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Large semiconductor companies will continue gobbling up mid-sized chip makers in coming months, and

Labor negotiations were to get under way here in an effort to avert a repeat of a wildcat strike tha

The port of Beaumont, which showed a 16 percent increase in bagged goods in 1987, is hoping a new tr

Leading coffee-producing countries are considering whether to ask a trade association to take new st

Despite a string of defeats, anti-smoking activists and some legal experts say the odds are in their

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Recession or no recession, drug companies are likely to turn in another year of solid growth in sale

Pharmaceutical companies, once immune to hostile takeovers, suddenly seem more vulnerable in the wak

Fewer American buyers visited last week's International Toys and Games Fair than its predecessor, wi

Hapag-Lloyd AG probably will continue to de-emphasize shipping and turn increasingly to more lucrati

Morflot Freightliners Using New High CubesMorflot Freightliners Ltd. has introduced 200 new

S. Korean Steel Prices Rose Up to 64 percent in '87SEOUL, South Korea - The export prices of

CONTINENTAL AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE CO. (Wilmington, Del.) - Richard J. Fundakowski was named vice p

Transportation Secretary James Burnley said Congress produced a workable compromise on the federal t

1394.0 (Jan. 25) Previous day - 1400.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

Lack of a quorum prevented shareholders from voting Monday on a financial restructuring package prop

The secondary market in developing country debt has become more active, now that banks have details

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

Mon., Jan. 25, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Nearly half the cruise ships that sail to the United States fail to meet government health standards

New York State Attorney General Robert Abrams and Assembly Democrats say state Senate Republicans sh

CMS Signs Gas Pacts For Converted PlantJACKSON, Mich. - CMS Energy Corp. said it signed thre

The Interstate Commerce Commission has granted a protective order that willallow the Souther

CP Rail has awarded a contract for the laying of more than 10 miles of concrete slab track in the Se

Knutsen OAS Shipping of Haugesund has ordered two vessels from the Spanish shipbuilding group Astill

The president's Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense recommended a seven-point program to overc

College of Insurance Elects New PresidentDr. Ellen Thrower, professor of insurance and direc

The Maritime Administration has disclosed that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization wants to locat

P.T. Moges Shipping Co. will start a new breakbulk service specializing in steel and forest products

The Coast Guard is analyzing results of an investigation into why a Sea-Land containership ran agrou

The Federal Maritime Commission recently revoked the licenses of 16 ocean freight forwarders and rei

Within several months U.S. and Canadian postal authorities hope to draft a formal agreement spelling

Australian National Line plans to continue to reduce its fleet during 1988. The government-o

More U.S. companies may withdraw from South Africa following congressional cancellation of the doubl

Circle, Roadrunner Announce Merger PactCircle Express Inc. and Roadrunner Enterprises Inc. a

TOP STORIES: The Chinese are making forays into Hong Kong to learn what makes it tick as the time

RG&E Hopes '87 First, Last Unprofitable YearROCHESTER, N.Y. - Rochester Gas and Electric Cor

The U.S. market for thermoformable plastic sheet is projected to climb to 1.3 billion pounds by 1992

After 20 years of cleaning up the environment, it is time to question how much more progress the nat