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Venezuela is only a bit player in the global aluminum industry now, but hopes its abundant hydroelec

AIRCRAFT CARRIER STRIKES ANCHORED SHIP IN VA.NORFOLK, Va. - The nuclear-powered U.S. aircraf

To keep pace with rapidly growing maritime and intermodal traffic, Singapore is planning a big expan

Final government approval has been given to the World Bank-aided Nhava Sheva port project near Bomba

Primerica Inc. and Commercial Credit Group Inc., two leading financial services companies, announce

At least five more years of economic adjustment efforts will be necessary before the level of Japan'

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Pacific Northwest businesses like Boeing Co. and Domtar Gypsum Inc. stand to save millions of dollar

TAIWAN POWER SEEKS TO IMPORT FROM CHINATAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan Power Co., the state utility,

Auto insurance activist James Sciallo is looking enviously at his counterparts in California and hop

Low-quality imports of electric-machinery equipment remain high despite complaints to their foreign

Widely differing views concerning future prospects for a controversial free trading pact between Was

A major food importer in search of more warehouse space has set up shop in a multimillion-dollar com

While this summer's drought is imposing new water restrictions on many Americans, water use already

Tokyo-based Technoplas Inc. chose Columbus, Ohio, as the location for its new U.S. subsidiary, a pre

GTE CALIFORNIA RATES ORDERED CUT BY 13 PERCENTSAN FRANCISCO - State regulators ordered GTE C

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

Having spent the winter supporting the U.S. dollar, the Group of 7 major industrial nations' central

FALCONBRIDGE STRIKE SETTLED AT SUDBURYTORONTO - Canada's Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers unio

W. GERMANY POSTPONES AIR SHOWS AFTER CRASHFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German Defense Mini

Horses are big business in Kentucky, but that business wouldn't be nearly so big without the partici

Ford Motor Credit Co. has opened branch offices in Louisville, Minneapolis- St. Paul and New Orleans

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 8/27/88* Fully Utilized Textile Quotas as of 8/27/88* Reflects

The Long Beach Naval Shipyard ranks at the bottom of the government's seven owned yards in terms of

FRENCH FARM OFFICIAL ANNOUNCES VISIT TO USFrench Agriculture Minister Henri Nallet will pay

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

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

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

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

AMITY BANCORP INC. (New Haven, Conn.) - James Stokes Hatch was named president and chief executive,

Chancellor of the Exchequer Nigel Lawson, after five years presiding over a growing economy, is on

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

The chairman of the New York Mercantile Exchange, William Bradt, resigned after the Commodity Future

August 26, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

COASTAL CORP. (Houston) - Richard D. Liebling was promoted to district exploitation manager, north r

For the week ended August 13, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey has fired the second cannon blast of the summer in an at

Hercules will try to raise today the 5-million-pound dipper dredge that sank June 4 at the mouth of

Private developers have opened an Asia-Pacific trade center near Los Angeles International Airport i