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Ecogen Inc. and Phillips Petroleum Co. subsidiary Provesta signed a cooperative research agreement t

The Port of Los Angeles will relocate six container cranes at its terminal facilities to achieve gre

The Surface Transport Ministry is proposing a modified cargo reservation law after stiff resistance

MET LIFE TO ACQUIRE UNIT OF ALLSTATE GROUPNORTHBROOK, Ill. - Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.

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Fri., Nov. 25, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The central bank is reported considering a plan to mint gold coins for sale on international markets

COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (New York) - M. Dawn Lowe and Amy L. Benenson were named vice presidents of

Nov. 23, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Japanese Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa's comment Friday that the yen's appreciation since Decembe

Attorney General John Van de Kamp, reacting to the turmoil in California's auto insurance market, wa

The Maritime Administration is seeking to identify the U.S. market capacity for marine hull insuranc

FLUIDS, LUBRICANTS ARE UP AT CARBIDEDANBURY, Conn. - Union Carbide Corp. announced price inc

Identifying specific compounds and producers of the chemicals is one of the more complicated aspects

* European Community environment ministers Friday said waste in the production of titanium dioxide,

With economic growth already stretching the economy close to its limits, news of higher oil prices o

SAFETY CAMPAIGN NABS CROSSING SCOFFLAWSWICHITA, Kan. - Local police, along with security off

Despite efforts to combine the two largest insurance agent trade associations, a merger is not likel

The dollar is likely to continue to fall as a result of inaction on the budget deficit, currency tra

Steve Jobs is making the headlines, but Unix is making the headway. It is not easy for a com

In a bank vault in Tulsa sits a 444-year-old rock that the People's Republic of China has insured fo

The Farmers Home Administration Friday mailed out the last of 83,480 delinquency notices to farmers

More import barriers are expected to fall this week when Brazil's top economic policy council consid

Deliveries of U-S.-made civilian aircraft will grow to $19 billion by 1992, a 15.8 percent annual in

The worst ever set of monthly trade figures forced the British government to hike interest rates Fri

In approving Proposition 103, California voters roundly stuck it to the insurance industry by callin

Sales of existing homes fell for a second straight month in October even though mortgage rates decli

* U.S. Approves First Foreign Futures Contract 6A * H. Erich Heinemann - First Crisis for Ge

GRAIN SHIPMENTS CLIMB AT DULUTH-SUPERIORDULUTH, Minn. - Foreign and domestic grain shipments

The price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil settled up 11 cents at $13.97 a barrel on the New Yor

LyphoMed Inc. and Vestar Inc. agreed on a modification of their joint venture for the development, p

New claims for state unemployment insurance benefits were made by 269,000 people during the week end

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

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

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

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

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

Average weekly earnings of U.S. workers other than on farms rose 0.5 percent in October, after adjus

A union representing workers at International Paper Co. plants has launched a campaign attacking the