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A top Soviet trade official says the United States and the Soviet Union may be on the threshold of a

High and rising home mortgage interest rates pushed sales of new single- family homes down 4.7 perce

Analysts believe Swedish automaker Volvo AB's profits were flat in the second quarter, but say the c

Machine tool orders fell sharply between June and July but remained well above their July 1987 level

Give 'em an inch and they'll take a kilometer. Crusaders for wider use of the metric system

Americans' personal incomes climbed a healthy 0.6 percent in July, while consumer spending slowed fr

Computer-driven automation has just begun in manufacturing, but the results already are far-reaching

The International Monetary Fund announced a program to help payments-deficit nations to cope with hi

The Turkish government announced that 184 metal containers that washed ashore in three Black Sea coa

Imports of crude glycerine, including synthetic glycerine, outpaced exports in the first half of 198

Toyota Motor Corp. became Japan's most profitable company this year when it reported Friday that sur

ASARCO INC. ACQUIRES OMI INTERNATIONALAsarco Inc. announced that it has completed the acquis

DOW RAISES PRICE OF CAUSTIC SODAMIDLAND, Mich. - Dow Chemical U.S.A. has notified customers

The White House Friday denied an allegation that it was pressuring the Federal Reserve to expand the

International Paper has agreed to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Bergvik Kemi AB, a subsi

The U.S. market for hazardous waste disposal equipment and services is projected to rise a mere 5.8

The story, headlined IMF to Help Third World Absorb Rise in Bank Rates, on page 1A in The Journal of

W.R. Grace Co. subsidiary Grace Ventures Partnership II announced an additional $500,000 investment

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

Dallas-based FoxMeyer Drug Co., the nation's third-largest wholesale pharmaceutical distributor, sai

Chevron Chemical Co., a subsidiary of Chevron Corp., has selected Brown & Root U.S.A. Inc. to furnis

Led by a very strong Tokyo-Australia leg and a strong cargo business, Qantas expects to double its p

Swire Pacific Ltd., the trading, property and aviation conglomerate, reported half-year profit after

Spurred on by more extensive air travel and a need to replace aging jets, the number of jetliners on

The control tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport will be replaced with a new one that's tw

Eastern Airlines' unions have begun preparing for what they expect to be the next step in the contin

The many miles of chemical pipelines that serve the Houston area are expected to tangle a bit more h

UNITED AIRLINES SEEKS NEW MEXICO ROUTESCHICAGO - United Airlines is seeking approval to fly

Remember Dick Tracy's two-way wrist TV? A miniature computer display developed by a tiny start-up fi

Successful development of virtually all electronic data interchange projects usually can be laid to

Ramtek Corp., the troubled computer terminal maker, has admitted it may be heading towards the bankr

Ordernet Services has become the latest electronic data interchange communications network to restru

Two major oil companies announced plans to significantly expand their use of electronic point-of-sal

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

China has banned the use of wood in seven industrial and product sectors, including coffin manufactu

A major controversy over land use and management structure has erupted at the Port of Oakland prompt

The Brazilian government's shelving of a novel plan to pay its overseas creditors with exported good

The politicians who flocked to support Farmers Group Inc. in its fight against Britain's B.A.T. Indu

People's Insurance Co. of China is opening a liaison office in New York as part of a strategy to exp

Japan has no intention of abolishing the underwriting syndicate for 10-year government bonds, accord