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The appreciation of the deutsche mark against the U.S. dollar in the past two years will put a deep

U.S. officials have expanded the list of companies and individuals on whom they want information fo

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

State protection of what are described as Indonesia's key fledgling industries will continue for the

Pacific Rim trade and business interests will have a major new West Coast- based bank to deal with i

Peroxydicarbonate Prices Rise The Lucidol Division of Pennwalt Corp. announced it will incre

New York State Electric & Gas Corp. applied for a 4 percent rate increase to help pay the company's

The state-owned oil company Pertamina and two groups of Japanese gas companies signed contracts wort

GENERAL NEWS The annual budget targets are gaining support. Page 2AThe Big Three auto sales

the 19-member crew of a weather-battered Filipino fishing vessel abandoned ship Tuesday morning abou

Farm ministers of the European Community failed to agree on measures designed to lure farmers away f

Farmer-owned cooperatives dealing in grain and feed are doing the lion's share of the nation's co-op

Murphy Motor Freight Lines Inc.'s year-long effort to reverse mounting losses failed as the company

American Airlines has filed an application for authorization to fly six regularly scheduled flights

CP Rail, a unit of Canadian Pacific Ltd., of Montreal, will divide its 14,954-mile trans-continental

No one is going to succeed in convincing Angelo Pusateri that air cargo deregulation is not the best

Overland Express Inc. said Gary L. Eyler will join the company as chairman and chief executive offic

Treasury Secretary James Baker took a relatively optimistic view of Brazil's decision to stop paying

BASF to Build Plant In Wyandotte, Mich.BASF Corp. is strengthening its U.S. investment in en

Seminole Electric Cooperative Inc., Tampa, Fla., awarded a spot market contract to Pyro Mining Co.

Australia is stepping up pressure on Japan to resist demands to import more coal from the United Sta

The Lubrizol Corp. reported fourth quarter net income of $13.4 million, or 34 cents a share, up from

Large railroads will find themselves edging toward Interstate CommerceCommission revenue ade

A Thai plan to restore the Death Railway," during whose World War II construction by the Japanese at

Poland, the black sheep of the Soviet bloc since the crackdown on the Solidarity trade union movemen

Continued Problems Forecast for FarmersThe U.S. agricultural sector will continue to face lo

Korean Air Orders 4 MD-11 JetlinersSEOUL, South Korea - Korean Air ordered four MD-11 jetlin

Congress and the Reagan administration appear to be traveling down the same road toward liberalizing

The way seems to have been cleared for medical malpractice insurers to move back into Virginia, but

In the Feb. 24 story, Currency Accord Called Vague, the reference to government intervention in curr

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., may move to tighten legislation banning South African imports in li

Navieras de Puerto Rico, positioning itself to take better advantage of a hoped-for Caribbean trade

Within an hour of passage of a Washington state Senate lockout-compensation bill, a button was press

PACCAR Inc., of Bellevue, Wash., will import medium-weight trucks to North America under an exclusi

Armco Completes Sale Of Europe OperationsPARSIPPANY, N.J. - Armco Inc. announced that the sa

A Commonwealth Court in Philadelphia Tuesday heard petitions filed by three insurers challenging a P

A new computer chip that will be shown for the first time today could be another nail in the coffin

Dravo Wins Contract For Cogeneration PlantDravo Engineering Cos. was awarded a contract to e

An Italian engineering group received a contract to build two 500-megawatt coal-fired boilers for an

China is accelerating its push into petrochemicals with two recently announced projects worth a tota