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Banks moved quickly Thursday to raise their prime lending rates to catch up with recent increases in

The recent hostile takeover of Koppers Co. by Beazer PLC and Shearson Lehman Hutton signals a new wa

Compagnie Maritime Belge, the Belgian shipping and transport group, needs to triple in size by 1992

Harland & Wolff, the Belfast, Northern Ireland-based shipyard, reduced its 1987-88 deficit by 65 per

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The Environmental Protection Agency has announced the final phase of its program to clean up the Lip

ROHM & HAAS HIKES NAPHTHALENEPHILADELPHIA Rohm & Haas Co. is increasing prices on its sulfo

Advanced Polymer Systems Inc. has signed a letter of agreement with Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp., subs

Japan's petrochemical industry currently is operating at nearly full capacity, according to a recent

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. has withdrawn its application for a permit to dump up to 405,000 wet t

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LINDE WINS CONTRACT FOR SEPARATION PLANTDANBURY, Conn. - The Linde division of Union Carbide

The outlook for U.S. importers of liquefied natural gas has brightened, and some gas pipeline compan

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Ontario Hydro received its first shipment of Western U.S. coal from the Powder River Basin, accordin

UNION TEXAS TO BOOST ITS CAPITAL SPENDINGBuoyed by improved earnings in the second quarter o

The Brazilian national steel company, Siderbras, apparently chose price over politics and ordered a

Dominican Ferries P.R. Inc. and Marinvest Funds SA want to withdraw their complaint at the Federal M

SEA-LAND TOUTS FASTER TRANSIT TIMESEDISON, N.J. - Sea-Land Service Inc. says the 12 vessels

The latest clash between U.S. and Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf has renewed fears among shippin

A story on Page 3B of Thursday's issue should have stated that Alex J. Mandl joined Seaboard Coast L

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BARGE TRAFFIC MOVING SMOOTHLY ON US RIVERSKANSAS CITY - Barge traffic on U.S. rivers is movi

The Teamsters union's general executive board meets today in Washington to select a new president fo

The Interstate Commerce Commission said California officials do not have the jurisdiction to impose

Teamsters union leaders and a dissident labor faction are warring over a proposed contract covering

British Rail announced plans for massive investment in a high speed train link between London and th

American President Cos. reported reduced second quarter earnings of $14.7 million compared with $20.

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

The U.S. dollar pushed higher Thursday on the increase in the prime rate to 9.5 percent from 9 perce

Robert L. Hintz will leave behind him two intangibles plus 24 of the most tangible objects imaginabl

The American Stock Exchange said trading in foreign currency warrants reached 13.6 million for the f

A senior official with the cattle council of Australia Thursday expressed strong concern over news t

A flurry of trade and economic reports Thursday from some major U.S. trading partners indicate they

Taiwan has temporarily stopped buying U.S. precious metals after Washington described the purchases

A U.S. sports development company that helps put on the Olympics is setting its sights on the Soviet

The United States has revived the idea of creating a forum of Pacific nations, but no one seems to a

PARIS COURT REVERSES RULING ON COKE PACTSA Paris appeals court has ruled that Atlanta-based

The Commerce Department is asking trade associations to help it encourage small- and medium-sized bu