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US Owners to Decide Cruise Ship's FateVANCOUVER, British Columbia - A decision will be made

The World Bank's International Finance Corp. plans to expand its help to developing nations trying t

China, which in less than a decade has emerged as a major shipbuilding nation, now wants to build sh

Amoco Starts Operating Polyarylsulfone PlantRIDGEFIELD, Conn. - Amoco Performance Products I

If Japanese companies transfer more production to the United States, both countries will benefit, an

The president of the Independent Insurance Agents of America made a passionate plea for agent involv

Post-election pressure for a debt moratorium is building up on Argentine President Raul Alfonsin as

Local entrepreneur Li Ka-shing seems firmly back on the acquisition trailwith announcement of a huge

Fuel oil dealers, operating in a volatile market with tight margins and strong competition, need eff

Kleer-Vu Sells Part Of Cosmetics UnitsKleer-Vu Industries Inc. recently reported the $12 mil

Around 1770, British Customs officials were complaining that sleek trans- Atlantic mail ships were t

Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Hanford Dole said she will resign at the end of this month to wor

Semiconductor companies, which protested for years that Japanese chips were being sold too cheaply,

A fledgling Connecticut telephone company soon could be helping China in its quest to emerge from th

Identix Inc. announced that it has been chosen as a vendor of high security products used in Saudi A

Bush to Hold Talks With EC ExecutivesBRUSSELS, Belgium - U.S. Vice President George Bush wil

A lot of truckers laughed when the Budd Co. introduced its anti-lock brake system. The year

The security fund of the New York Insurance Exchange won't be able to cover the undiscounted losses

Foreign exchange investors here, battered after two years of a declining U.S.dollar, gradual

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

Indonesia bought 40,000 metric tons of U.S. No. 1 yellow soybeans for Sept. 18-30 delivery under PL-

Hemmeter Corp. and HAL Inc., the parent company of Hawaiian Airlines, have announced plans to merge

The Phoenix Project has been rising from the ashes of rumor regularly over the past several years, a

A $10 million appropriation for operation, maintenance and rehabilitation of New York's barge canal

Japanese imports of manufactured products during the first six months of this year climbed to a reco

The short-term prospects for Caribbean economies are not encouraging, with only moderate growth like

1049.0 (Sept. 14) Previous day - 1060.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

Italy Announces Steps To Defend the LiraROME - Italy introduced a package of foreign exchang

Federal investigators are examining the competence of the management at the Oyster Creek nuclear pow

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Two U.S. companies say they are negotiating to buy nonferrous metals and rare earths in China for sa

IBM, Fujitsu Resolve Long Copyright FightInternational Business Machines Corp. and Fujitsu L

Three Chubb Managers Promoted to Senior VPNEW YORK - Chubb Corp. promoted three of its manag

Fresh findings that suggest a cancer risk for some Vietnam veterans have reopened a political and sc

William J. Welsh has been in the book business all his working life. My father was a great l

Many maritime companies have fled to New Jersey or Connecticut in recent years to escape the costs a

Insurers of risk purchasing groups in Iowa say they need to lose now in order to win later.

Massachusetts commercial health insurers will sit down to plan their response to a 159-page health i

The hard new debt stance taken by Argentina in the wake of its elections has driven prices for its d

The book in his hand was printed in the 1880s. He can't open the coverbecause if he does, th