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South Korea is using more oil and less coal, the Maeil Kyongje newspaper reported Thursday.

New export orders picked up in September but the overall economy grew at its slowest pace in six mon

Exporters seeking assistance from the Export-Import Bank of the United States can expect longer dela

The course of U.S. economic growth should signal the next major move in thedollar, currency

BANK OF AMERICA (San Francisco) - D. Harry Garschagen was named senior vice president to head the ba

Relatively wide retreats in the price of plywood and crude oil pushed The Journal ofCommerce Industr

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a computer product can take 10 thousand words to descri

Federal transportation officials issued new safety rules allowing truckers to use automatic onboard

It's not enough to make a powerful personal computer. If you want many big corporations to buy your

CMB, DAFRA TO EXPAND EUROPE-AFRICA SERVICEThe joint Europe-to-Africa service operated by CMB

For July 1988 vs. July 1987 (In Metric Tons - Via Ocean)Rank CommodityJuly 88

MARION, SCHERING JOIN IN MARKETING EFFORTKANSAS CITY, Mo. - Marion Laboratories Inc. and Sch

Aristech Chemical Corp. purchased the business of Tenn-USS Chemicals Co. from USX Corp. and a subsid

REPORT SAYS RIG FIRE STARTED IN COMPRESSORThe fire on the North Sea Piper Alpha platform in

Alaska's Department of Natural Resources received more than $20 million in winning bids in two oil a

Chief executives who head companies in diversified services are the highest paid among all CEOs, whi

Hard-pressed Poles face more sacrifices as the price of national economic revival, according to Poli

A 43-year-old laborer, Cui Fengqi, opened the Maolong pawnshop in northeastern Heilongjiang province

TAIWAN STOCKS FALL; INVESTORS STAGE PROTESTTAIPEI, Taiwan - Investors protesting a planned t

At a time when U.S. officials remain optimistic about continuing American grain sales abroad, especi

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Three members of the U.S. International Trade Commission said they would recommend that President Re

A four-month strike of Groupe des Assurances Nationales agents should end on Wednesday, when an extr

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ACCESS ENERGY CORP. (Dublin, Ohio) - David M. Breitmayer was named vice president for transportation

FOSTER WHEELER UNIT GETS CHINESE PACTCLINTON, N.J. - Foster Wheeler Trading Co. AG, a Swiss

The colony's premier trading conglomerate, Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd., reported a 38 percent ris

SOVIETS SEEN CHANGING THEIR FARM STRUCTURELINCOLN, Neb. - The Soviet Union is serious about

The state-owned French insurance group, Union des Assurances de Paris, snapped up a 10.7 percent sta

DISCOVERY'S COMPUTERS ARE BEHIND THE TIMESThe space shuttle is the most complicated machine

Analysts in both London and New York expect the October freight futures contract to be under downwar

The Department of Transportation issued tough new alcohol intoxication standards for commercial truc

The volume of U.S. chemical exports to the world in July 1988 rose 4.8 percent to 3.9 million metric

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it bought 7,200 tons of steam coal on the spot market in the sec

Japanese government and business leaders clearly favor George Bush in the U.S. presidential race but

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

Effective Jan. 1, Ing C. Olivetti & Co. SpA, Italy's computer giant, will be divided into three unit

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service

Number-three selling Pontiac division of General Motors Corp. wants to increase its share of the U.S

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