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PPG Industries announced it is beginning a 44 million pounds sterling (about $75 million) expansion

TEXTILE POLYESTER IS UP AT BASFWILLIAMSBURG, Va. - BASF Corp.'s Fibers division will increas

BF Goodrich Co. said it will spend $22.9 million to expand and renovate its Brecksville research and

California's Department of Food & Agriculture is defending its $40 million annual pesticide testing

In a market item published on Oct. 12 noting a 6-cent-a-pound price increase by National Starch & Ch

W.R. Grace & Co. announced that the Rollin SA unit of Grace Specialty Chemicals Co.'s European Techn

In the never-ending battle to keep current with the identity and location of global producers of che

Champion International Corp. expects to spend $800 million in capitalinvestments in 1989, in

UNION CARBIDE PROFIT ROSE IN THIRD QUARTERUnion Carbide Corp. reported that third-quarter ea

WEST GERMANY EXPECTS CHEMICAL SALES RECORDFRANKFURT, West Germany - The West German chemical

Maritime attorneys and association officials were scrambling Monday to find out the exact wording of

Alcolac Inc. has agreed to purchase from Berol Chemicals, of Westport, Conn., a Reserve, La., plant

S. KOREA, CHINA TO OPEN DIRECT SEA ROUTESSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea said on Monday it

Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA said it is starting a weekly service from the U.S. East Coast to Livor

Moorage rates at a Port of Seattle marina, left unchanged three years ago after complaints that boat

The co-winner of this year's most prestigious maritime industry award expects that U.S.-flag shippin

FARMERS GROUP REPORTS OPERATING INCOME GAINFarmers Group Inc. reported that operating income

Two lawsuits, two large awards: In 1975, a Miami high school football player was awarded $5.

Amex Life Assurance Co., an American Express company, Monday announced it has introduced a new long-

ILL. INSURANCE EXCHANGE POSTS FINANCIAL RESULTSBoosted by larger-than-average premium volume

Insurance agents have denied bankers new insurance powers on Capitol Hill this year, forcing the ban

An Eastman Kodak Co. subsidiary that sells an innovative snowmaking aid announced an agreement with

The version of the technical corrections tax bill finally approved by Congress provided good news fo

Third World debt prices plunged close to their lows for the year last week, as commercial banks liqu

The new tax bill that Congress finally passed contains numerous items favoring transportation, rangi

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

The U.S. dollar moved broadly higher Monday, but most of the gain came in overseas markets early in

IN WRITING THE MAKING OF THE PRESIDENT, 1988, a modern-day Theodore H. White would have to give grea

Japanese investors have pushed interest rates down on 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds by as much as a fu

FELLOWSHIP SAVINGS (New Milford, N.J.) - Julia R. Carrillo was named branch manager of the Paterson

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

FRENCH PRIME MINISTER DEFENDS MONEY POLICYPARIS - French Prime Minister Michel Rocard Monday

Three measures designed to control soaring automobile insurance premiums by reforming the beleaguere

USLico Corp. reported that operating income for the third quarter ending Sept. 30 increased to $6.9

Importers and customs brokers quarrel constantly with U.S. Customs over the agency's inspection poli

TOPIC: Auto Insurance Premium Talk is a biweekly Q&A on insurance industry issues with top-l

Chubb Group has revised and reintroduced its executive risk package policy, using convenience and ca

California residents, tired of paying some of the country's highest insurance premiums, will get sev

Gerling AG, the West German insurance group, is aiming to expand its industrial insurance activities

BANK PLANS TAKEOVER OF UK LIFE INSURERAbbey Life, one of Britain's leading life insurance gr