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Economists liken South Korea to a teen-ager who has grown up too fast and is being forced to take on

TRADE GROUP STUDIES SALES IN ARGENTINAThe trade group whose complaint led to government plan

Trade again is on the rise in Japan and Taiwan. Japan's imports surged in June, helping to t

The Japanese are still faced with among the world's highest prices for beef and other foodstuffs, th

A partial truce has been declared in France's computer trade fair war with theagreement to hold one

WENDY'S RESTAURANT TO OPEN IN TURKEYDUBLIN, Ohio - Wendy's International Inc. has awarded th

Despite the drought, U.S. food exporters this year can remain reliable sources for foreign nations t

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Sergei Petukhov works in the depths of Paveletskiy train station, listening to the sounds of his suc

Several senators met with state insurance commissioners from Ohio and Illinois to voice concern and

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index was at its 1980 base level of 100 on Friday, down sli

Kirk G. Roeser is president and a founder of Gill & Roeser Inc., a New York- based reinsurance inter

The insurance industry plans to spend a record $43 million in an effort to pass its insurance initia

George W. Ansbro, chairman and chief executive at Royal Insurance U.S.A. will retire at the end of t

AETNA LIFE & CASUALTY OPERATING INCOME FALLSHARTFORD, Conn. - Aetna Life & Casualty Friday r

This staunchly anti-communist island seems unlikely to rush into opportunities for direct shipping t

Talk isn't always cheap, Tacoma port commissioners were told, as thecommission learned that

Salvage executives in the Persian Gulf have been dubbed the vultures of war for profiting from Iraqi

Dow Chemical Co. is considering expanding its chemical plant in Thailand and a large petrochemical e

The futures market was exceptionally quiet last week, in line with a spot market described by some t

Montedison SpA and Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi have agreed to form a joint venture that will result

The Environmental Protection Agency has won its first judicial settlement in the country under the p

ROHM & HAAS HIKES MBS PRICESRohm & Haas Co. announced a 10-cent-a-pound increase for its lin

Trade leads supplied by: US Department of CommerceU.S. and Foreign Commercial Service

VIKING CHANGES SOY OIL PRICINGViking Chemicals Co., a subsidiary of M&T Chemicals Inc., set

ARCO CHEMICAL CO. (Newtown Square, Pa.) - The company is reorganizing corporate structure in respons

HOECHST CELANESE CORP. POSTS STRONG EARNINGSSOMERVILLE, N.J. - Hoechst Celanese Corp. report

ALBY-OLIN EXPANDING SODIUM CHLORATE OUTPUTSTAMFORD, Conn. - Alby-Olin Chlorates Co. expects

Jane Fonda, Janet Brody and other health gurus say Americans should kick the caffeine habit.

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of AgricultureForeign Agricultural Service

The Tennessee Valley Authority said it awarded 10 spot coal contracts in late July, a sharp increas

July 29, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

COMPUTER MEMORY PUT IN PERSPECTIVESAN JOSE, Calif. - The folks at Hewlett-Packard Co. of Pal

The Love Boat owners are buying the Cadillac of the booming cruise ship industry. That's how travel

A Sea-Land Service Inc. containership that had run aground in San Juan harbor Thursday morning retur

Only two companies so far have expressed support for a rule change proposed by the Federal Maritime

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

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RAIL TRAFFIC, EARNINGS RISE CONFIRMED BY ICCWASHINGTON - The Interstate Commerce Commission

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