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Finance ministers of the 12-nation European Community Monday agreed on the long-overdue budget for 1

Importers, middlemen, discount stores and consumers will have to wait to see if the Supreme Court wi

U.S. and Soviet representatives will meet here March 19 to begin negotiating a new long-term grain a

The 870 new Customs Service positions that Congress authorized should break some logjams at ports an

Mobil Corp. has agreed to sell Montgomery Ward & Co. to an investor group led by Montgomery Ward man

Mar. 7, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

Senate Banking Panel Sets Hearing on CrashWASHINGTON - The Senate Banking Committee has sche

American Express Co. and Fireman's Fund Corp. announced Monday an agreement under which Fireman's Fu

Once bytten, twice shy. Computers are stupid. If they aren't told exactly what to do, they d

Leaders of the longshoremen's union in Baltimore have agreed to work closely with management and the

The Indian government might finally decide to import food grains this year after several months of i

There's a new spirit of cooperation in the air that may bring Crowley Maritime Corp. to the port of

U.S. coal producers are facing a barge transportation industry notably more consolidated than at the

Dome Petroleum Posts Net Loss for 1987CALGARY, Alberta, - Dome Petroleum Ltd. reported a net

In a desert ceremony last December, President Ali Abdullah Saleh of North Yemen turned a tap and tra

Insurance industry computers need to learn to talk to each other before they can communicate with ot

A House of Representatives panel has cleared aviation product liability reform legislation but the b

A computerized clearing house has been started that should enable container operators to swap emptie

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In a story published on March 1 reviewing the guide to Major Chemical & Petrochemical Companies of E

State-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp. reported an almost 30 percent increase in net profit in the lates

Financial Woes Delay Iranian Pipeline PlansNICOSIA, Cyprus - Financial problems between Iran

The U.S. dollar tumbled to a five-week low against the deutsche mark Monday and was broadly lower ag

Just how independent is the Federal Reserve? Alan Greenspan, the Fed chairman, tried to disp

The Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority, or PRMSA, outbid Sea-Land Services Inc. in a bankruptcy

The burgeoning middle and upper classes of the Pacific Rim are being targeted by U.S.-based insurers

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the owner of the State Farm Insurance Cos. and the grou

Half of the state medical malpractice residual markets could collapse if investment income declines

The formation of an important new force in aviation and North American non- marine insurance broking

According to a Journal of Commerce survey, most large North American railroads are increasing their

With debt renegotiations abroad faring better than the war against public deficits and inflation at

Interest rates will remain steady in the first half of 1988 but will tick up by year-end, according

The Supreme Court Monday eliminated any opportunity for corporations to claim more favorable tax tre

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Electronic data interchange is one industry where reading the phone book can be fun. Before

Sparring between the United Auto Workers and Mack Trucks Inc. continued as the union formally kicked

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Five major airlines allow flight crews to bypass metal detectors at Los Angeles International Airpor

The sudden departure of the Federal Aviation Administration's public relations chief last week signa

West German dockworkers who walked off the job for two hours at six German ports last Friday might s