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Commerce Secretary C. William Verity said he foresees a very good chance that Congress will pass a t

Union Carbide Corp. will increase capital expenditures this year to about $700 million, up from $593

The Engineering Plastics division of Hoechst Celanese Corp. is currently enhancing domestic Celcon a

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Benafuels Inc. won its first contract to supply metallurgical coal from a West Virginia mine it acqu

For the first time, the U.S. Coast Guard will send an instructor to the World Maritime University in

The life insurance industry is defending itself against congressional charges that the reinsurance i

When the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee meets to discuss the second International Natural R

U.S. exporters may help China fill its void of microcomputers and automated equipment in textile man

The Soviet agreement to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan may result in the return of many of the

The Soviet Union must liberalize its emigration policies before U.S.-Soviet trade can realize its po

The European Community is willing to consider tariffs or quotas against Japanese products if Japan t

Senior U.S. and Japanese officials resumed talks Wednesday to break an impasse over Japan's beef and

The insurance industry is paying a stiff premium as it builds a defense against several states' char

Coast Guard Commandant Paul A. Yost thinks there is something really wrong with the way the budget p

Schering-Plough Corp. expects to raise research and development spending 18 percent this year to alm

Occidental Chemical Corp. has signed an agreement with China Wuhan Chemical Engineering Corp. (CWCEC

Mexicana Airlines will undertake a major restructuring and has postponed a plan for sale of the gove

In the wake of the Challenger explosion, can the federal government claim that contractors are immun

The chairman of the New York Senate Insurance Committee, Joseph Bruno, said he'll sponsor a bill bac

Md. Insurer Seeks Malpractice Rate HikeMaryland's largest writer of physician malpractice in

World Economy, Trade To Expand, IMF SaysWASHINGTON - The world economy will grow about 3 per

Wed., April 27, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U

Daily Index Textiles Metals Misc.Smoothedpercent Change, -0.90

Soviet consumers are still not getting all they want from their country's manufacturers, Moscow offi

EC Members Alerted To Poisoned GrapefruitBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Commission alerted

Thailand's textile and garment exports rocketed 78 percent last year to 36 billion baht (US$1.4 bill

American Cyanamid Co. is increasing prices on its line of textile chemicals by an average of approxi

A funny thing happened to Western Fuels Association Inc. when it went shopping for more than two mil

The mortgage industry wants to start banking on electronic data interchange, commonly known as EDI.<

Pan Am Pilots Sign Three-Year AgreementPilots at Pan American World Airways have ratified a

Like all good rumors that refuse to die, the one that has been making the rounds about Ford Motor Co

U.S. District Court Judge Harold H. Greene has before him a petition to extend a temporary restraini

The Military Sealift Command will spend over $154 million to charter six U.S.-flag vessels to carry

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A letter sent to the Interstate Commerce Commission requesting directed service on Guilford Transpor

The Federal Railroad Administration said Wednesday that the fatal accident at a Springfield Terminal

Negotiators representing port authorities and the major Japanese longshore unions reached a conditio

Texas insurance agents may take the issue of expanded banking powers to the state Legislature if the

The U.S. dollar was narrowly mixed Wednesday in a thin, jumpy market. After edging slightly