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Livestock prices this year may average somewhat less than Agriculture Department experts have been f

CME Slashes Limits On February BelliesThe Chicago Mercantile Business Conduct Committee unan

Triton Energy Corp. was awarded an oil exploration permit covering 685,000 acres offshore Gabon.

The reimposition of coffee export quotas and consumers' concerns about the health risks associated w

The Jardine Matheson trading conglomerate is expanding its franchised food interests in North Americ

The pace of recent gasoline price hikes slowed over the past two weeks, but prices still rose nearl

February 9, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallo

Pizza is off and running here. Fleets of customized three-wheeler motorcycles zip through th

Sanyo Electric Develops New Solar CellSanyo Electric Co. of Japan said Monday it has develop

USSR-W. German Ties BONN, West Germany - The Soviet Union wants better relations with West G

European Community and U.S. officials will swap information and try to develop common standards in t

The country's top Communist Party and government organs have launched a campaign to cut down on wast

76 Polymers To IncreaseSBE PricesThe 76 Polymers Group of Unocal Division announced

Electronic Data Systems Corp. and Lucky-Goldstar Group of South Korea have agreed to form a joint ve

Closer economic cooperation will be a primary aim of the summit meeting later this year among the si

No radioactivity was released during a flash fire in a diesel-powered backup generating unit of the

The growth of plastic alloys and blends in the world and the United States is projected at 10 percen

Owners of the largest coal loading terminal on the West Coast are resigned to volume remaining flat

Monsanto Chemical Co. will upgrade its cholorobenzene production facility in St. Louis to help bolst

Mycogen Corp. and Lubrizol Corp. will team up for a $5.4 million pesticide research and development

Australia's resources and energy minister Gareth Evans asked Japan to buy foreign coking coal withou

Eastman Chemical Products will boost ester alcohol production capacity to 206 million pounds a year

Despite restrictions on the number of cars that can be sold in this country, and regardless of price

President Reagan will propose legislation designed to foil future home recording of compact discs an

A new beverage that combines passion fruit and other exotic fruit juices mixed with French cognac is

The average 1987 base price for the five major Japanese imports is $11,988, up $1,864 or 18 percent

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

House Speaker Jim Wright, D-Texas, doesn't like the way regulators have been handling problems in th

The Semiconductor Industry Association asked President Reagan to act at once against Japan for faili

Innovative Controls Shifts ManufacturingIn a move that bucks the current trend toward overse

U.S. economic growth will slip to a lackluster 2.3 percent pace this year before rebounding strongly

A federal agency recommended lifting some restraints on the Bell companies as a way to help improve

While new U.S. trade legislation this year seems assured, it may be less radical than previous versi

The United States begins 1987 with a towering $200 billion foreign debt and a fresh worry - for the

GENERAL NEWS U.S. economic growth will slip to a lackluster 2.3 percent pace this year befor

Talks to begin the new round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade negotiations stalled Mond

Coal companies and trading firms trying to gauge the transportation market should anticipate higher

The financially troubled West Indies Shipping Corp. is losing three of its shareholders. Th

Michael Schwab, appointed to the port of Los Angeles Board of HarborCommissione rs only six months a

Suez Canal Authority Considers IncentivesThe Suez Canal Authority says it is prepared to neg