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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will consider ending the pilot program status of agricultur

The company building Japan's first 24-hour open commercial airport has awarded a combined 91.32 bill

After hours trading occurs regularly in Chicago Mercantile Exchange Futures pits, and is generally o

Commodity Exchange Inc. announced it had on line a new computer system that streamlines data flow an

Lockheed Shipbuilding Co.'s 900 locked-out workers are trying to get state unemployment benefits, wh

France will have a trade deficit again this year despite big savings stemmingfrom the drop i

Domestic exports last month were up 30 percent on a year earlier to HK$14.8 billion (US$1.9 billion)

One month after Greece's Socialist government announced a packet of measures designed to help Greek-

The North American subsidiary of Airbus Industrie, the European aircraft manu facturer, is getting r

Japan's worldwide trading surplus for the fiscal year ending next March 31 is expected to reach $99.

A sweeping proposal for revamping Japan's 36-year-old taxation system and slashing taxes by about $2

XTRA Corp. adopted a shareholder rights plan in the face of a possible takeover attempt aimed at its

Censorship in Chad N'DJAMENA, Chad - The government of President Hissene Habre announced imp

A new joint venture between China and a fast-growing Hong Kong-based conglomerate is eyeing the Nort

Thatcher Visits Ulster BELFAST, Northern Ireland - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher

OILING FEWER WHEELS: The ramifications of OPEC's deliberations and the oil market's machinations are

Lufthansa's Klaus Zimmermann cannot suppress a note of satisfaction as he cites his company's 30 per

Walt Disney Co. Files Suit Against RetailersWalt Disney Co. filed an action in the U.S. Dist

The Kirk Co. of Puyallup, Wash., the country's largest grower of Christmas trees, has cause for cele

Norfolk Mayor Joseph A. Leafe was appointed to a board that will oversee construction of an estimate

ON THE USL TRACK: It's always difficult to cover a company filing for protection from creditors unde

Japan's worldwide trading surplus for the fiscal year ending next March 31 is expected to reach $99.

Economic growth this year should be significantly better" than the original estimate of 5.6 percent,

Du Pont Announces Price Hikes E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. is increasing its off-list price

Phelps Dodge Corp. announced that it has acquired Columbian Chemicals Co. for approximately $250 mil

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. confirmed that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has u

Officials of New York state utilities find Gov. Mario Cuomo's suggested $2.15 billion rate decreases

McKesson Corp. announced that it has sold its Environmental Services subsidiary to Clayton Environme

Union Carbide Corp. announced that Union Carbide Kingdom Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary, has acquir

Pyro Energy Corp. said third quarter per-ton revenue from its coal unit dropped 13 percent and it at

CNW Buys Stake In Coal Rail RouteCNW Corp. formally purchased a half-interest in a Burlingto

If you're planning to eat big this Christmas season, don't worry about drawing down the nation's foo

The world oil cartel is unlikely to succeed in cutting its output to 15.8 million barrels a day, the

Andrew Edwards Takes On Buccafusco NEW YORK - Easing market conditions in the reinsurance business

Exxon, Kraftwerk Reach AgreementExxon Corp. and Kraftwerk Union AG said they have reached an

General Motors Corp. may add more assembly plants to the list of 11 aging operations that will be cl

Manufacturers' new orders for durable goods in November were reported sharply higher, and drew mixed

Several hundred expatriate British families living in Bahrain will be able to cele brate a tradition

Cash petroleum prices drifted lower Tuesday, following the previous week'sgains, despite OPE

Suggestions that a Mexican-led consortium has won the contract for a second natural gas pipeline in