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A contract to carry more than 200,000 tons of coal from Virginia to Egypt has been awarded by the U.

While legislators wrangle over proposed reforms for insurance regulation in Texas, administrative pe

CALIFORNIA TO PROBE STATE FARM ACTIONSState Farm Insurance Cos. will face hearings March 9-1

Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's leading auto manufacturer, said it is looking into the possibility of la

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

Fri., Jan. 27. 1989 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

Hoechst Celanese Corp.'s Technical Fibers Group is planning an expansion of dimensionally stabilized

U.S. oil consumption reached a record 17.01 million barrels a day in 1988, and will increase to 18.6

Hercules Inc. announced price increases, effective March 1, 1989, for several Di-Cup peroxides used

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. became interested in the potential of a Soviet heart drug back in the

HONG KONG UPGRADES TEXTILE LICENSE SYSTEMA US$1 million computer upgrade was formally inaugu

The New York Power Authority said it will take its Indian Point 3 nuclear power plant out of service

The London-based Shipowners Mutual Strike Association, sometimes called the ''strike club," has offe

Safeco Corp. reported that operating income in the fourth quarter ending Dec. 31, 1988 was $68.74 mi

The American Tort Reform Association will hold its national conference Tuesday in Washington. For mo

NYMEX APPROVES LINK WITH CME GLOBEXNEW YORK - Members of the New York Mercantile Exchange ha

GROLIER INC. (New York) - Robert B. Clarke, chairman and chief executive officer of this major diver

The U.S. economy shook off the effects of the stock market crash and the drought to grow a robust 3.

IN 1989, THE U.S. COAL INDUSTRY will finally produce nearly 1 billion tons of coal in a single year.

Trade finance sources say American President Companies Ltd., the Oakland, Calif.-based shipping and

United Parcel Service has extended its test of on-demand pick-up service to Philadelphia and so far,

The airline industry will continue to grow at a modest pace in 1989, but the year will show slow pro

The Maine Maritime Academy says its just-started effort to raise $10 million in three years is the l

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Compagnie Generale Maritime said it and two other ship lines plan to disband the Eurandino consortiu

GATX Corp. said it earned $9 million, or 97 cents a share, on revenue of $157.7 million. This compar

Employee benefits-related legislation, an important issue in the 1988 presidential campaign, will co

Labor. Daily newspapers from Britain, France, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, West Germany and Ital

Albright & Wilson America, a subsidiary of Tenneco Inc., has announced further expansions in sodium

Hopes by Malaysia of cracking the lucrative U.S. auto market have suffered a serious new blow with t

The United States and Canada have announced the names of representatives who will serve on the binat

William A. Ott, president and publisher of the San Jose Mercury News, died last Thursday of cancer.

Air Express International Corp., the nation's largest air freightforwarder, wants to play a larger r

Defining electronic data interchange is sometimes like trying to mud wrestle with a Walrus.

NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF PORTS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE & COMMERCE (New York) - Patricia Zedalis was

THIRD SEA-LAND SHIP DIVERTED FROM ITALYEDISON, N.J. - Sea-Land Service Inc. said it diverted

Many American railroads will understand the unaccustomed elation being experienced by state-owned Ma

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AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ACTUARIES (Washington) - James J. Murphy was named executive vice president of t

The January employment report to be released this Friday should provide a new short-term direction f