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Ten years ago, the computers on display at the first Comdex show were giant minicomputer systems; Mo

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. announced that subsidiary Du Pont Engineering Products SA has started

Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. has contracted with Du Pont Canada Inc. to provide $30 million to

Like it or not, the trend is for the amalgamation of banking and insurance, L. William Seidman, chai

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Demographic trends show the insurance industry must adjust its business to reflect the changing need

CHARACTERISTICALLY, JACQUES ANCHER, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines' vice president- cargo, interrupts his

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

The Copper and Brass Fabricators Council Inc., whose members account for more than 80 percent of all

Coca-Cola, IBM and Sony are the three most powerful brand names in Western Europe, Japan and the Uni

On the street, the illegal drug that is the active ingredient in marijuana is known as THC. At the d

Chlorine and caustic production for August increased marginally over the year-earlier period, accord

Vessel overcapacity, coupled with common ownership, prompted Marlago SA and Venezuela Container Line

The U.S. Export-Import Bank's financial condition is deteriorating, bank officials disclosed Tuesday

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Workers in the United States still produce much more than those in Canada, Italy, France, West Germa

The U.S. dollar declined Tuesday after a rally attempt failed. Dealers said the market was c

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High inflation and interest rates, along with a normal downturn in the world's economic cycle, could

A federal judge has restored the jobs and wage levels held by at least 1,200 unionized tugboat worke

Overseas Shipholding Group Inc. was misidentified in a Nov. 14 Journal of Commerce story about the c

A federal mediator will resolve a jurisdictional dispute at Baltimore's new container rail terminal,

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

The U.S. government and the biotechnology industry are joining forces, albeit somewhat tentatively,

American Breeders Service, a unit of W.R. Grace & Co., opened a new cloning research lab here.

Allied-Signal Inc. of Elizabeth, N.J., has agreed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to e

The three-week meeting to review the United Nations Code of Conduct for Liner Conferences is expecte

LYNN NAMED PRESIDENT OF WOOLWORTH US UNITRobert G. Lynn was named president and chief execut

Keep off of my turf. That's the message information industry members want to send to governm

Insurance executives speaking at the American Council of Life Insurance meeting here believe that th

WORKER RIGHTS ABUSES IN SIX NATIONS PROBEDA U.S. interagency panel opened an investigation T

A division of the USLife Insurance Co. has begun moving its 450 employeesfrom New York to a

HAVANA FIRE DISRUPTS CUBAN PHONE SERVICEA telephone service fire in Havana over the weekend

Waterman Steamship Corp. hopes that the secretary of transportation will help relieve its dispute wi

In an initial move toward the merger of Waterman Marine Corp. and Central Gulf Lines, the companies

George Bush's presidential victory and continuing indications that both the United States and Soviet

Coffee-producing nations have run into disputes with consuming countries in talks aimed at reaching

In an ongoing effort to combat intense overcrowding, the Chicago Board of Trade will revamp its cram

Unisys Corp. has been fined $810,000 for overcharging the Army $250,000 on a contract during 1985 an