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President Corazon Aquino said her government will compensate relatives of about 1,600 people killed

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

Persian Gulf Arab leaders ended a four-day summit Tuesday, denouncing Iran's ''aggressive acts" agai

United China Airlines, the most successful of the independent airlines formed in China since the Ch

Pennzoil Co.'s legal fees and other expenses from its landmark legal battle with Texaco Inc. have be

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

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

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

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

1261.5 (Dec. 29) Previous day - 1262.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

The United States will sell special non-marketable, 20-year zero coupon bonds to help Mexico refinan

Argentina's austral currency is sliding and interest ratesare soaring amid growing doubts about pros

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South Korea's exports exploded in 1987, rocketing 35 percent to US$47 billion, according to prelimin

A Japanese sailing ship, the Nippon Maru, will visit Australian ports with a fleet of 200 such ships

Fewer than a dozen major U.S. banks would have to boost their capital under a proposed international

ICC Hopes to Examine Railroad Bid FastWASHINGTON - The Interstate Commerce Commission's staf

NEW ORLEANS' CRUISE SHIP TASK FORCE, spearheaded by the port of New Orleans, is planning to host a s

New Sonat Subsidiary To Sell Natural GasBIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Sonat Inc. has formed a natural g

Japan Refiners to Cut Iranian Imports by 41 percentJapanese refiners agreed to reduce import

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

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

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

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

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. earned rare distinction in 1987 when its Nine Mile Point 1 nuclear plant

WILTON, Conn. - William F. Souders, 59, was elected chairman and chief executive officer of Emery Ai

There was a time when most insurance trade organizations were not headquartered here, when insurance

Louisiana state government is losing millions of dollars because of falling oil prices and could fa

For the first time since OPEC began losing a grip on oil prices at the start of this decade, the car

'Twas a terrible year for Massachusetts automobile insurance, but most observers cautiously, though

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

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

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

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

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

The short-term outlook for a number of key resins still looks promising despite any potential econom

A small, local Pacific port will become Mexico's newest marketing link to the Orient, according to a