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CMS ENERGY CORP. (Dearborn, Mich.) - Paul E. Geiger was named vice president and principal accountin

TANZANIA TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT IN COALDAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - A new Chinese-built coal

Financial analysts are divided on whether the Bundesbank will raise its interest rates after its bi

Wed., Aug. 24, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Union dockworkers returned to their jobs at the Port of Jacksonville, Fla., following a 27-hour walk

NORTH SEA OIL PROJECTS ON HOLD AFTER DISASTERBritain said Wednesday it was shelving applicat

The C-17, a new military transport plane designed to ferry huge amounts of gear and troops onto smal

U.S. Customs Service agents seized a Lloyd Aereo Boliviano passenger jet Tuesday after finding 46 po

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Pacific Australia Direct Line and Hyundai Merchant Marine are merging their services between the U.S

NORTH EAST INSURANCE CO. (Portland, Maine) - Howard Gunty resigned as chairman at this insurer effec

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

President Reagan wasn't the only one to express reservations as he signed the new trade bill.

RHONE-POULENC TO BUY ICI SILICONES BUSINESSICI Specialty Chemicals has agreed to sell its si

Further slashes in the production capacity of Japan's shipbuilding industry were recommended Tuesday

President Reagan's proposal at world trade talks to scrap all farm subsidies is unlikely to survive

The White House budget office, due to issue revised deficit estimates today, is generally expected t

EUROPEAN AIRLINES SEEK SOLUTIONS TO CONGESTIONAirlines on Tuesday called on European governm

Ladeco, a Chilean airline, will begin twice weekly, direct, jet freighter service to New York next m

On many trains, speed thrills. Scenery flashes past, and passengers dart from side to side to view t

House and Senate staff members have been meeting in an attempt to pave the way for passage during th

Farmers Group Inc. shares rose Tuesday on rumors that B.A.T. Industries PLC will negotiate a higher

Hyannis, Mass.-based PI Inc. may pay $700,000 as part of a settlement proposed Tuesday in what is be

ENSR Corp. a subsidiary of Sun Environmental Inc., has been awarded a $1.9 million contract with the

Texas oil producers and politicians say the repeal of the federal Windfall Profits Tax is only the f

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Traditional Exports Copper, cobalt, zinc, sugar, cement, lead, coal, coffee, ground nuts, te

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter has taken issue with President Reagan, saying he doesn't f

For most foreign economists, there is only one important question in this year's U.S. presidential c

Prices in the San Francisco Bay area climbed 0.7 percent in July, outpacing the 0.4 percent national

CHINA PORT CROWDING TO CURB SUGAR IMPORTSCongestion at several of China's major ports could

Nedlloyd Lines executives reported they were satisfied with the initial, albeit abbreviated sailing

Roy F. Weston Inc. has been granted a patent for a method of incinerating hazardous chemicals in soi

ENSR Corp., a subsidiary of Sun Environmental, has been cleared by the General Accounting Office to

Could Eastern Air Lines' icy labor relations be headed for a thaw at the North Pole? Texas A

CARIBBEAN BOX SERVICE STARTS AT WILMINGTONWILMINGTON, N.C. - A Caribbean container cargo bar

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Nearly 40,000 owners of Chrysler Motors Corp. cars whose odometers were disconnected while company e

Taiwan imported more than 60,000 passenger cars in the first half of this year, a 204 percent increa

A little-noticed clause in the Ominbus Trade Act signed Tuesday by President Reagan will have a prof