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ITALIAN FIRM BUYING UNION SWITCH & SIGNALUnion Switch & Signal Co., is being sold to an Ital

Shell Oil Co., Houston, said Tuesday it was considering buying a 50 percent interest in an idle liqu

Bowater Industries PLC said that its U.S. subsidiary Rexham Corp. will construct a $26 million preci

ARCO CUTS POSTINGS FOR WTI BY 50 CENTSAtlantic Richfield Co. said Tuesday it reduced its pos

Louisiana's effort to meet federal clean air standards could deal a costly blow to the marine indust

Steep losses at two of its smaller trucking subsidiaries produced a net second quarter loss for Caro

Rising interest rates and higher home prices made it tougher for the average American to afford a ho

The 34th International Fancy Food & Confection Show. July 10-13. Some 700 gourmet food, confection,

In many ways Latin American countries are too caught up in their own political, inflation and debt

Euro-panic is the dismissive phrase used by one Swiss banker to describe the response of the Europea

The U.S. Department of Commerce has established a new office to study plans by the European Communit

Just how soft is the market? While no industrywide figures on commercial insurance premium rates exi

Have no fear: EDI is here. Computer experts say security risks are growing at least as fast

The bad news is that the fire at the Texaco Chemical Co. ethylene and propylene complex at Port Arth

Taiwan and West Germany, two of the top U.S. trading partners, have been selling more goods overseas

The opening salvos have been fired in a battle between insurers and agents over the softening insura

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK (New York) - James Oltman was named first vice president and chief

The U.S. Customs Service doesn't plan to penalize Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. following the discovery

ABU DHABI'S POSTINGS WERE LOWER FOR JUNEMANAMA, Bahrain - The largest oil producer in the Un

Atlantic Petroleum Corp., of King of Prussia, Pa., a large independent refiner and marketer in the N

July 5, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Eight years ago, anyone living in this community would have laughed at the suggestion that one day

BellSouth is engaged in an effort to enhance basic telephone service options with Raynet Corp. of Me

Mexico wants to become a major exporter of clothing and shoes to the United States, officials here s

US AND JAPAN DISCUSS GATT FARM PROPOSALSThe United States and Japan today begin three days o

NJ LAWMAKERS RENEW AUTO REFORM EFFORTTRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey officials went back to the d

France's burgeoning financial futures market, Matif, is putting the final touches on two new contrac

Time appears to be drawing short for troubled American Mutual Insurance Cos. to come up with a solut

In addition to video and voice capabilities, the multimedia computer of the '90s will have vast powe

CAUSTIC POTASH UP AT OXYCHEMOccidental Chemical Corp. is increasing its off-schedule prices

Both insurers and bankers claim to have the votes to win their versions of bank insurance powers whe

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

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

A Massachusetts automobile insurance reform bill that virtually all parties agree is needed is likel

Plans to build a deepwater container terminal at Falmouth in southwest England are approaching a cri

US, NORWEGIAN FIRMS PLAN BARGE VENTUREDixie Carriers, a subsidiary of Kirby Exploration Co.,

The round of layoffs announced over the weekend by CSX Corp. means the transportation giant has thro

Increased crude oil production by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries resulted in an i

As U.S. exports to Asia gain momentum, the TransPacific Westbound Rate agreement, which sets rates f

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