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Hong Kong Islands Line hopes to enhance its competitive position in the busy Southern California int

Electric Boat has begun advertising for workers to replace striking Metal Trades Council members, bu

The Soviet Union will attempt to purchase at least 500,000 metric tons of sugar on the world market

The mining industry in the Philippines is showing strong growth thanks to rising metal prices and lo

Seventy years after Honduras' currency was tied to the dollar, a cash squeeze caused partly by a sus

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Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

A group of 70 French luxury goods manufacturers saw their export sales beat their overall sales grow

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF DALLAS (Dallas) - William J. Durbin was named acting director of regulator

Tue., July 12, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

THREE SOVIET BANKS TO JOIN SWIFT NETWORKBRUSSELS, Belgium - Three Soviet banks agreed to lin

COLECO INDUSTRIES INC. FILES FOR CHAPTER 11WEST HARTFORD, Conn. - Coleco Industries Inc., th

Closed by the communists in 1949 and still technically illegal, private banks have reappeared in an

In a revolutionary step to obtain foreign know-how, a prominent Chinese iron and steel company has i

Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, 67, a wealthy Texan who defeated Vice President George Bush once, has made a phi

After improving dramatically in the most recent report, the U.S. deficit for May is likely to widen,

Insurers were unable to assess the extent of damage to the vessel City of Poros as Greek authorities

The administration is sitting on the fence, refusing to either endorse or oppose legislation designe

The American Medical Association's move to create a group of health-care providers to assume some du

Nearly three-quarters of the $2.5 million raised for a lawyer-backed insurance initiative on the Nov

A record number of U.S. corporations changed their names during the first six months of 1988, with f

Biotechnology has been developing more rapidly in the United States than previously anticipated and

Occidental Chemical Corp. increased its off-schedule price of sodium chlorate R-2 solution by $25 a

Gynex Inc. won Food & Drug Administration approval to market a new generic oral contraceptive and ha

The government is investigating allegations of criminal misconduct by federal employees charged with

SEMINOLE BUYS GRACE'S PHOSPHATE OPERATIONSW.R. Grace & Co. announced a definitive agreement

U.S. government and industrial spending on biotechnology research and development is more than $4.3

C-E Environmental Inc., a subsidiary of Combustion Engineering Inc., has begun work on a contract to

Amoco Performance Products Inc., a unit of Amoco Chemical Co., will build a polyacrylonitrile, or PA

Drought conditions are causing some operational problems, but no service cutbacks, at electric gener

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Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. holds subsidy rights for the trade between the Great Lakes and Mediterrane

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

* H. Erich Heinemann - The Fed's Fast Tune 12A * A.E. Cullison - Japan on a Buying Spree 12A

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Knight-Ridder Inc. has agreed to pay $353 million to buy Dialog Information Services Inc. of Palo Al

Top Stories Terminating government subsidies has severely reduced New Zealand industries' ab

With certificates allowing it to serve some two dozen countries, the Flying Tiger Line Inc. has the

Another scheduled airline industry effort to make an impact on the fast- growing international couri

JAPAN DOESN'T EXPECT FURTHER OIL DISCOUNTSSaudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait and other Middle Easter