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USLIFE CORP. (New York) - James A. Pack was named senior vice president, field marketing, at this li

The National Organization for Women will go to court over the group's push to make mileage a larger

New Mass. Health Plan Faces Committee TestThe Massachusetts House Ways and Means Committee i

The nation's trial lawyers showed they have the power to stop liability law changes in the House ag

A Philip Morris Co. research director said in 1970 the tobacco company should be prepared to admit t

National Westminster Bank USA Wednesday said it will not participate in Mexico's bond-for-debt excha

A Finance Ministry committee Wednesday approved a report calling for tougher laws against insider tr

The U.S. dollar turned mixed Wednesday after rising on Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan

In an effort to spur foreign investment and divest money-losing state companies, Mexico may soon ren

The local unit of Malaysia's Sime Darby conglomerate said earnings rose to HK$58 million (US$7.4 mil

Cerus Group Claims Control of Belgian FirmPARIS - Alain Minc, chairman of Carlo de Benedetti

Barclays, Britain's second-biggest bank, remains committed to its U.S. operations despite the recent

To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction. Sir Isaac Newton undoubtedly wasn

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

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

After nearly 102 years in the business, Diamond Crystal Salt Co. of St. Clair, Mich., got federal cl

Wed., Feb. 24, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Wayne G. Smith was elected vice president and general manager - North American aftermarket, worldwid

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Recent threats by Zenchu, Japan's Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives, to cut feed grain impo

The Bechtel Corp. offered in 1985 to sell Israel oil at reduced rates for 10 years in return for a p

NEC Seeks Court Rule On Intel CopyrightsTokyo-based NEC Corp. and its California subsidiary

Litton Agrees on Sale Of Union-ButterfieldBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Litton Industries Inc. has

Domestic policy blunders helped cause the tremendous swelling of the U.S. trade deficit and volatili

China's Western-style investment company plans to convert a large military factory into a civilian e

Signs of compromise are appearing in a U.S. Customs Service dispute with importers over seizures and

Togo is having a difficult time finding money to revitalize its textile industry, a U.S. Department

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

EC Won't Eliminate Sugar Support ProgramTARPON SPRINGS, Fla. - The European Community is com

The U.S. apparel industry is still ironing out wrinkles from last year's collapse in stock prices.

Ambassadors of Caribbean sugar exporting nations are seeking White House help in getting the U.S. De

Traditional Exports Cocoa, coffee, cotton, phosphates, copra, palm nuts and peanuts.Potentia

The European Community Commission attacked the United States and Japan for their trading practices i

Sub-Saharan Africa needs $5 billion a year in additional aid and debt relief to weather its financia

The average price of coffee traded on world markets has reached $1.20 a pound, its highest level in

Seven years ago, when the Reagan administration was pushing its historic taxcut package thro

A Soviet official said Wednesday that the Soviet Union hopes to sign as many as five more commercial

Republican presidential hopeful Bob Dole was riding high Wednesday after twin victories over George

AVIATION Aircraft producers try different approaches to keep a lid on the cost of building a