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Cutting through a thicket of controversy and misunderstanding, Comvik Skyport AB, a sister company o

With bar coding widely in use, especially in supermarkets, many retailers are turning their attentio

The planned deregulation of air transport within the European Community by the end of 1992 is likely

EDI Could Prove to Be A Major Medical BoonSAN ANTONIO, Texas - Electronic communications cou

A dozen or so companies that represent more than 80 percent of the nation's computer and communicati

The Panama Canal Commission does not understand why Congress is knocking on its door to help out the

When Port Director Phil Bannan releases hundreds of balloons and opens a new shipping berth today,

Federal agents expect they'll have a record four-ton cocaine seizure once they finish inspecting all

When scientist Jim McElvaney first suggested using cow manure to save the world, his friends were mo

Worker benefits are growing at a higher rate than wages, with escalating health insurance costs acco

Pepsi-Cola has become the first advertiser to buy commercial time on Soviet television, the soft dri

When James R. Eiszner received his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Chicago over three deca

It wasn't a serious problem, says James R. Eiszner, chairman and chief executive of CPC Internationa

A Pennsylvania consumer group has criticized seven of the state's largest auto insurers for illegall

Royal Insurance, one of Britain's two largest insurers, is about to merge with France's fifth bigges

The greatest hope for financing long-term care for America's aging population lies with the private

In a Wednesday, April 5 article on Health Maintenance Organizations, the headline misstated the fact

Conseco Inc., an insurance holding company based here, announced that certain members of executive m

Kansas Insurer Merged Into Corroon & BlackCorroon & Black Corp. announced Thursday that Dort

When most insurance industry analysts look at the Middle East, they think of the high premiums charg

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

The U.S. dollar declined Thursday in mostly technical trading, although it pared its losses during t

Policy advisers from the United States, Europe and Latin America called for greater support from Ja

U.K. imports under a high exchange rate much cheaper than they otherwise would be, Prime Minister Ma

Several questions must still be answered before the aims of a European central bank and a unified E

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

Japanese Investors May Move US MartsNEW YORK - Small changes in portfolio holdings of foreig

Days of rumors about a predator stalking the colony's premier property company were effectively prov

The Canadian dollar and the British pound are likely to retreat from their recent highs, according t

R.P. URFER & CO. (New York) - Four former senior executives of Chase Manhattan Corp. and the retired

Brazil favors the extension of the current 1983 Internation Coffee Agreement and will only accept re

Thu., May 5, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

Brazil's basic money supply grew 17.6 percent in April, whereas inflation in the same month totaled

Daily Index Textiles Metals Misc.Smoothedpercent Change, -1.00

Corn Quantity: to be negotiated. Quality: dried corn kernel. Packaging: to be negotiated. De

Record crop yields, sizable government subsidies, remarkable livestock profits and debt reduction ha

Argentina, China Hold Grain TalksBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina has begun negotiations

Wayne P. Cooper struggled for years to sell his company's grain silos to the Chinese. But in spite o

Hefty gains in aluminum prices are drawing to an end, and prices are expected to decline through the

Current Textile Quotas: Where the Average Recent Utilization RateIndicates Full Quota Utiliz