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Pennwalt Corp. entered into an agreement to sell its worldwide pharmaceutical operations to Fisons f

The present supply glut in the world oil market will continue next year, keeping oil prices at aroun

OPEC PANEL TO SET DEFINITION OF CRUDE OILFRANKFURT, West Germany - An Organization of Petrol

WEST GERMANY ORDERS 41 HIGH-SPEED TRAINSFRANKFURT, West Germany - West Germany's national ra

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Continental AG paid $643 million to purchase General Tire from GenCorp Inc. last year, according to

The Organization for Economic Cooperation ane Development has announced new Commercial Interest Refe

Thu., Aug. 18, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

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US MINER INVESTS IN AUSTRALIAN ZINCThe U.S. mining company Amax and three other companies ha

The drought-hit grain crop in western Canada will be smaller than predicted last month. The

Malaysia's natural rubber output in June was 140,415 metric tons, up 21 percent from a month earlier

Ohio's $70-million program to nurture high-tech industries - including a polymer center involving th

Europe's steelmakers have discovered there's life after death. British Steel Corp. once was

China's advocates of freer markets, recently under heavy fire from more conservative elements, gaine

Already congested imports at all Australian points of entry will be further delayed next Monday when

PEROXYDICARBONATES UP AT LUCIDOLPHILADELPHIA Pennwalt Corp.'s Lucidol division will increas

The first U.S. research vessel in a decade to steam through the waters of a restricted Soviet econom

The Blue Cross and Blue Shield health insurance plans reduced their payments to hospitals by $4.8 bi

In the first uneasy truce in a lengthy takeover battle, officials of Farmers Insurance Group Inc. an

Coal and petroleum officials say the nation needs a strong energy policy, but Americans aren't deman

A new mood of realism is apparent at Gothenburg as the municipally owned port on Sweden's west coast

The export control agency Cocom will permit Western countries to sell up-to- date telecommunications

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

California's love affair with the automobile has sparked a fierce rivalry among U.S. oil companies a

Air cargo carriers show few signs of suffering from a pilot shortage despite the unusually high dema

Government-owned Australian Airlines is gearing itself for deregulation of the domestic air scene in

After five years of study and field tests, Frederick Transport Ltd. of Dundas, Ontario, one of Canad

BUNDESBANK POSTS FALL IN CURRENCY RESERVESFRANKFURT, West Germany - Bundesbank net foreign c

Further bloodletting is unavoidable if the EC steel industry is to achieve a sustainable balance bet

Trinidad and Tobago's trading partners in the Caribbean are weighing the impact of this week's 15 pe

Western-wear fanciers who want to strut around in ostrich-skin cowboy boots might lose their chance

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

Hong Kong's World-Wide (Shipping) Ltd. is trying to freeze South Korean bank accounts following its

When GOP presidential candidate George Bush tapped Sen. Dan Quayle as his running mate, air cargo se

Royal Insurance, the U.K. composite insurer, Thursday reported flat profits for the second half of t

The International Air Transport Association's has again ranked The Flying Tiger Line Inc. as the wor

LABOR GROUP PROTESTS CHILE UNIONISTS' EXILEBRUSSELS, Belgium - The International Confederati

Panhandle Eastern Corp. says it will appeal a judgment of more than $138 million rendered against th

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