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Safety Norms Favored For Minivans, PickupsA recent nationwide Roper survey revealed that con

Times are good for the insurance industry. At least for now. After being pilloried by the pu

The National Association of Insurance Brokers supports a decision by an insurance regulators group t

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

The dollar fell to new postwar lows against the West German mark and Japanese yen early Tuesday, but

Kaiser Unit to Manage Greek Refinery DesignOAKLAND, Calif. - Kaiser Engineers Inc. said one

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

The United States' Japan-bashing is wearing patience thin in the nation on the receiving end, and or

A plan to convert Mexican debt into U.S.-backed bonds was hailed by Mexican finance officials and fo

A double standard that allows federal installations to create multibilliondollar hazardous w

Expenditures unaccounted for by Japanese companies - possibly secret political donations or customer

Lately, the sports equipment industry in Taiwan has been feeling the pinch of economic realities.

National Starch Increases PricesBRIDGEWATER, Conn. - The adhesives division of National Star

Witco Unit Hikes Soybean Oil PriceThe Argus division of Witco Corp. announced a 5-cent-a-pou

Brazilian Living Costs Set Record of 365.96 percentRIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - The cost of livi

The proposed merger of the bulk of the Australian operations of auto giants General Motors and Toyot

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

The Food and Drug Administration has agreed to a voluntary plan with the liquor industry to limit th

Engelhard Corp. said it plans to acquire the specialty chemical businesses of the Harshaw/Filtrol Pa

Grace's French Unit Acquires CompanyW.R. Grace & Co. announced that one of its French subsid

Italian Wine Show To Be Held in AprilVERONA, Italy - The Vin Italy Exhibition is scheduled f

Sporting goods manufacturers around the world share an open secret: Many if not all of their product

Scientists have developed a new biological weapon against mosquitoes that is 99 percent effective, t

Union efforts to increase wages for newly hired truck drivers could be a major sticking point when T

They may be about as far from the dynamic economies of Asia as possible, but that's not stopping thr

In Sweden, they delight in sucking the bellies. Louisiana natives prefer to pinch the tails and suck

The ocean shipping industry and its supporters in Congress are headed for a shoot-out with the Reaga

Diversion of thousands of Canadian cargoes through Puget Sound ports might be curtailed, starting as

A cruise task force, feeling pressure from the start of gambling cruises in Mississippi, agreed to s

Soviet shipping companies, in line with "perestroika," will be much more active domestically and int

The Port Everglades Authority launched yet another salvo in its battle to make its tariff more compe

The Sea-Land Kodiak is the third and final new containership Sea-Land has put into the Pacific North

Capt. Frank C. Seitz Jr. divides his time between his recent "real world" experiences and guiding a

Grace Distribution Opens Calif. FacilityNEW YORK - W.R. Grace & Co. subsidiary Grace Distrib

A fight between two motorists aboard a ferry distracted the vessel's captain and contributed to a ha

Executives of Mazda Motor Corp. refer to it as just on time, arguing that the word on is more precis

Trucking industry officials offered qualified praise for a congressional move aimed at resolving a f

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