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Six years to the day after it filed for Chapter 11 protection, Manville Corp. announced that the dea

Washington Insurance Commissioner Richard Marquardt approved Batus Inc.'s takeover of Farmers Group

MAGMA COPPER CO. (San Manuel, Ariz.) - J. Burgess Winter was named president and chief executive of

Congestion at the Chinese port of Qingdao is causing delays of up to six weeks for vessels waiting t

Continental Airlines said it intends to begin service Nov. 1 to two new Australian destinations, Cai

Lloyd's of London, once considered a respectable and sound form of gambling for Britain's blue-blood

The only notable maritime-related legislation with a solid chance of enactment during the final days

VARITY ACQUISITION OF FRUEHAUF AIREDTORONTO - Varity Corp. said it is engaged in preliminary

The ranks of the police force for the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey have swelled to the la

The European Community Wednesday slapped provisional anti-dumping duties on exports of video-cassett

When the country's worst drought in half a century hit this summer, desperate Michigan farmers kept

Indonesia said Wednesday it will ease regulations governing oil exploration by overseas companies, a

IS EXXON PULLING OUT of the wholesale barge home heating oil market? This would have been he

Officials of Cosmar Co., a styrene monomer joint venture between a subsidiary of Fina Oil & Chemical

GERMAN COFFEE GROUP DEMANDS QUOTAS' ENDFRANKFURT, West Germany - The West German Coffee Asso

Japanese machine and metal industry employees earn about the same as their U.S. and West German coun

* Buying in Angola 4A * Jackson A. Baker - Reform Military Shipping 8A* Tom Connors - Washin

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CF OCEAN SERVICE (Long Beach, Calif.) - Frank Hollesen was appointed director of freight consolidati

Carnival Cruise Lines will pay about $550 million to acquire a majority stake in two other cruise op

Greece's 1988 target of 8.5 million tourist arrivals will not be reached this year, according to fig

A federal probe into accounting procedures at Georgia Power Co., involving a possible attempt to avo

When it comes to advanced train control systems, Union Pacific Railroad and Burlington Northern Rail

The U.S. dollar rose sharply against major foreign currencies Wednesday despite a certain nervousnes

A foreign trade zone near the international border that is expected to bring thousands of jobs and n

Traditional Exports Crude petroleum, petroleum products, coffee, diamonds.Potential Exports<

Supplies of key petroleum products ran counter to normal seasonal trends, with gasoline inventories

Seven people died and 82 were rescued Wednesday when an aging Trident jet operated by China's flag c

HERCULES RAISES PEROXIDE PRICESHercules Inc., Wilmington, Del., announced price increases ef

Fines have been proposed against two chemical companies for safety violations stemming from a labora

Benzenoid crudes, plastics and resin materials, and acyclic chemicals were among the U.S. synthetic

TransSettlements Inc., Atlanta, is a subsidiary of the Winship Group, also of Atlanta. In a

Wed., Aug. 31, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

The Japanese are investing heavily in the Australian beef industry because of their country's new po

A big change could be coming in payroll merit increases as an intense period of corporate belt-tight

Despite some signs of dwindling interest in China's offshore oil prospects, a consortium that includ

NOBODY WAS PREDICTING a port rate war would be the inevitable result of a controversial lease agreem

The head of Chicago-based GNP Commodities Inc. confirmed Wedesday that he wasdiscussing sell

Both Japanese airlines serving Australia have consolidated their presence by embarking on travel-rel

Investigators arriving on the scene of a fatal Delta Air Lines jetliner crash here at the Dallas-For