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CARBIDE SHARES JUMP AS BIG BLOCK IS TRADEDShares of Union Carbide Corp. rose sharply Tuesday

U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary-designate Clayton Yeutter Tuesday restated the Bush adminis

Demand for ocean cargo containers is so strong that box lessors say the abolition of the 50-mile rul

International Minerals & Chemical Corp. announced that its corporate staff of 240 employees will be

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a clarification of its labeling policy for antim

Sea-Land Service Inc. plans to employ only foreign-flag ships in its new vessel-sharing service that

Containers of Jamaican exports destined for the United States will no longer be subject to exhaustiv

The American Bar Association's call to repeal the insurance industry's federal antitrust exemption m

The Port of Baltimore and union officials are close to an agreement that will resolve a labor disput

Waste Management International Inc. has agreed to purchase 49.9 percent ownership in PEC Engineering

The U.S. dollar rose slightly Tuesday, overcoming some early losses after the Treasury's auction of

Japanese banks are making large inroads into lending operations involving construction of high-rise

Sea-Land Service Inc. will enter some of the world's fastest-growing trade lanes next month through

Puerto Rico's electrical/electronics industries, once rated among the island's fastest-growing manuf

Japan's major carmakers stand poised to step up production in the United States, but the move is unl

Sears Roebuck & Co. may be struggling, but it can still throw an awesome amount of weight around.

The Arabian American Oil Co., controlled by the Saudi Arabian government, has told its contract buye

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

Labor woes for the state-owned shipping line of Puerto Rico mounted Tuesday as longshoremen in key p

SANFORD C. BERNSTEIN & CO. (New York) - Former U.S. Rep. Peter A. Peyser was named national director

A senior aide to West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl will meet U.S. officials in Washington this week

A New Jersey pesticide maker filed suit to overturn California's anti-toxics law, saying it overlapp

A private group that aims to educate the American public about U.S. trade and development activities

The Court of Appeals for the State of New York is considering two cases in which juries expressly co

The Tennessee Valley Authority said that during the last week of January it awarded three spot contr

Communist Party chief Stipe Suvar has warned that the country may collapse unless it makes an econom

OPEC PRODUCTION EXCEEDS QUOTASMembers of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries p

Oil output in the Soviet Union, the world's largest producer, has risen in recent years but the uptr

When New World Development Corp. moved to take a major stake in Hong Kong Islands Line in 1983, the

The European Commission Monday announced tough "local content" rules covering imports of integrated

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GE UNIT IS MARKETING BUSINESSTALK VARIANTROCKVILLE, Md. - GE Information Services has begun

Samuel K. Skinner was sworn in Monday as the 10th secretary of transportation. The Chicago n

Mon., Feb. 6, 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Ray MacSharry, the European Community's new farm commissioner, said he would give a high priority t

An association of imported car dealers has advocated a three-point plan to settle the dispute over t

The commonwealth's Government Development Bank has decided to foreclose on a three-nation, joint ven

The year was 1978, and the case was Toussaint vs. Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan. Charle

H. Edward Hanway, formerly vice president, corporate accounting and planning, at Cigna Corp. has rep