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William W. Edwards, former executive director of the North Carolina State Ports Authority, has resur

CHEVROLET-PONTIAC-GM OF CANADA GROUP (Warren, Mich.) - Donavon F. Downham was named director of engi

Trade Minister John Crosbie introduced legislation Tuesday to ratify the free trade agreement, but o

Texans take pride in doing things in a big way. On Friday, the world's tallest offshore dril

A programmer deleted more than 160,000 files from his ex-employer's computer by infecting it with an

MALAYSIA CONSIDERS JOINING COCOA PACTJAKARTA, Indonesia - Malaysia, the third-largest cocoa

ING. C. OLIVETTI AND CO. (Ivrea, Italy) - Robert M. Kavner, president of the American Telephone and

AVIATION The U.S. Postal Service is considering major changes in air mail contracting. 1ABr

COMMONWEALTH RISK SERVICES INC. (Philadelphia) - Nona K. Wollenschlager was named vice president at

MARSH & MCLENNAN COS. INC. (New York) - Frank J. Borelli, Peter Coster and Philip L. Wroughton were

Occidental Petroleum Corp. is expanding polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, and high- density polyethylene,

While prices for several forms of lead and alkyds have increased, creosote and cresol prices are sti

British Airways PLC has become the world's most profitable airline with its announcement Tuesday of

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The absence of efficient and comprehensive intermodalism within Australia is retarding the country's

Corning Optical Fiber Installed in JapanCORNING, N.Y. - Corning Glass Works said it has supp

VALLEY NATIONAL BANK OF ARIZONA (Phoenix) - Harley H. Barnes and Harold F. Mosanko were named execut

Home costs in most of the San Francisco Bay area soared an average of 30 percent during the first qu

As Congress hammers out implementing legislation for the U.S.-Canada free trade pact, the coal indus

Allegis Corp. stockholders, rejecting the diversification plans of former Chairman Richard J. Ferri

The Maritime Administration has made good on another vessel financing that it had guaranteed.

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Mobil Unit Develops Gas Field in North SeaA Mobil Oil Corp. subsidiary began developing a ma

May 24, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Margins on stocks should be deregulated, just like margins on stock index futures, claims University

CONAGRA INC. (Omaha, Neb.) - Thomas L. Manuel was named president of the agribusiness' subsidiary, C

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

Orders to U.S. factories for big ticket durable goods rose 0.8 percent in April, boosted by a jump i

American Transport Picks Agent in UKAmerican Transport Line, operator of a U.S.-flag contain

Gleason Corp. said Tuesday it signed letters of intent with Japan's Aisin Seiki Co. and Diesel Kiki

Domestic exports bounced back from a slump in April to a total of HK$16 billion (US$2 billion), up 1

A major revamp of the way the U.S. Postal Service awards contracts for the air transport of domestic

British Shipbuilders, the state-owned shipbuilding corporation, is hoping to secure a vital order fr

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

Grapefruit Wants grapefruit from Florida. Quantity: in container loads. Quality: Cat. 1. Pac

The U.S. dollar turned mixed around midday Tuesday, reversing an earlier downdrift on talk o

Whatever strategy a company uses to enter foreign markets, it must back that drive with a companywid

Flota Mercante Grancolombiana SA is interested in obtaining participationfrom U.S. and other

Glaxo Inc. has strategically realigned its marketing and sales operations to better target market co