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Swiss pharmaceutical giant F. Hoffmann-La Roche & Co. AG announced that it made a hostile $72-a-shar

Himont Acquires UK Plastics FirmWILMINGTON, Del. - Himont Inc. has announced the acquisition

A few years from now, 1987 may be remembered as the most productive year ever at the largest port on

Chevrolet Cuts Prices To Regain Truck SalesGeneral Motors Corp.'s Chevrolet Division has cut

La. Utility Seeks Rate Appeal HearingBATON ROUGE, La. - Gulf States Utilities Co. has asked

U.S. Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci met with the ruler of Kuwait Tuesday and reportedly assured hi

Natural calamities at home and the protectionist trend abroad notwithstanding, South Asian countries

Honda Denies Report Of Plans for New PlantMARYSVILLE, Ohio - A spokesman for Honda of Americ

The government of Indonesia anticipates "a difficult year filled with tough challenges" and is maint

In the cold, barren reaches of northern Japan, far from the heated debate and late-night meetings of

The Chinese government has published the 1987-1988 edition of its directory of Chinese trading compa

At least a portion of the pollution liability coverage for the Ashland Oil Inc., the Kentucky oil co

The Pentagon has begun ground-testing a chemical laser that might one day become one of the first co

Diamond Shamrock Sets Stock ProgramSAN ANTONIO, Texas - Diamond Shamrock R&M Inc. announced

Witco Corp. Acquires Emery Surfactants UnitWitco Corp. has acquired the West Coast surfactan

Braniff Inc. has renewed its negotiations with Pan Am Corp.'s unions in an attempt to gain wage conc

Western Canadian grain growers may ask for government action to end a strike at the most modern term

The New Year is bringing a new order to the heavy truck industry, but the results are likely to be a

Thailand is considering importing lignite from China to boost its limited reserves of brown coal.

The so-called squeeze in the prompt market for North Sea Brent crude that helped send crude oil futu

The military government devalued the Chilean currency, the peso, by 4 percent Monday night and order

Major Japanese commercial banking institutions plan to expand their capital holdings over the next f

Patience and a willingness to cooperate are the keys to success in countertrade, according to an Ame

US, S. Korea Avert Trade ShowdownU.S. and South Korean negotiators failed to resolve a threa

Fear of lawsuits might be stifling innovation, but is also making products safer, according to a sur

The Federal Maritime Commission has received a raft of appeals seeking to head off stiff FMC retalia

When the United States celebrates the Fourth of July this year, the rockets' red glare and bombs bur

AIR CARGO Air cargo shipments through Seattle-Tacoma International Airport grew at a record

General Motors Corp. Chairman Roger Smith says the automaker's goal is to have profit sharing while

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

Further declines in the value of the dollar could prove dangerous to the U.S. economy, Japan's Minis

The Hong Kong subsidiary of Motorola Inc. plans to build a massive plant to design, assemble and tes

Pre-Press Equipment Exhibition SetDUSSELDORF, West Germany - IMPRINTA 88, the world's larges

Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita told his cabinet Tuesday that he hopes to establish close personal t

Soviet Bank to Borrow On Capital MarketsFRANKFURT, West Germany - A Soviet bank will float a

A shipment of coal from the port of Toledo by Pickands Mather Co., Cleveland, Ohio, was incorrectly

The Interstate Commerce Commission proposed a dramatic expansion of the geographic areas around citi

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About 275 U.S. life and health insurers paid out $150.4 million in AIDS- related claims in 1986, acc

The independent agency system is shrinking. The number of independent insurance agencies has