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Maersk Line is stepping up preparations for its new trans-Atlantic liner service, scheduled to get u

In the midst of downtown revitalization here, the new office tower recently built by the world's lar

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

Bel to Head Faberge EuropeJean Marc Bel was named president of Faberge Europe on Wednesday.<

Honeywell Inc. of Minneapolis and the Indian conglomerate Tata Industries Ltd. are setting up a join

Cyclops Industries Inc. announced Tuesday it intends to concentrate its resources on four core busin

The world beef market staged a strong recovery in 1987, but prospects for 1988 look less certain, a

Korea Steel Pipe Co. said here Tuesday it has been discussing a joint venture with China to build an

West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, who will arrive today in the United States for a two-day visit,

Sales of existing homes in the United States fell only 0.3 percent in 1987 to 3.88 million units fro

An unusual coalition of carriers, terminal operators, stevedores and grain shippers helped the port

TOP STORIES: Florida exports surged ahead last year as a result of the falling dollar and increas

Some 2,000 union tugboat workers struck towing, barge and tanker operators in New York harbor Tuesda

A Vermont official says a takeover of a deteriorated rail line owned by Guilford Transportation Indu

The Puerto Rico Treasury Department is on the verge of dropping property tax claims against Crowley

Thousands of U.S. farmers will be offered classes in futures and options trading this year in a gove

Tue., Feb. 16, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Pearson to Purchase Addison-Wesley FirmPearson PLC, the publisher of the Financial Times, ha

The odds are increasing rapidly that Americans traveling abroad can find a fast-food place that bear

The Japanese are using some of the most high-powered U.S. technology to design their products, but t

The American Meat Institute has filed a Section 301 complaint that charged South Korea's ban of U.S.

Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K., Grace Japan K.K. and Mitsui & Co. have announced the creation of a jointly

Japanese researchers have discovered a new superconductor that works at higher temperatures, may be

PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC CO. (Philadelphia) - Corbin A. McNeill Jr. was appointed executive director-nu

Calif. Official Defends Acid Rain SymposiumAn air quality official here has condemned commen

The volume of proven oil and gas reserves on the Norwegian continental shelf and in North Sea fields

In each of the last two years, Venezuela's national oil company has bought into a big Gulf Coast ref

Charleston's long-awaited harbor deepening will get under way next month, thanks to a cost-sharing a

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Two years after a mandatory car seat belt law took effect in California, a wave of lawsuits across t

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

The U.S. dollar drifted lower in a listless market Tuesday on profit-taking following Friday's gains

After Ronald Reagan defeated him for re-election in 1980, President Carter told friends that his dow

Fed's Vice Chairman Favors Stronger DollarTOKYO - Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman Manuel

Pressure is mounting on the Reagan administration to step up the fight against Latin America's might

Coal Subsidy Proposal Is Not GATT PriorityAn Australian proposal calling for General Agreeme

The government-owned Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority has offered to buy five former United S

The Boeing Co. expects to build jetliners with plastic wings within 10 years, a company official sai

KaiserTech Ltd. has reached agreements in principle to sell the remainder of its chemicals assets fo

VALVOLINE OIL CO. (Lexington, Ky.) - Robert M. Harbison was promoted to executive vice president of