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Economists from the business world unveiled a sunnier 1989 forecast Monday of faster economic growth

An 11-acre industrial site in Boston harbor has been leased by two companies that view it as a poten

Employers should be excused from pension fund withdrawal payments if they are forced involuntarily t

The Soviet Union's chief economist and the architect of its economic restructuring movement said the

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

Emery Air Freight Corp. continues to lose money. The integrated forwarder said it lost $14.9

Pan American World Airways and Malev Hungarian Airlines will begin service between New York and Buda

Elco Industries Inc. announced the signing of a letter of intent to enter into a joint venture with

Looking for a couple good men or women, the North Carolina State Ports Authority has hired a top con

A new plant opened by Compaq Computer Corp. in Scotland just last summer ishelping the compa

Fish caught downstream from 22 paper mills contain amounts of dioxin that in some cases are more tha

CANADA HELD SUBSIDIZING STEEL RAIL EXPORTS TO USThe Canadian government is subsidizing the e

As vice president of finance of a small Milpitas semiconductor business, Phil Kaefer knows the count

The Port of Le Havre, France, is building new container terminals, improving its inland transportati

Teaching an old dog new tricks really is a tough job. Automobile manufacturers were long the

wA faltering Indonesian offshore oil project may have received a new lease on life with fresh invest

Georgia electricity consumers continued to set winter consumption records during last week's cold sn

UPS WILL CONSTRUCT WEST COAST AIR HUBGREENWICH, Conn. - United Parcel Service has obtained l

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

A French airline and a Swiss aircraft leasing company have placed orders and options for Pratt & Whi

A senior European Community official said the EC wants U.S. support for its standard of high-definit

U.S. producers of metal-cutting and metal-shaping machine tools saw their January net new orders plu

FRANCE, W. GERMANY MAY RAISE KEY RATESPARIS - Analysts and credit market dealers expect the

Current efforts to develop Malta as an important Mediterranean commercial center are being reinforce

Recent interest rate hikes should provide some support to the dollar. Market sentiment remains bear

Kenya, hit by a fall in prices for its traditional exports of coffee and tea, is stepping up efforts

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It was playtime all the way for Hong Kong companies at the recently concluded toy fair, with busines

Even as a pilot project to implement Massachusetts' first-in-the nation universal health-care law ge

DEXPO EUROPE '89, seventh European DEC computing exhibition & conference, Feb. 28-March 2. Olympia 2

Speak softly and carry a very big bank book. In the United States, some companies have deman

Top management at Todd Shipyards Corp. had no comment on its position in respect to a major bondhold

Three years of high-stakes haggling over a capital increase for the Inter- American Development Bank

NJ TRUCKING GROUP MARKS ANNIVERSARYEAST BRUNSWICK, N.J. - The New Jersey Motor Truck Associa

Spurred by double-digit gains in motor vehicle and metals carloadings, U.S. railroads overcame softn

Truckers are cautiously optimistic about the nation's first multistate compact to reduce permitting

SOVIETS BUY WHEAT UNDER US SUBSIDYThe Agriculture Department said the Soviet Union has bough

CHINA, INDONESIA AGREE TO RESTORE RELATIONSChina and Indonesia have agreed to normalize rela

The only way to stop Philadelphians' auto insurance rates from escalating is to make fundamental cha

The number of major work stoppages in the United States and the number of workers involved in them l