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The way is open for government approval of the proposed joint venture between General Motors Corp.'s

General Motors Corp. announced it will close 11 plants employing 29,000 people in four states.

HOLLY, EGGNOG, CHESTNUTS ROASTING - Add another tradition to the list of things that mean Christmas.

The Conference Board's index of help-wanted advertising held steady in September following a three-m

Finmeccanica, the Italian state-controlled holding company, announced it has accepted Fiat's takeove

GENERAL NEWSRetailers posted strong sales in October. Page 2A The Conference Board's index

U.S. lumber producers charged the U.S. Commerce Department used sloppy arithmetic in calculating 15

Steel production rose to 1.383 million tons in the week ended Nov. 1, an increase of 1.0 percent fro

The nation's major retailers reported that retail sales, especially those of apparel, picked up in O

GENERAL NEWSRetailers posted strong sales in October. Page 2A The Conference Board's index

Four more creditors put their names to the restructuring plan for Wah Kwong Shipping & Investment Co

Democratic control of the United States Senate could further complicate progress of U.S.-Canadian ne

Nineteen U.S. and Asian companies will take part in international bidding for Cook Inlet oil in June

Soviet citizens would like thousands of pizza parlors, not just the 100 or more Pizza Huts Pepsico i

Takeover speculation and restructuring plans continued in the stock market Thursday but they were mo

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

AIG's Operating Income For Quarter Jumps 75 percentAmerican International Group Inc. reporte

The U.S. dollar moved slightly lower Thursday in nervous, volatile trading fueled by numerous rumors

Salomon Introduces New Currency HedgeSalomon Brothers introduced a new foreign currency hedg

Technological breakthroughs and more stable prices are expected to soon lift U.S. productivity back

Thursday, Nov. 6, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

One of Canada's major petrochemical groups is joining the ranks ofproducers setting up in Singapore,

The New York Stock Exchange and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange announced a joint task force that wi

What environmentally minded consumer wouldn't buy biodegradable plastic garbage bags that are made o

Western Canada's export sulfur industry earns C$2.6 billion a year and is said to help feed nearly o

Foam Aids ExplorationOf TitanicBuoyancy materials developed by W.R. Grace & Co. assi

Soft Market Keeps AspirinDepressedThe market for acetylsalicylic acid, or aspirin, i

Two Mobil Chemical Co. plants, in Woodland and Bakersfield, are being singled out for their advance

Hercules Inc. and Henkel KGaA, Dusseldorf, West Germany, agreed to the creation of a joint venture

GENERAL NEWSThe Democrats' strong showing in this year's Senate races leaves their leadershi

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

The plans of Energy Minister Moshe Shahal to throw the Israeli oil market wide open to free competit

Stockholders of Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. approved a plan of recapitalizati on. Under th

Two French oil companies, Elf Aquitaine and Total Marine, could fall into disfavor with Norwegian au

Leaders of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council have ended their annual summit with a vow to prot

Petroleum inventory statistics as reported by the American Petroleum Institute will be neutral for t

Chevron Lifts Freezes On Hiring, Pay HikesChevron Corp. said it lifted freezes on hiring and

Swedish shipping companies are increasing their chartering activities. Stena Bulk AB and Con

Supplies of distillate fuel oil were unchanged and gasoline supplies declined, the American Petroleu