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DURHAM LIFE COMPLETES SUN LIFE UNIT PURCHASERALEIGH, N.C. - Durham Life Insurance Co., the R

AKZO INCREASES PEROXIDE PRICESAkzo Chemicals Inc. is increasing methyl ethyl ketone peroxide

IBM TO CONSOLIDATE PLANTS, REDUCE STAFFInternational Business Machines Corp. will continue i

* Customs Update 4A * Michael N. Castle - Creating New Export Options 8A* Christopher Loftin

SUBSIDY PROGRAM NOT HIT BY DROUGHTST. LOUIS - U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter said

The Bundesbank, the West German central bank, raised its discount rate to 3 percent from 2.5 percent

The Philippines has asked the coordinating committee of its creditor banks to meet July 12 to discus

ECOM CONSULTANTS (New York) - Barbara T. Campbell was named a senior vice president of this interna

Thu. June 30, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Opponents were disappointed that the Massachusetts Port Authority was given court approval to hike a

A shortage of staff attorneys is causing the Federal Aviation Administration to have more and more d

EAST HAMPTON AIRWAYS CONTINUES TO OPERATEThe Federal Aviation Administration has lifted its

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. announced it will add capacity at its De Lisle, Miss., manufacturing f

The Japanese may balk at eating more American beef and oranges, but their nation has an almost insat

A British man has been arrested and charged with plotting with the Iranian ambassador to Spain to sh

A special state fund set up to recoup losses that people suffer at the hands of unscrupulous lawyers

The judge in a landmark cigarette liability case should grant a partial new trial because the jury g

A Los Angeles Superior Court judge decided to delay hearings on Batus Inc.'s appeal of the Californ

Rival tugboat operators carried their fight over New York City's lucrative garbage barge towing cont

Occidental Petroleum Corp. signed a production-sharing contract with Petronas, the Malaysian nationa

Along the northern and southernmost banks of Chesapeake Bay, the chief competitors to the New York r

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AIR PRODUCTS HIKES PRICE OF DMEAALLENTOWN, Pa. - Air Products & Chemicals Inc. will increase

Exxon Chemical Co. has initiated design and engineering for a 120,000- to 150,000-ton-a-year-capacit

LITTLE CHANCE SEEN FOR OIL LABELING BILLKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The U.S. administration is

South Korea's trade surplus with the United States between January and May shrank by about 13.4 perc

American President Lines has started operating a new landbridge cargo service linking Asia with Euro

Some trucking companies appeared ready to drop their conditions for supporting a shippers' rate refo

For the week ended June 18 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 11

Independent Pier Co., founded in 1876, and its Pier 80-South terminal complex (seen above) handles a

The Asia North America Eastbound Rate Agreement said it plans to fully automate its internal operati

RISING CRIME IN CHINA BOOSTS SECURITY SECTORThe security business is booming amid increasing

Thousands of union members, peasant farmers, and government bureaucrats are expected to pack Mexico

Australian cattle producers are sure they can meet Japan's increased beef needs resulting from last

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Maryland recorded a 22 percent improvement in its 1988 first quarter f

NY RAILS OPEN-MINDED ABOUT DRUG TESTINGThe U.S. Department of Transportation proposal for ma

The British government is hoping to privatize the Belfast-based shipyard Harland and Wolff.

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. and L'Air Liquide SA and their affiliates have formed a joint venture

Thousands of small and large factories will start breaking hazardous waste laws today, risking fines