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A bidding war is on over bankrupt Clark Oil & Refining Corp., one of the Midwest's leading discount

FRUEHAUF AND VARITY CONSIDERING A MERGERFruehauf Corp. and Varity Corp. are talking merger.

AKZO RUBBER UNIT ADJUSTS PRICESAkzo Chemie America's Rubber Processing Chemicals group annou

The Senate Thursday began voting at last on a limited tax bill that includes a break for non-highway

US LAWMAKERS BLAST FOREIGN STEEL SUBSIDIESLawmakers from steel- producing states Thursday re

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

Another of the nation's idle coke-making plants is being brought back into production in Indiana.

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Charles A. Haslup, confidential assistant to Federal Maritime Commissioner Thomas Moakley, will addr

Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va., followed up an earlier promise and Thursday fired the first sh

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works has passed legislation that would provide $1.1

Harrisons & Crosfield PLC announced a reorganization of its worldwide chemical interests under the n

Defying expert predictions, the Osaka Securities Exchange's Nikkei futures began, and remains, Japan

NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL (Des Moines, Iowa) - National Pork Producers Council President-elect

Brazil's largest manufacturer of refrigerator compressors said it will boost production by at least

Consumers showed some renewed interest in retail spending in September, but figures released by the

In a data-driven age, access to information means both power and wealth. But a congressional report

Westinghouse Financial Services Inc., Pittsburgh, announced Thursday the formation Funding and Inter

NYMEX ASSESSMENTS UP ON NOVEMBER CONTRACTSThe New York Mercantile Exchange said it increased

Virginia coal will fire a significant majority of the additional electric generating capacity Virgin

The Soviet Union's effort to restructure its economy may have created a small opening for U.S. busin

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General Electric Co. will invest $1.7 billion over the next 15 years in a new plastics and silicones

Dow Chemical Co. announced that L. John Polite Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Essex Ch

The National Labor Relations Board is asking the U.S. District Court in New York to order reinstatem

Panelists debated state guaranty funds for insurer insolvencies at the annual meeting of the Nationa

Insurance Commissioner Kenneth Merin says the agency is drafting legislation to strengthen its abili

The Federal Aviation Administration is taking steps to cut the flow of drugs into the U.S. while red

A 12 percent-a-year ceiling on real interest rates included in a new Brazilian constitution which we

The Soviet bureaucrats responsible for implementing changes in that nation's joint venture laws are

TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY GROUP (Washington) - Patrick H. Williams was named to the new position o

Auto-Tech 88, sponsored by Automotive Industry Action Group, three day conference, Oct. 11-13, Cobo

Todd Shipyards Corp. would suffer a greater loss by closing its Los Angeles yard than by keeping the

M.W. Kellogg Co., the Houston-based engineering and construction company, expects to soon finalize a

Eastman Kodak Co.'s Eastman Chemicals division plans to phase out polyester staple fiber production

Hoechst Celanese Corp. has signed a letter of intent to sell its Baton Rouge, La., site and related

JAPAN SAYS IT'S LEADER IN GIVING FOREIGN AIDJapan, the world's biggest creditor, was the top

Most people make sure they get health insurance and know they should have more life insurance, but t

Air France is redoubling aggressive efforts to serve the fast-growth air cargo market. The F