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EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE U.S. - William T. McCaffrey was named chief administrative o

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

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

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

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

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

Rear Adm. Peter Rots, the Gulf Coast commander of the U.S. Coast Guard, has given up his command pen

Soybean market prices are averaging the most in three years because of greater world demand and a ti

The United States and Japan signed diplomatic notes and arrangements Tuesday that will expand protec

States that spend tax money to retrain workers and help new businesses raise capital score well on a

Nine years ago a strike by tugboat workers in New York Harbor disrupted shipping for 88 days and led

After seven months of legislative wrangling, Gov. Dukakis' universal health insurance plan for Massa

A number of refiners increased their posted buying prices for West Texas Intermediate crude oil by 5

Robins Says IUD Fund Hurt Merger PlansRICHMOND, Va. - A.H. Robins Co. told a federal judge M

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

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

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

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

State-owned CN Rail is securing a second source of supply for locomotives by buying high-horsepower

The State Department has added a new complaint to the U.S. list of shipping grievances against South

Wilh. Wilhelmsen Ltd. A/S has purchased the 88,868-deadweight-ton tank ship Narnian Sea from Globtic

AMERICAN EXPRESS BANK INTERNATIONAL (New York) - Antonio Moreno was named senior vice president, and

Japan to Present New LDC Debt PlanTOKYO - Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa said Japan will p

French Trade Deficit Widened in FebruaryFrance's seasonally adjusted trade deficit widened t

Customs Has Evidence Of Drugs Via CubaHOMESTEAD, Fla. - Cuba has long been suspected of serv

Senate Finance Committee members warned Canada that violations of the spirit of the U.S.-Canada trad

When top managers from Boeing Commercial Airplane Co. took newsmen through its cavernous 747 assembl

L. Roger Garland, chief of U.S. Customs Service Air Branch in Homestead says a pilot's job at the br

Nissan Motor Co., Japan's No. 2 automaker, will reduce car exports to the United States to ease pres

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

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

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

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

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

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

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