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Like most major shipping companies, Compagnie Maritime Belge SA (CMB), Belgium's largest shipowner,

Persons with contagious diseases are handicapped and protected from job lossbecause of the

Lots of managers of foreign truck companies' U.S. operations are out on the street. The doll

The U.S. dollar fluctuated erratically within a narrow trading range Tuesday, leading analysts to de

Combined pretax profits earned by major Japanese firms in the fiscal year ending March 31, 1988, wil

Swiss Banks Raise Some Deposit RatesThe four big Swiss banks raised their rates on 3- to 8-m

Japanese Banks Seek Financial Futures MartYoshiro Araki, chairman of Japan's Federation of B

Coffee prices should stabilize around 105-115 U.S. cents a pound, basis the second position on the L

At the current rate of growth Malaysia will be the world's third largest cocoa producer by 1990, sai

The Soviet Union's crude oil and petroleum product exports to the West rebounded by just under 15 pe

March 3, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

Saudi Arabia is determined to defend the $18 a barrel OPEC price, and oil industry executives said i

After two days of talks with China's senior leaders, U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz said he w

After two days of talks with China's senior leaders, U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz said he w

Massachusetts could do without electricity generated by two controversial nuclear power plants if re

Gelco Corp.'s second quarter earnings rose to $5.2 million, or 67 cents a share, from $3.2 million,

Seoul Demonstration SEOUL, South Korea - Demonstrators fought for hours against nearly 50,00

Prices paid by consumers in the major industrial countries rose an average of only 2.3 percent last

Each weekday morning, four examiners from the Pennsylvania Insurance Department report to the eighth

Royal Insurance USA was profitable in commercial multiperil last year. An earlier article misstated

The Soviet Union has swooped onto the depressed dry cargo shipping market, chartering Western vessel

Japan faces industrial problems like those the United States faced - low-cost offshore assembly plan

A second bidder has emerged for western Canada's largest shipyard and a third may be in the wings.

A Philippine delegation began informal meetings Monday with creditor banks prior to what are expecte

Six months ago, South African newspapers were carrying a growing number of small advertisements plac

Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi's maiden budget prompted a sharp fall on Indian stock markets and wides

The takeover of financially ailing Purolator Courier Corp. by an E.F. Hutton Group subsidiary and th

Monday, March 2, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

Two members of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange have been expelled for trading violations, while thre

UtiliCorp United has closed its acquisition of West Virginia Power from Dominion Resources for appro

Celanese Increases Prices of 3 ProductsCelanese Chemical Co. announced price increases for t

Combustion Engineering Wins Chinese ContractSTAMFORD, Conn. - Combustion Engineering Inc. re

ICC May Eliminate Defense Rate ControlsThe Interstate Commerce Commission is considering eli

Japan Air Lines Co. intends to apply to the Japanese Transport Ministry for permission to increase w

Five key executives of Vancouver-based Canadian Pacific Air Lines have quit before new owner Pacific

Venezuela's energy minister has contended the nation's $32 billion foreign debt would be unpayable i

Delta Steamship Lines, no longer an active carrier but still legally alive, is taking its fight aga

Armco Inc. said its European steel mill merchandising department has been consolidated into its spec

The Supreme Court will determine whether the Interior Department has legislative authority to divert

Metropolitan in Pact With Seattle HMOMetropolitan Life Insurance Co. said it entered an agre