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New customers seeking to buy silk at a major Chinese trade fair are being politely but firmly turned

CURIOUSER AND CURIOUSER: That seems to be what users are when it comes to the United States Customs

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QANTAS AND BA SELECT ROLLS-ROYCE ENGINESGREENWICH, Conn. - Two foreign airlines have selecte

ARCO WEIGHS OFFERING OF LYONDELL UNIT STOCKAtlantic Richfield Co.'s board is considering an

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

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

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

Technical analysts should focus more on the inter-relationships between commodities, said an officia

NORANDA HIKES PRICES FOR PRIMARY LEADNEW YORK - Noranda Sales Corp. Monday said it raised it

THE DUTCH SAY they have lots of room for U.S. ceramic technology. That's the technology used

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

In an abrupt about-face, Malaysia's labor minister says the country's electronics industry, dominate

Japanese government officials and businessmen expressed reservations about a possible U.S.-Japan fre

TWA COMPLETES MERGER TRANSACTIONNEW YORK - Investor Carl C. Icahn completed the process of t

The Navy's Military Sealift Command said the Maritime Administration overstepped its authority by fo

BANK WILL INTRODUCE STATEMENTS ON DISKSSAN JOSE, Calif. - Intuit Inc., Palo Alto, is expecte

The rapid decline of commercial fishing in the 1960s could have been an economic disaster had it not

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and San Francisco & Enron Gas Marketing Inc., a subsidiary of Enron Corp.

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Over $2 billion of water management chemicals and services were consumed in 1987 compared with $1.6

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

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

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

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

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

About 300 New Jersey auto insurers have until Nov. 7 to file rating information that reflects cost r

The next president of the United States will have to decide whether the lead in keeping America comp

The aerospace and defense giant Grumman Corp. Monday announced the creation of a joint venture in Ch

DUTCH OIL HEATER CAP OFFERS ENERGY SAVINGSAn oil heater cap that can raise efficiency and is

CANADIAN RAIL IMPORTS HIT AT TRADE HEARINGA Bethlehem Steel Corp. executive called for the i

Congressional transportation leaders resolved their differences on a pending truck safety bill and a

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Shelling out $5,870 simply to send a senior executive from here to New York for four hours might see

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

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

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

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

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

The Treasury Department said it intends to intensify pressure on Taiwan and South Korea to let their