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Batus Inc. has extended to Wednesday its $72 per share cash offer for Farmers Group Inc., one of the

The majority of personal computers recently tested by the Federal Communications Commission failed t

First signs of a more compromising attitude on copyright protection emerged over the weekend from th

BANK OF NEW YORK CO. (New York) - Frank L. Peterson Jr. and Frank Scarangella were named senior vice

CHINA WILL DEVELOP PHILIPPINE COAL MINEChina will help develop the Polillo coal mine in the

Iran will repair vital oil installations battered in the war with Iraq at maximum speed as soon as t

Petroleos Mexicanos, the government oil company, says it will raise prices for crude oil exports to

A story on July price increases published August 18 should have noted that Phillips 66 Co. offered i

To strengthen international competitiveness, China will open new container routes this year to the M

Marks & Spencer, the U.K. chain store group, has run into a little local difficulty as it bids to br

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

GUYANA SEEKING LOAN FROM THE IMFGEORGETOWN, Guyana - President Desmond Hoyte of Guyana will

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

It is no accident that walking into the London headquarters of Robert Fleming Holdings Ltd., the int

A small New Jersey company sees profit in the fight against drug abuse, and has launched a disposabl

Virgin Atlantic Airways has negotiated the lease of two Boeing 747 aircraftfrom Internationa

Employers of technical and other skilled workers look to in-house training programs more than any ot

Pratt & Whitney said late last week that it is eliminating 599 salaried jobs as part of a broad cost

The Federal Maritime Commission is doing its third annual maritime industry survey, leading to a req

Akzo Chemicals Inc. is increasing prices for all grades of Trigonox EHP and Trigonox SBP peroxydicar

The bus that stops in Rushville five days a week is a lifeline for 72-year- old Evelyn Trenkle.<

2 SOVIET RAIL WORKERS BLAMED FOR FATAL CRASHTwo railway workers have been charged with crimi

Electric Boat shipyard is trying to get some of its 10,000 striking workers to cross picket lines.

CONTINENTAL CORP. (New York) - Kenneth B. Zeigler was named president of Continental International,

US-MADE TOYOTAS BOUND FOR TAIWANTORRANCE, Calif. - Toyota Motor Sales USA said it has begun

MAYBE THEY USED NEW MATH. One of the toughest things about creating the office of the future

A modular gate now available from a company in the Netherlands incorporates thin steel tensioning wi

If it weren't for glasnost, Rich Beyer might not have been out among air freight crewmen, a couple i

By the shores of Lake Naivasha, shadowed by Longonot Volcano in the Great Rift Valley, John D'olier

The U.S. drought has boosted the hopes of Canadian firms that want to export water from Canada's rai

August 22, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

A Federal Highway Administration official said the agency's policy of relaxing overweight truck regu

U.S. farm policy has become very similar to European Community policy in the way it disrupts interna

A Dutch merchant bank, Pierson, Heldring & Pierson NV, has reached an agreement to buy Chemical Bank

Soybean meal futures had been up and then down on the vagaries of central U.S. weather this summer,

The fervor surrounding joint ventures in the Soviet Union appears to be cooling, according to foreig

Women who were denied sales jobs with State Farm Insurance Co. have until Aug. 31 to file claims in

A New Jersey legislator sees freedom of choice as the key to getting the state's auto insurance refo

SETTLEMENT REACHED IN CHALLENGER DISASTERRICHMOND, Va. - A tentative, undisclosed settlement

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