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Lumber production fell, but orders and shipments increased in 12 Western states last week, a trade a

During the lean years of the early 1980s, the Flying Tiger Line was spinning off assets and selling

The government has announced plans to sell up to 49 percent of the capital of the state-owned beer-b

The world demand for synthetic fibers in 1987 showed notable increases over 1986 for a variety of co

Kuwait's Central Bank governor said his country might reduce its controversial 22 percent stake in B

SOFTWARE FIRM PERSISTS IN ITS BUY-OUT OFFERComputer Associates International Inc., the giant

Northern Ireland, despite its image as a war-torn province of Britain, has actually one of the highe

DOLLAR RISES ABOVE 100 ON ATLANTA FED INDEXATLANTA - The dollar rose above its 1980 average

POTASSIUM PRICE IS UP AT OLINSTAMFORD, Conn. - Olin Corp. is increasing the off-list prices

NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO. (Buffalo, N.Y.) - Bernard J. Kennedy was elected chief executive officer, succ

1183.0 (July 11, 1988) Previous day - 1186.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchan

The second quarter charge taken by CSX Corp. was $778 million. The amount was to cover a labor separ

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

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Locust swarms are moving across Africa, affecting the entire Sahel region, a group of nations compri

Mitsubishi Corp., one of Japan's largest trading houses, is considering an invitation by the Soviet

When the history of the labor movement in the 20th century is written, Jackie Presser likely will be

Australian cattlemen see few short-term gains resulting from the U.S. drought. Reports publi

Banks risk becoming the party poopers of the electronic communications revolution. Documents

There is almost no chance the United States would enter into a free trade agreement with Asian natio

PA. GRANTS 12 PERCENT HIKE IN KEMPER CAR RATESHARRISBURG, Pa. - The Pennsylvania insurance d

The Minnesota insurance department is at odds with Chubb & Son Inc. over the insurer's refusal to i

More than anything, it's the past that haunts the Tianjin Watch Factory. Managers say they w

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 7/9/88* Fully Utilized Textile Quotas as of 7/9/88* Reflects c

Connaught Laboratories Inc. is entering the pediatric therapeutic market through a partnership with

The former E. Helman Co., a plastics compounder in Copley Township, soon will be serving customers a

BAYER OPENS OFFICE IN HUNGARY'S CAPITALFRANKFURT, West Germany - Bayer AG, the West German c

Beecham Group PLC, the British pharmaceuticals firm, has agreed to sell its last U.S. cosmetic busin

Normal ocean shipping service resumed in Pusan, Korea, over the weekend after last week's work slowd

Just when some of the money managers who sat out this spring's rally thought it was safe to get back

U.S. business chiefs advising the Reagan administration on services trade policy say they are confid

Iran has increased its tanker fleet to bolster oil exports amid Iraqi air strikes aimed at throttlin

INDUSTRY TASK FORCE URGES BROAD PROGRAMA multi-user aviation industry task force Monday urge

A high-level official of Japan's Ministry of Transport said the Takeshita administration is giving s

Rep. Helen Delich Bentley, R-Md., wants a worker safety agency to look into the recent award of a mi

The Export-Import Bank has resumed taking applications for medium- and long- term financing of expor

A congressional investigating agency found no justification for restoring a currency adjustment fact

July 11, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Lay leaders of the Episcopal Church blocked a declaration backed by bishops and other top clergy on

Karen B. Phillips' nomination to the Interstate Commerce Commission has been frozen by Sen. Robert T