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Hagen Named President Of CSX DistributionRICHMOND, Va. - James A. Hagen was elected presiden

LIRR Hit With Suit By General ContractorNEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - North Star Contracting Corp. an

The Coastal Corp. and Union Enterprises Ltd., Toronto, announced they will construct a new $75 milli

Soviets Sell Crude For Less Than $18HELSINKI, Finland - The Soviet oil trading company Soyuz

The Federal Railroad Administration ordered the nation's carriers to continue abiding by its drug an

CSX Rail's Baltimore Division received generally good marks for its safety and maintenance practices

For the week ended Feb. 27 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 10

Typlax Uses Tires To Make BlendsCHESHIRE, Conn. - Typlax Products Inc., a subsidiary of RW T

In the March 8 edition, Union Camp's price increases for Unitol tall oil fatty acids should have rea

Witco Unit Hikes Stearate PricesThe organics division of Witco Corp. is increasing prices fo

Alberta Newsprint Co. has gained provincial approval to build a $360 million newsprint mill near Whi

Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corp. has awarded $2.8 million to the Bowman Gray School of Medicine to help

Imagine spraying ketchup on a hamburger or spritzing mustard on a hotdog with an aerosol-like can.

A plastics industry executive has suggested that design engineers can expect more metals replacement

Arco Chemical Co. is increasing its methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) capacity as a result of a new

Procter & Gamble Co. has formed a joint venture with Syntex Corp. of Palo Alto, Calif., increasing P

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. and Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. have agreed to form a new coatin

Corning Glass Works and International Clinical Laboratories Inc. jointly announced a definitive agre

One growing import for Great Britain is a commodity that other countries generally shun: hazardous w

Airco Buys Assets Of Techweld Inc.MURRAY HILL, N.J. - Airco Retail Operations, a division of

State efforts to legislate bans of phosphate-based soaps and detergents have not been proven effecti

The Resins & Specialty Chemicals division of National Starch & Chemical Corp. announced price increa

Health insurers charge that congressional proposals mandating that all employers provide health insu

Rep. James Florio, D-N.J., does not expect Congress to act soon on suggestions that a federal guaran

Mexico's government, committed to a new anti-inflation program that includes an exchange rate freeze

Calif. Bill Targets Auto Rental WaiversSACRAMENTO, Calif. - Attorney General John Van de Kam

The U.S. dollar rose slightly Wednesday, while the pound sterling reversed its morning weakness and

Central Bankers Wed To Floating CurrenciesTOKYO - Bank of Japan Gov. Satoshi Sumita said Wed

Leading gold trader John H. Hanemann, elected Tuesday as chairman of the Commodity Exchange Inc., pl

CREDITANSTALT-BANKVEREIN (Vienna, Austria) - Guido Schmidt-Chiari was named chairman of the managing

Peruvian President Alan Garcia, who has run Latin America's most radical economic experiment for the

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

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

Wed., Mar. 9, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

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Masato Yanagi's store wouldn't raise an eyebrow in the United States. In Japan, it smells of revolut

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the government of Japan Wednesday reached agreement on the su

Railway Progress Institute, joint seminar with CSX Transportation on New Partnership for a New Era,

Fueled by record annual earnings and rumors of a possible takeover, the stock of Tiger International