Executive Trav

After eight years of war, Iraq is moving to turn swords into plowshares by privatizing much of the s

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The Transpacific Discussion Agreement's decision to reduce capacity by 10 percent in the eastbound t

President-elect George Bush named Brent Scowcroft to be his national security adviser, a post with b

Along with Thanksgiving Day dinner, Port of Baltimore interests had to digest the surprise resignati

The word-processing program WordStar will be marketed in Hungary under an agreement worked out betwe

The Transpacific Discussion Agreement's plan to cut member capacity has to be filed at the Federal M

Cargo moving from China to Taiwan no longer would have to be transferred to a second vessel before l

The Piper Alpha oil rig disaster in the North Sea, already the world's largest single insurance loss

India is planning to buy a second supercomputer from the United States or Japan for use at the India

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter, widely regarded as a leading candidate for agriculture se

U.S. and Soviet negotiators are expected to sign a two-year grain sale agreement Monday, industry an

Ashland Coal Inc. signed a letter of intent to acquire the stock of Coal-Mac Inc., a Kentucky coal p

Supplies of gasoline and distillate fuel increased over the previous week, the American Petroleum In

GNP AND ALL THAT is important, but from the point of view of the guy on the dock, what really matter

PEACH BOTTOM DECISION EXPECTED NEXT SPRINGPhiladelphia Electric Co. told the New York Societ