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A recent buyers conference held here that focused on state-allocated products forecast mixed results

PETROLEUM HEAT SAYS LOSS NORMAL FOR SEASONPetroleum Heat & Power Co., Stamford, Conn., repor

INDONESIA ELECTS ABDAOE TO PERTAMINA POSTJAKARTA, Indonesia - The government named Faizal Ab

Racketeering and fraudulent rate making charges were added this week to a sweeping civil antitrust s

IVORY COAST PRESIDENT DEFENDS COCOA POLICYThe Ivory Coast can continue to withhold its cocoa

Finland is fed up with its image as the land of Sibelius, saunas and SantaClaus, subservient

INDUSTRIAL CONFLICT INCREASING IN CHINAStrikes are increasing as workers and managers argue

MOTOR SETTING CITED IN PARIS TRAIN CRASHThe top official of France's state-run railroad said

A government mission charged with extracting new loans from foreign commercial banks begins its diff

Rep. Fortney Stark, D-Calif., chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, is consideri

The rabbit ate the elephant in Washington Tuesday, when the Interstate Commerce Commission gave Rio

* Crop Forecaster Slashes Grain, Soybean Estimate 6A * China Investment House Eyes Hong Kong

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

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After months of stout resistance, Indonesia has caved in and is selling oil to Japan at a discount.<

A state legislative committee is scheduled to vote today on a bill calling for a major hike in Calif

Unfair competition of late has become associated with trade restrictions that limit access of U.S. m

World output of the eight major vegetable oils in 1988-89 (October to September) will increase by 1.

U.S. textile manufacturers Tuesday called for more resources to bolster the U.S. Customs Service in

The U.S. Customs Service weathered another flurry of punches during the second round of a House pane

Two decades after a feisty young company set out to make a place for itself in the long-distance tel

August 8, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The state-run Soviet insurance company, Ingosstrakh, is actively preparing to offer insurance for al

A 14 percent tax credit to small firms that establish pension plans could increase the number of wor

Ever since it was founded in Shanghai in 1919, American International Group has concentrated heavily

Mon., Aug. 8, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

The world's top athletes aren't the only ones holding their breath over next month's Olympics in Seo

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

Ship traffic and cargo tonnage moving through Montreal and into Lake Ontario since the shipping seas

The New York State legislature on Monday approved putting a $3 billion road and bridge rebuilding bo

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 8/6/88* Fully Utilized Textile Quotas as of 8/6/88* Reflects c

GASOLINE PRICES CLIMB BY 40 PERCENT IN YUGOSLAVIABELGRADE, Yugoslavia - Gasoline prices went

Ansett Worldwide Aviation Services has converted options on six Rolls-Royce powered Boeing 757 airpl

Orient Overseas Container Line is replacing British officers and crew with Taiwanese on two of its t

Massachusetts auto insurers were expected to submit an automobile rate hike request in the low doubl

NCNB CORP. (Charlotte, N.C.) - James H. Hance Jr. was named chief financial officer. He repl

The key player in a series of proposed merger and subsidy deals involving five U.S.-flag shipping co

The shirts, neckties and scarves go fast and cheap on the sidewalks of New York's Wall Street.

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More coal was loaded at Alabama State Docks' McDuffie Coal Terminal in July than any month since the