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SmithKline Beckman Corp. made a surprise bid to acquire International Clinical Laboratories Inc. for

WORD OUT OF SOUTH FLORIDA is that Linea Marlago, the independent Venezuelan container line, is regre

For the third year running there is more than a little concern about getting Americans to travel to

The Massachusetts Port Authority signaled a willingness to settle differences with the Department of

For the week ended March 12 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Shipbuilding Orders Increased During 1987World shipbuilding orders in 1987 rose to an estima

A large surplus of table wine in the European Community will mean more competition for U.S. producer

1645.5 (March 24, 1988) Previous day - 1648.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Excha

Malaysian International Shipping Corp. has reported record pretax profit of M$288 million (US$115 mi

New Jersey will likely join eight other states in their federal lawsuits against the insurance indus

IMAGINE GIVING A SPEECH on the insurance industry's image the day the bombshell burst. The b

The U.S. dollar fell to a four-month low against the yen as the foreign exchange market continued it

West Germany's plans to introduce a 10 percent withholding tax without repealing the existing stock

Japanese life and non-life insurance companies together will suffer $8 billion in overall exchange l

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

Japan seeks an agreement with the United States by the end of March on opening the Japanese market w

Hitachi Ltd., a major Japanese electric machinery maker, said Thursday it will use semiconductors pr

Two Agriculture Department economists say the Soviet Union's agriculture is still in trouble despite

Virgin Islands to Buy Plant in St. CroixST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands - The U.S. Virgin Islands

More than 200 inquiries were received for Shanghai's first auction of land since the communist takeo

A West Virginia congressman pressed this week for enactment of a South Africa sanctions proposal tha

March 24, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Occidental to Sell Colombia PropertiesOccidental Petroleum Corp. said it would sell 25 perce

Transportation Secretary James Burnley Thursday reiterated that his Wednesday testimony on Capitol H

Positive results from a joint marketing effort have Rhode Island port officials wondering if merging

While California farmers still struggle to send rice to Japan, the Japanese are cutting their way in

If the attorneys general who filed massive antitrust lawsuits against the insurance industry win the

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U.S. subsidiaries of Japan's giant Honda Motor Co. project their total exports will grow to $1 billi

China's National People's Congress probably will emphasize the country's need for high technology an

The U.K. chemical industry, firmly on a recovery path since 1983, is demonstrating confidence about

Polytribo Inc., a joint venture between Rohm & Haas Co. and Fujikura Kasei of Tokyo, recently comple

New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu waged an intensive lobbying campaign - directly and via the White Hou

The three ports making up the Port of Hampton Roads are expected as a group to surpass the 5 million

Agency to Consider Driver ExemptionsTransportation Secretary James Burnley said the departme

The fiscal 1989 authorization bill for maritime programs under consideration in the House would prov

The Environmental Protection Agency has ordered General Motors Corp. to recall almost 500,000 1985 c

ERNST & WHINNEY (New York) - Jeffrey L. Harfst joined the New York office of this international acco

A committee of French regulators, bankers and other financial authorities Thursday urged that Paris

Ezra F. Vogel says there are more reasons for U.S. businesses to go to Japan than pursuit of the alm