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Spring is a time for impulsive action. But benzene trading is almost non- existent and prices have n

Supplies of gasoline and distillate fuel both declined last week, according to the American Petroleu

Japan's Transport Ministry officially approved plans Wednesday by three major shipbuilding groups to

A government-appointed arbitrator has sided with unionized workers at a $218 million grain terminal

Scandinavian Airlines System has signed a letter of intent to study acquiring a 40 percent interest

DIRECT CONTAINER LINE INC. (Gardenia, Calif.) - Sever al promotions in the New York regional office

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's scheduled report on the hog and pig population today is expect

Staar Surgical, Canon Slate Japan VentureMONROVIA, Calif. - Staar Surgical Co. has signed a

The Reagan administration's top trade official says U.S. tariffs on Canadian plywood won't be lowere

Traditional Exports Crude oil, coffee, copper, gold, silver, tin, cotton, sugar, lead and ch

Peter Simsa is the very model of a modern East bloc businessman. He has his own company, a c

In its boldest move yet to woo Taiwan back into the fold, the Chinese government Wednesday promised

Hoechst AG, the West German chemical concern, said Wednesday that 1987 pretax group profit grew 10.4

Texaco Inc.'s British exploration subsidiary has made a significant natural gas and condensate disco

Deputy Secretary of Energy William Martin disclosed that the U.S. and Italian governments will sign

The Port of Dover desperately needs an improved highway linking it with London and the rest of the c

The Union Pacific Fruit Express said carloadings of fresh and frozen produce increased 8 percent in

A COMMENT by U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter regarding the People's Republic of China rang

Despite reports of sabotage and other incidents, the Panama Canal is reported to be functioning norm

If Texaco Inc. thought for a moment that life after bankruptcy would be easy, it has learned otherwi

Guardian Royal Exchange PLC, one of Britain's major insurance companies, on Wednesday reported a 21

Attorney General Bob Butterworth and Insurance Commissioner Bill Gunter are exploring Florida's opti

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

USAA, the insurance company for military officers and dependents, is kicking off a new insurer-led d

The dollar declined broadly Wednesday despite talk of Federal Reserve intervention to support the U.

Soviets Establishing Cooperative BankMOSCOW - The Soviet Union is establishing a cooperative

The Philadelphia Stock Exchange has added futures and options trading on the British pound and the S

Iran has reportedly asked Argentina to end its 45-day-old embargo on grain shipments, after making a

Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd., flagship of entrepreneur Li Ka-shing, reported that its profit rose 23

Austrians are worried that the uproar over President Kurt Waldheim is bad for exports and may also m

Federal spending averaged nearly $3,433 an American in 1987, about $41 more than the year before, th

Virtually all of the major U.S. railroads, with the exception of Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. and

Vatican Radio to Help Produce, Market CDsVatican Radio and an Italian record company agreed

Brazil's Unitron Engenharia Industria e Comercio Ltda. at least temporarily sidestepped a government

Occidental Petroleum Corp. announced Wednesday that effective April 1, its Cities Service Co. subsid

An appeals court upheld federal regulators' refusal to let Columbia Natural Gas Transmission Corp.,

Two major Kentucky coal companies shut down mines during the past week but a third producer disclose

Seattle Panel to Define Port Director DutiesA panel of 19 waterfront and community leaders t

Iraqi warplanes attacked a Cypriot tanker off Iran's coast Wednesday. In another development

The Maritime Administration has released a newly developed automated information system for use by p