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Businesses in Costa Rica were generally operating normally on Wednesday although all inland traffic

Zonic Corp., a Cincinnati-based manufacturer of computerized test instrumentatio n, has formed a sal

The Indonesian government must ease its rules on exploration by foreign oil companies if it wants to

In an Oct. 11 Q & A article on the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter designation and its impor

The London insurance market expects to pay a substantial proportion of the insurance values on this

Michigan Consolidated Gas Co.'s shareholders approved the formation of a new holding company, MCN Co

With small package carriers beefing up their global networks, two Pacific Northwest ports are spendi

A prototype screening device that detects plastic explosives, dynamite and other explosives not iden

IN THE DERBY CITY HOME STRETCH, United Parcel Service is rounding the last turn and looking at the f

The British government suffered a setback Wednesday in its plans to privatize Harland & Wolff, the l

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Marine Transport Lines Inc., one of the largest U.S. ship operators, has pleaded guilty to a single

High- level negotiations now under way call for the state of Pennsylvania to assume Philadelphia Por

The European Community predicted Wednesday the economy of the 12-nation trading bloc will grow by an

Oman is attempting to diversify its exports by developing a fishing industry and expanding agricultu

An increase in purchases by three of its largest members in the first half of this year has contribu

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JAPANESE BANK THREAT: NO NEW LDC LENDINGTOKYO - Bank of Tokyo Chairman Yusuke Kashiwagi said

The new capital standards agreed on by bank regulators from 10 major industrial nations will do litt

Donations to charity decrease as incomes increase, according to a Gallup poll that says low- and mod

Private credit-market analysts who track the Federal Reserve's daily operations are wondering where

A. Schulman Inc. and Mitsubishi Kasei Vinyl of Tokyo, Japan, signed an agreement to form Sunprene Co

DOW CHEMICAL NET UP SHARPLY IN QUARTERMIDLAND, Mich. - Dow Chemical Co. said Wednesday its t

Ashland Oil Inc.'s Ashland Chemical Co. will sell its carbon black business to Degussa AG for approx

MIDDLE SOUTH'S SALES FELL IN 3RD QUARTERMiddle South Utilities Inc.'s overall kilowatt-hour

When it comes to helping computers do business with each other Why not create a black box? is one of

Conrail reported net income of $83 million, or $1.21 a share, on revenue of $876 million for the thi

William E. Glenn has developed a replacement for the television picture tube that could bring the br

BRAZIL'S COFFEE CHIEF CONCERNED ABOUT CROPRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A drought affecting three

Despite Caribbean leaders' optimism that legislation extending the Caribbean Basin Initiative would

EC ACCEPTS JAPAN'S BID FOR GATT INTERVENTIONThe European Community Wednesday accepted a Japa

Bilateral agreements signed Wednesday in Moscow by Brazilian president Jose Sarney and Soviet leader

The economic chiefs of Southeast Asia's main non-communist countries wrapped up their annual confere

New Jersey Insurance Commissioner Kenneth Merin approved a rate increase that will cost some drivers

FUTURES RISE SHARPLY ON OPEC OPTIMISMOil futures soared in New York and London after United

Traditional air freight forwarders will continue to play an important role in the air cargo business

The Port of Oakland has selected management consultant Kibel, Green Inc. of Santa Monica, Calif., to

PORT OF ROTTERDAM TO KEEP SAME CHARGESThe Port of Rotterdam has announced that it plans to k