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Celanese Chemical Co. and Union Carbide Corp. announced market price increases for ethylene glycol p

European chemical groups are planning to launch an Electronic Data Interchange as a means of helping

Faltering fourth quarter earnings for a handful of regional carriers are the key feature in this wee

U.S. Trade Representative Clayton Yeutter said he would favor a new export bonus offer to the U.S.S.

US 1986 Wheat Sales Totaled $5.4 BillionWheat sales by U.S. farmers totaled about $5.4 billi

Oil production by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries this month has averaged about 14

Egyptian Oil Selling Above Spot Mart PriceCAIRO, Egypt - Egypt, by reducing its own oil prod

The declining dollar and tax reform have helped raise business expectations for higher profit and sa

This sequence of views (clockwise from upper left) shows how a submersible elevator at Todd Shipyard

Generation and consumption of electricity in Pennsylvania reached record levels in 1986, despite a c

European shippers will have to pay $100 more to ship a 20-foot container to U.S. East Coast ports f

Barbados has reaffirmed its support for the troubled West Indies Shipping Corp., and the island's go

Fidelity National Financial Inc. reported a net profit of $1.3 million, or 49 cents a share, for the

The U.S. dollar declined Monday against key foreign currencies in a market that was described as bea

Solutions to the insurance crisis aren't easy to find. A wide range of insurance experts tra

KLM to Acquire Stake In UK Parcels GroupKLM Royal Dutch Airlines of the Netherlands is to ac

US, Jamaica Settle On Level for BlousesThe Commerce Department reported that during bilatera

Customs brokers and forwarders are quietly cheering a proposal by Senate Finance Committee Chairman

The National Coal Association and Mining and Reclamation Council of America will combine forces Apri

The U.S. Congress will be "under pressure" to address cattlemen's concerns about cattle futures trad

About three miles off the coast of California are billions of barrels of crude oil that could mean

Prompt heating oil prices were higher Monday, while prompt gasoline prices were little changed, cash

Brazil has started talks with creditor banks because it needs a debt agreement before it can finance

GENERAL NEWS U.S. consumer confidence bounced back. Page 3AThe U.S. lumber industry is show

Wealthy Japanese art collectors are exploiting the soaring value of the yen to buy up major Western

When businessmen gripe about how tough it is to sell U.S. products in Pacific Rim countries, James H

A fourth miner died from injuries sufferred in a cave-in last week at a coal mine in southern Poland

Evergreen Line reportedly plans to stretch eight of its new G-class containerships to enable each to

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

The United States is likely to be the largest single market for a fast- growing worldwide remail ope

The man who used to be No. 2 at the U.S. Customs Service is still spreading the message of his old b

Chemical Sealer Waterproofs ConcreteConcrete, new or old, can be waterproofed with a long-la

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

The Offer and Acceptance System of determining storage rates paid by the U.S. Commodity Credit Corp.

Bulgaria's state-run Chimimport Oil Co. agreed to carry Iranian oil destined for Eastern Europe fro

Richard Lyng, secretary of Agriculture, said Congress might pass the administration's "0/92" plan, b

Ivory Coast Agriculture Minister Denis Bra Kanon is delaying his arrival for the International Cocoa

U.S. Seaway Administrator James L. Emery said he found increased interest in the Great Lakes-St. Law

When Samir Lahiri tells friends about his efforts to build a steel- fabricating plant in Cameroon, i

U.S. consumer confidence bounced back in February after slipping in January, the Conference Board sa