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GENERAL NEWS The current economic recovery is long but fragile, and we are skating on thin i

The hard facts of life are that New York continues to be the most expensive city in the United State

A PepsiCo Inc. official called on the U.S. government to react favorably to Soviet efforts to promot

A British company offers an in-circuit emulator that is a powerful design tool for microprocessor-sy

Canada will stick to its decision not to reduce quality standards for canned tuna, despite pressure

British Telecom Licenses TekelecCALABASAS, Calif. - Tekelec signed a license agreement with

The Federal Reserve Board's vice chairman said he is confident of achieving the necessary conditions

Stocks rose further into record territory Thursday ahead of a key report today on the nation's emplo

Jamaica's stock exchange is experiencing unprecedented rates of growth and a pace of activity, which

Lawmakers and agricultural industry representatives urged tougher action against trade practices by

Shares in the Wellcome Foundation Drug Co. climbed 10 percent Thursday, a day after the British gove

Itel Corp. of Chicago has transferred its holdings in XTRA Corp., the container and equipment leasin

Merced Irrigation District officials thought they had devised a foolproof ''Buy-American" program, b

Salomon Inc. named Gerald Rosenfeld executive vice president and chieffinancial officer.

American International Group, a major property/casualty underwriter, reported $296.5 million, or $1.

Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P. Casey will appeal a state court ruling in favor of three automobile insu

Alexander & Alexander Wins Higher RatingMoody's Investors Service Inc. said it raised the co

State-owned Vancouver Port Corp. is seeking the advice of a volunteer committee representing labor,

Fewer Work Days Lost to Strikes in UKThe number of working days lost because of industrial d

An article in the March 4 edition of The Journal of Commerce inaccurately reported a statement by Sp

A Brazilian maritime workers strike that tied up domestic and international shipping in the country'

A gold futures contract based on the Australian Associated Stock Exchanges' gold index and priced in

The severing of a 500,000-volt transmission line has forced Public Service Electric & Gas Co. to red

A company vying to build a revolutionary, $30 million bagged-goods loading system in Houston has fil

Labor Problems Result In Loss for WestarVANCOUVER, British Columbia - Westar Mining Ltd., of

Ogden Corp. said its subsidiary, Ogden Environmental Services, received approval from the U.S. Envir

EG&G Services Inc., a division of EG&G Inc., has been awarded a contract at Ft. McClellan, Ala., to

The United States won't hesitate to seek bilateral trade agreements if multilateral negotiations und

Amid the current clamor for government sponsorship of the semiconductor industry's research and deve

Phillips, Unocal Hike WTI Postings by $1BARTLESVILLE, Okla. - Phillips Petroleum Co. raised

The gray days of February brought unexpectedly strong sales to the nation's largest general retailer

PRESIDENT REAGAN APPEARS to be on the upswing from his low point of last week, when the Tower Commi

Chun to Step Down? SHANGHAI, China - Secretary of State George P. Shultz said he plans to as

The Export-Import Bank announced a series of credit and guarantee policy changes designed to boost U

Dwarfed by the Queen Elizabeth 2, with staterooms that cost a quarter-milliondollars a voyag

Acid Spill Closes Upstate NY HighwayCLIFTON PARK, N.Y. - State Police closed a section of th

Thomas B. Crowley, chief executive of Crowley Maritime Corp., likes to call his company small potato

The 11th Annual Eastern Claims Conference will be held March 9-10 in New York. Contact Donna A. Cont

Expensive does not automatically mean better when it comes to automobile bumpers, says an insurance

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or