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FRANCE, IVORY COAST AGREE ON COCOA DEALLONDON - A deal has been concluded in principle betwe

EC ASKED TO LIFT BARS ON ASIAN FOOTWEARSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's footwear industry

The United States should take more of a wholesale approach to trade with Japan, rather than focusing

A federal appeals court has dealt American Cyanamid Co. another setback in a case that could redefin

Hercules Inc. will increase the market price of pentaerythritol 2 cents a pound, effective Dec. 1, 1

Pennsylvania Governor Robert P. Casey said Friday that the state is moving to implement its new toxi

Oxy Hikes Prices Of Sodium, SulfursNIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - Occidental Chemical Corp. announced

Coastal Corp., Kerr-McGee Corp. and Valero Energy Corp. are planning a $104 million processing plant

Genpak Corp. of Glens Falls, N.Y., and Mobil Chemical Co. of Stamford, Conn., are forging a joint ve

Local tugboat firms Friday began rehiring union members they had replaced during a nine-month strike

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

AIRGAS ACQUIRES TWO DISTRIBUTORSAirgas Inc., of Wilmington Del., acquired two small industri

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Marine shipping circles in Canada are relieved that an agreement has been reached with the pilots op

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What is believed by U.S. trading sources to be the first cargo of coke imported to the United States

Port Everglades Authority recently received the more than 100 separate components of its new contain

THE OIL MINISTERS of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries meet this week in Vienna to d

Increased passenger and cargo traffic have helped BAA PLC, operator of seven U.K. airports, to achie

EASTERN UNIONS PROTEST SALE OF SHUTTLENEW YORK - The unions at Eastern Air Lines planned to

The decision by Continental Airlines and other U.S. carriers to boost most of their lowest discount

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

OOCL TO REGISTER SHIPS IN HONG KONGOAKLAND, Calif. - Orient Overseas Container Line said it

Federal drug-testing regulations for merchant seamen are no more popular in their final form than wh

The freight futures market extended its four-month-old rally last week, with the important January a

A Bank of Japan official said Friday that higher interest rates in Japan, which many Japanese bond t

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The battle between currency traders and the world's major central banks is likely to continue over t

CALIF. SULFUR CURBS COULD HIKE DIESEL FUELLOS ANGELES - Diesel fuel costs could increase by

After an apparent late summer hesitation, railroad freight traffic resumed its nearly two-year surge

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

MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INC. (New York) - Alex W. Pete Hart was named president and chiefexecutive.

S. KOREA PLANS LOANS TO BOOST ITS IMPORTSSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea will finalize a pl

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ITT RAYONIER (Stamford, Conn.) - Grant J. Munro has been named vice president of the forest products

JUDGE RULES FUTURES LEGAL IN HONG KONGHONG KONG - Stock index futures contracts are legal in

Steamatic Inc. has sold rights to franchise its cleaning and restoration services throughout Japan t

There were 28 mergers and acquisitions worth $1 billion or more through the first three quarters of

America's new trade act renews rather than dilutes the U.S. commitment to a multilateral trading sys