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International investment in Seattle is growing so rapidly that the 10,000 people already working for

Old Ben Coal Co. and BP Coal International Ltd., the two major coal subsidiaries of British Petroleu

White House Mulling Stock Market StudiesWASHINGTON - The White House has no timetable for ac

ARKLA INC. (Houston) - Louis J. Resweber joined the Entex division as vice president of corporate co

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Aerospatiale's president Henri Martre denied reports Airbus Industrie reached agreement with McDonne

Losses from Britain's freak hurricane last October were largely responsible for a decline in pretax

The U.S. dollar declined Thursday to a two-week low against the deutsche mark on market disappointme

The Pacific Stock Exchange and a group of Hawaii business leaders have entered discussions to establ

Eaton, Sammi Group Plan Joint VentureEaton Corp. and the Sammi Group, a South Korean conglom

Average family income rose 20 percent from 1970 to 1986, but the gains were uneven and families with

An international accord to discourage industrial nations from subsidizing export credits is having l

South Korean-owned Hyundai Merchant Marine (America) Inc. announced it has signed separate space cha

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

The president of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines America Inc., says the Japanese carrier is shortening the trans

Kodak Obtains Loan To Acquire SterlingROCHESTER, N.Y. - Eastman Kodak Co. announced that it

AN EARLY NOVELIST WROTE that it is sometimes easier to read between the lines than to follow the tex

CLIMBING OUT OF ITS GRAVE, the port of Jacksonville has returned to its traditional role as one of t

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

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 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

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

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

At a time of rising prices from European suppliers, U.S. wine and spirits wholesalers say lower ocea

A tugboat was hit with four shotgun blasts fired from short range in the dead of night as the harbor

BASF Corp. Fibers division is increasing prices for all acrylic staple fibers 6 percent, effective A

A bill to extend U.S. labor laws to foreign-flag ships that call in the United States was introduced

Monsanto Co., a pioneer in the development of synthetic turf for sports fields, said that it sold it

The European Parliament committee investigating an alleged nuclear waste fraud between West Germany

It may be the only set of coke ovens in the Eastern United States capable of being operated, but not

The new management of Eastern Airlines mapped plans for prices and routes with two other Texas Air c

Two new specially designated routes are open for truckers moving overweight containers in and out of

Feb. 24, 1988 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High

As the XV Olympic Winter Games wind toward the closing ceremony this Sunday evening, the Canadian an

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

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

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