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Education officials are urging Congress to give them more time to rid the nation's public and privat

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

The U.S. dollar pushed gradually higher in active trading Tuesday on optimism over the outcome of th

The sterling rally may be winding down, U.K. economists say. In recent weeks, sterling has s

The United States formally joined a new World Bank agency to promote foreign investment in capital-h

Traders and analysts in the secondary market for Third World debt see business as usual as they wait

They are cars born in the U.S.A., just like Fords or Chevys brought to Japan for sale. They

Intermet, Japan Firm Sign Iron VentureIntermet Corp., the nation's largest independent manuf

American Express Co., which claims two-thirds of the international credit- card market in China, wil

European Watch, Clock & Jewelry Fair. April 14-21, Basel Fairground Messeplatz, Basel, Switzerland.

U.S. Department of Agriculture scientists are looking at the neem tree of Asia and Africa as a possi

Foreign Investment In Taiwan PlummetsTAIPEI, Taiwan - The government reported Tuesday that i

Hong Kong's exports and re-exports to the United States fell in February from January, as did import

In a campaign appearance Tuesday, Gov. Michael Dukakis called for approval of a national health insu

Executives became more confident about the U.S. economy in the first quarter than they were after th

In the netherworld of genetically designed life, Harvard Medical School's Genetics Department made h

A senior U.S. official Tuesday defended the Reagan administration's decision to strip duty-free expo

For the second time in less than a year, strikers Tuesday shut down a major part of South Korea's ex

Rev. Jesse Jackson, Democratic presidential candidate, blasted a Reagan administration plan to spur

Japanese investors, encouraged by the cheap U.S. dollar and their people's love of things American,

U.S. housing completions fell 7 percent in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.425 mi

Tenneco Oil Co. announced the recommissioning of its methanol production facilities in Pasadena, Tex

The performance of Imperial Chemical Industries PLC's Australian subsidiary ICI Australia Ltd. has p

Companies using ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, to make plastic foam food packaging w

Air Products Hikes Catalyst PricesALLENTOWN, Pa. - Air Products & Chemicals Inc. is increasi

Exxon Chemical Co. has entered into a license agreement with Mitsui Petrochemical Industries Ltd. fo

The U.S. market for food additives is projected to grow at an appetizing 7.6 percent a year through

Georgia Gulf Corp. is planning to increase overall capacity by as much as 20 percent at seven of its

Erbamont NV subsidiary Erbamont Inc. announced the acquisition of Summa Manufacturing Corp., a contr

EPA Test Contracts For Superfund SoarThe Environmental Protection Agency's contracts for ana

CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION (Washington, D.C.) - Allen J. Lenz, former director of the U.S. C

The balance of economic power in the United States seems to be shifting ever so slightly toward the

Cuban imports of goods from the Soviet Union grew 3.4 percent last year, the government news agency

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Texas Utilities Co., Dallas, plans to sell about $125 million of new stock next week, in part to hel

Western legislators challenged Rep. Robert E. Wise, D-W.Va., Tuesday to up the ante on an anti-apart

Iran Offers Discount But Japan Wants MoreIran offered to increase its crude oil price discou

A spokesman for Canadian Pacific Ltd. declined comment on press reports indicating the firm was plan

A map of South America showing the sources of cocaine that appeared on Page 3B in the Tuesday editio

The repetitive clicking noise must have been annoying to the RoadRailer Inc. official who was conduc