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The end of the 50-mile container-handling rule is counted as a great victory among the several group

ARGENTINA FARM EXPORT EXCHANGE RATE ALTEREDBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina Thursday unve

Lloyd's of London is planning to appoint representatives in Spain and Greece as part of the insuranc

RUNAWAY CARS DERAIL, EXPLODE IN MONTANAHELENA, Mont. - Runaway railroad cars derailed and ex

Jamaican exporters say they are losing almost US$10 million a week because of a new government progr

Ciba-Geigy Corp.'s plastics division raised discounted prices of its liquid, solution and solid epox

The recent surge in prices of Canadian airline shares could induce Ottawa to privatize the 55 percen

The European Community Commission Thursday gave a green light to two controversial mergers that will

The story headlined "New York Pizza Parlor Delivers to China," which appeared on Page 5A in The Jour

Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan again Thursday played down prospects for the economy to perf

A quasi-independent center has been set up in Shanghai to monitor the quality of Chinese imports and

The Soviet Union, starting next month, will allow foreign companies seeking Soviet joint ventures to

Prime Computer Inc. has signed a three-year deal with a Chinese entity for a new service center to s

Norwegian Oil Minister Arne Oeien expressed fears that overproduction of crude oil by some Persian G

Feb. 2, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

U.S. coal producers' optimism about the export market, for the first time in the 1980s, appears to h

TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY. Sometimes that is not a question grain importers answer easily just because su

McM Corp., a Raleigh-based holding company, announced that it has engaged the service of PaineWebber

A group of state-owned European railroads has unveiled details of a mammoth $100 billion project fo

SENATE COMMITTEE OKS REILLY AS EPA HEADA Senate committee unanimously approved the nominatio

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

FEDERAL EXPRESS, TIGER MERGER MOVES CLOSERMEMPHIS - The planned merger of Federal Express Co

The decades-long battle between PepsiCo Inc. and Coca-Cola Co. is being joined again in India, with

The 115 marine and aviation insurance companies of the Institute of London Underwriters expect an up

Feb. 2, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange*PrevClose High L

After almost three decades of service at the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, Thomas J. Kear

TRAVELERS' EARNINGS INCREASED IN 1988HARTFORD, Conn. - The Travelers Corp. reported fourth q

AMAX COAL INDUSTRIES INC. (Indianapolis) - Peter M. Garson was named executive vice president, respo

IPE HOPES TO LAUNCH BRENT OPTIONS IN APRILThe International Petroleum Exchange expects to la

PRINCESS DI'S SPECIAL EVENT INSURERS must have sweated it out Thursday night, after several hundred

A captive insurance company that would provide property and casualty insurance for the dealers of t

S.KOREA CAN DIAL DIRECT TO CHINA, SOVIET UNIONSEOUL, South Korea - South Koreans now can mak

American Telephone & Telegraph Co. is finally poised to get a big break in Europe after five years o

Eastern Air Lines Inc. is headed for a confrontation with its largest union, and it could threaten t

The Federal Maritime Commission made available Tuesday the text of proposed rules to simplify the fi

A Canadian home-cleaning company will enter the Japanese market through a franchising agreement with

HONG KONG - NEW VISA STAMP. Effective Jan. 1, 1989, shipments of textiles and textile products expor

The U.S. dollar was lower on foreign exchange markets Thursday ahead of today's employment data and

A leading private economist warned Congress Thursday that he expects a mild recession to occur early

GRACE PROFIT INCREASED 51 PERCENT IN FOURTH QUARTERW.R. Grace & Co. reported that fourth-qua