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Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. management's rejection of a merger with Pirelli in favor of a venture wi

The surprise replacement of the Banco do Brasil president and resignation of the central bank presid

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

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

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The United States and Japan are likely to lose some of their export markets in Australia because of

Spurred by the low dollar and cheaper air fares, Europeans from Spain to Scandinavia are rediscoveri

Mercedes Price Hikes To Average 1.6 percentMercedes-Benz of North America has announced its

Higher stamp prices won't take effect until next month, postal officials said Tuesday after postponi

NV Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken signed a joint venture agreement with two Chinese companies to manu

The Reagan administration appears poised to resume relaxing its controls on high-tech exports to Chi

The European Community's stricter product liability reforms will drive up the cost of liability cove

Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Roger M. Singer criticized insurance companies that use adverti

The Australian and Canadian government bond markets registered the highest total returns in U.S. dol

Panama Acts to Make Fishing Ships SaferPanama is implementing new requirements for the safet

A tentative settlement ending a 13-month strike between Crowley Maritime Corp. and workers on West C

What a truck driver sees when he looks down at a new high-tech dashboard display is enough to make h

The Treasury Department expects Congress to pass a new tax bill this year that will reopen some aspe

Japanese May Buy More N. American PulpJapan's paper industry is expected to depend on North

The International Cocoa Organization, known as the ICCO, has decided to bring into force its stock w

Ford Motor Co. Vice Chairman Harold Poling on Tuesday handed out about 20 of the thousands of profit

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency says restrictions on driving may be necessary to mee

The state of Florida has thrown a monkey wrench into the permitting process for commercial navigatio

Budget cutbacks are hurting Coast Guard morale, its commandant said. Adm. Paul A. Yost Jr. t

Canada's insurance industry declared war Tuesday on the powerful Canadian banking sector after the b

Farrell Challenges Space Charter PlanFarrell Lines Inc. is challenging the space chartering

Britain's minister of state for Northern Ireland is starting a weeklong trip through the United Stat

Zenchu, Japan's central union of agricultural cooperatives, staged a rally Tuesday to protest the li

The Autolatina holding company, which controls Volkswagen and Ford manufacturing in Brazil, plans to

A story about the cooperation between the International Longshoremen's Association and Crowley Marit

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced an agreement with the Tucson Electric Power Co.,

The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate is strongly opposed to development of the Snorre offshore oil fi

Legislation has been introduced in Congress to delay implementing the Massachusetts Port Authority's

The air freight industry has an insatiable taste for guessing games. One of its current diversions i

AETNA LIFE & CASUALTY (Hartford, Conn.) - Donald G. Conrad, executive vice president, director and c

Britannia Airways Buys Long-range Boeing 767Britannia Airways has announced the purchase of

Federal Reserve Governor Wayne Angell said Tuesday that he agreed with his colleagues on the Board o

Japan Line says it will soon complete a consolidation program that it hopes will help the company re

A drug that could save your life may be hiding right now in a bit of ordinary seaweed. So co

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