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St. Paul Cos. Announces Four Top PromotionsST. PAUL, Minn. St. Paul Cos. announced four a

The U.S. Customs Service had just replaced its "zero tolerance" policy with a "kinder, gentler" appr

Chrysler Corp. has launched an internal investigation into charges of fraud and embezzlement involvi

The Bundesbank's decision Thursday not to raise interest rates signals a reprieve from the recent un

Real Estate Executive Tapped for LA PostTay Yoshitani, president of a real estate developmen

Third World nations and chemical exporters have agreed on a so-called prior informed consent system

CSX Transportation Inc. is incorporating rate reductions of up to 10 percent for dry and liquid phos

The Danish utility group Elsam expects to enter the U.S. market to buy high- sulfur steam coal, but

TEXACO LTD. (London) - Peter I. Bijur, vice president of Texaco Inc., Harrison, N.Y., was appointed

For all of those who spent days, weeks, maybe even months, on the road on business last year, the ti

The number of foreign visitors to the United States rose 14 percent last year, with much of the incr

The leaders of Iraq, Egypt, Jordan and North Yemen signed an agreement Thursday joining their 80 mil

Testifying before the House Subcommittee on Merchant Marine Thursday, larger shipping companies in t

Mexico, which recently held exploratory debt talks in Washington, appears in no hurry to ask the com

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United Parcel Service Inc. said it will build an $80 million international communications center tha

The government said it was investigating reports of defective brakes in General Motors cars made in

An American management guru credited with helping to pull Japan'sbusiness out of the rubble of World

Navistar International Corp. reported that first quarter earnings fell to $37.4 million, or 12 cents

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Africa is seeking a sweetened, home-grown medicine to replace that usually prescribed by the Interna

Chevron Chemical Co. said it is proceeding with a previously announced project to boost styrene capa

A look at South Africa's coal export track record since 1985 has led some observers to conclude that

Feb. 16, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

IS THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL for Lloyd's of London? It may soon have to be, because there

Auto insurance rates in Ontario are expected to increase well above the 7.6 percent average set this

Vittorio Ghidella, the man credited with reversing the flagging fortunes of Fiat Automotive Group Sp

Peru, Liberia, Honduras, Egypt, Cameroon and Botswana have experienced the biggest deterioration in

Local electronics companies swam successfully against the tide of a general slowdown in the sector a

The government said Czechoslovakia's largest armaments plant will halve its military production this

Evergreen Marine Corp.'s estimated US$1.5 billion ship order is likely to go to Japan's Onomichi Doc

STANDARD & POOR'S FORMS INDUSTRY GROUPStandard & Poor's Corp. Thursday announced the formati

Great American Insurance Co. is interested in acquiring the failed Constellation Reinsurance Co., a

The Treasury Department Thursday struck down the recent U.S. Customs Service ruling that increased t

GAUGHAN DENIES REPORTS ON MOVEWASHINGTON - Maritime Administrator John Gaughan says reports

The Philadelphia Port Corp. announced late Wednesday a tentative agreement giving Holt Cargo Systems

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