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For anyone who doesn't like beer, Munich is not a particularly wise destination in mid-September.

The European Investment Bank, the European Community's long-term lending agency, granted a loan of 4

Allegations by reinsurers of the insolvent Mission Insurance Co. that its former chiefs engaged in f

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

Earlier this decade the U.S. Customs Service promised customshouse brokers they would be rewarded if

Officials at Oregon's Port of Coos Bay hope a mystery investment by a local financier will spur more

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted strictly along party lines Wednesday in approving legis

Leaders of Japan's largest agricultural union expressed bitter disappointment after U.S. rice groups

PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC'S POWER, GAS SALES UPPhiladelphia Electric Co.'s electricity and natur

International Business Machines Corp. announced a raft of products Tuesday, ranging from inexpensive

Employment in U.S. shipyards shrunk by a third the past decade, and the drying up of commercial vess

Insurers are waiting and watching to see if Hurricane Gilbert, which roared through the Gulf of Mexi

* Buying in the Dominican Republic 4A * Taiwanese Businessmen to Head for Moscow 5A* Tom Con

State governments were more than $265 billion in debt last year, an all-time high, the Census Bureau

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The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will meet again Tuesday to vote on a bill

Consumers who have been planning to buy antifreeze for their cars may be in for a surprise if they d

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated announced plans to begin using photodegradable plastics for six-

The closing announced this week of an ailing Toronto-based trucking firm will be followed by others,

Pharmaceutical company lawyers warn that the New Jersey Supreme Court could threaten the availabilit

US economist Milton Friedman warned China that soaring inflation could cripple the nation's economy

The Maritime Administration faces its first federal court order to pay the legal fees for a challeng

The electronics industry in Malaysia, now heavily dominated by U.S. and Japanese companies, should b

Nigeria may introduce some measures of privatization in its oil industry during the 1990s, according

California is trying to use electronic communications to deal with Mother Nature. The United

BANCO DE PONCE (New York) - Luis Beauchamp was named senior vice president in charge of the New York

International trade talks may produce a lot of wastepaper, but it's one commodity that's never been

The Evergreen Group, the Taiwan conglomerate that operates the world's largest privately owned shipp

Increased freight rates and firming prices for secondhand tankers and drybulk ships are attr

British Gas PLC, the British natural gas utility, said it bought 2 million shares, or a 1.14 percent

FAA, MINNESOTA FORM PARTNERSHIPAn unusual state/federal government program for aviation kick

Former Apple Computer Inc. Chairman Steven P. Jobs has achieved a coup by reportedly enlisting Inter

1284 (Sept. 14, 1988) Previous day - 1283 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday approved a tax treaty with Bermuda that will excuse

Yet another of East Asia's powerhouse economies under trade pressure from the United States is looki

DU PONT BOOSTS SULFURIC, OLEUMWILMINGTON, Del. - E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. is increasing

Farm lawmakers are moving to impose an eight-year deadline for the completion of safety research on

Work is due to begin today on a $3.1 million project to renovate 49 miles of newly acquired Central

MSC CURBS SEA-LAND ON DEFENSE CARGOESThe Military Sealift Command confirmed late Wednesday t

In her first major address as chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, Elaine L. Chao called for