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The Brazilian government plans once again to halve its list of prohibited imports, dropping barriers

Congress is on the brink of passing a so-called catastrophic illness bill, but it's not likely to ha

AVIATION Delegates to the FAA's meeting on aging jet transports lowered expections of substa

Nationale-Nederlanden N.V., a Dutch-based international insurance holding company, reported net inco

This index alphabetically lists all companies and other operating organizations such as ports mentio

New Jersey Insurance Commissioner Kenneth D. Merin will begin hearings Thursday on the 14.7 percent

A U.S.-flag shipping company is asking the federal government for permission to begin operating fore

Taxpayers' expenses incurred in responding to tax examinations or audits by the Internal Revenue Ser

PA. ATTORNEY GENERAL URGED TO JOIN LAWSUITHARRISBURG, Pa. - A group of Pennsylvania legislat

Port authorities nationwide are taking a closer look at what they get in return for their investment

John Hancock Reinsurance Co., the domestic property and casualty reinsurance unit of John Hancock Pr

The Australian Mutual Provident Society, the country's largest life insurer, is merging with one of

The international oil market will become unstable in the 1990s, and the Takeshita administration sho

Panel Gets More Time To Study CNW DisputeThe presidential emergency board studying the confr

Florida is pressing forward with plans to link Tampa on its Gulf Coast and Miami on its Atlantic coa

Fire erupted at an Ohio freight facility shared by two major truck lines and a pesticide company, fo

New Jersey Transit Corp. has introduced a new seat on some trains that veteran commuters don't like.

Even mink can make the difference. A little-known provision in the 1,000-page trade bill tha

The lengthy antitrust battle faced by 18 Canadian trucking companies has ended in a compromise agree

HONG KONG ISLAND LINE (Long Beach, Calif.) - Ron Driscoll was hired as regional manager for the Nort

They are still angry and still hoping for legislative action to restore their diesel fuel tax collec

Local entrepreneur Glenn Bowden is usually as conservative in his business ventures as in his dress.

PPG Industries Inc., a major North American producer of chlorine and caustic soda, announced start-u

U.S. District Judge Richard Owen must choose between the letter and the spirit of the law in a $92.8

Production of plastics resins totaled 4.379 billion pounds in March, up approximately 9 percent from

Arco Chemical Europe Inc., a subsidiary of Arco Chemical Co., has opened a $340 million propylene ox

Total spending for U.S. pharmaceutical companies for research and development will continue to incre

The domestic benzene market is still as flat as stale champagne. Producers think prices will

Gurit-Heberlein AG, through its Delaware-based G-H Acquisition Corp., commenced a $24 a share cash t

Sugar from the Western Hemisphere for nearby shipment has been trading at higher prices in the cash

The range of currencies in which U.K. exporters can obtain official financing support is being widen

Tue, May 31, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

More than 50,000 tons of U.S. rice worth $20 million is being given to the Philippines to offset a d

Output of Peru's major base metals declined in the period of January to April of this year compared

Daily Index Textiles Metals Misc.Smoothedpercent Change, -0.03

Leading coffee producer and consumer members of the International Coffee Organization opened four da

A nut is a nut, unless it's a hazelnut, in which case it's a filbert, and in case you didn't know th

US-SOVIET GRAIN TALKS MAY OCCUR IN JULYOfficials from the United States and the Soviet Union

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Sweden's exports of war materials, including arms and explosives, rose 36 percent in 1987 to SEK4.4