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JAPAN'S AUTO EXPORTS SHOW DECLINE OF 7.8 PERCENTJapan's auto exports totaled 584,674 units i

While Soviet authorities wage a domestic war against rampant alcoholism, they are giving Vladimir A.

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

Three mammoth Asian elephants of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus left Oakland, Calif., for

Let's say a bank wants to give a new kind of loan, or an airline wants to give a special deal, and t

MONSANTO CONTINUES GENETIC TOMATO TESTSST. LOUIS - Monsanto Co. has begun second-year resear

The U.S. Energy Department said 54 proposals worth more than $5.3 billion were submitted last week b

King Fahd on Monday urged members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to stick to t

Coal export shipments through the Alabama State Docks McDuffie Terminal increased about 45 percent d

Australia Creates Marketing PanelThe Australian government announced the formation of an ind

Pushing electrons rather than paper is the chief topic on the minds of those who handle internationa

To St. Paul Cos. executives, the recent stock accumulation by Alleghany Corp. in its quest to contro

The increasing demands of the world's population, now heading toward 6 billion, are damaging the bas

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

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

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

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

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

In an industry where profits are sometimes measured in fractions of a cent perdollar, electr

Northwest Airlines has asked the U.S. Transportation Department for authority to fly passengers and

'AGGRESSIVE' EXPANSION OF AIRPORTS NEEDEDPOMPANO BEACH, Fla. - The federal government should

Electronic data interchange may be the most revolutionary development since the Emperor Charlemagne

Textile Quotas to Watch as of 5/28/88* Fully Utilized Textile Quotas as of 5/28/88* Reflects

The dollar must fall no further and the United States must save more to cut its current account defi

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

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

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

Daily Index Textiles Metals Misc.Smoothedpercent Change, -0.03

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

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XTRA Corp. and Itel Corp. of Chicago have scuttled a deal under which XTRA planned to buy Itel Rail

Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C., said the Senate will not pass legislation this year altering the St

The Supreme Court Tuesday unanimously overturned an Ohio law granting ethanol produced from grain gr

U.S. demand for automotive lubricants is expected to surpass $1.5 billion by 1992, up from $1.4 bill

Court Upholds Award To Gasoline DealerThe Supreme Court has let stand a $3.5 million punitiv

United Illuminating Co. said that kilowatt-hour sales for the first four months of 1988 increased by

AER LINGUS (New York) - David Kennedy, chief executive for the past 14 years, will retire at the end

A highly skilled work force and a plant that can be modernized make the General Motors Corp. facilit

SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. (Chicago) - Vern L. Page was named vice president, catalog merchandising, and W