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When British analytical pharmacologist Sir James Black was approached by the pharmaceutical company

As the new year begins, the railroad industry's heated labor-management dispute over the fate of sho

Cumberland Farms Inc. agreed to pay $200,000 in penalties but would not admit to any wrongdoing in a

The Pentagon recommendations to close 86 military sites nationwide appear to sink the chances of hom

Shares of major Japanese shipbuilding companies were among those that dominated a list of the countr

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

WE ARE THE WORLD, WE ARE THE EDI USERS . . . Well, maybe not. But the technology did make a

The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index ended the year Friday at 101.2, compared with 101.1 t

Barely more than three years ago, the Williams Cos. and career pipeliner Roy Wilkens decided to take

1543 (Dec. 30, 1988) Previous day - 1540 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange i

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

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

The United States, defying its allies on what will be an important economic policy issue for the Bus

There is little concrete hope for substantial improvement in 1989 in the fortunes of the U.S. mercha

TUNIS AIR ORDERS 2 BOEING JETLINERSSEATTLE - Tunis Air, the flag carrier of Tunisia, has ord

Small mountains of newspapers are swallowing up Joseph Giordano's recycling yard, forcing him to pos

A house without a foundation will bend, break, and eventually disintegrate. So will an electronic da

The United States, conforming with the practice of most other nations, has formally extended the lim

0.2 PERCENT DROP PREDICTED FOR LEADING INDICATORSContinuing a recent pattern of only small c

Malaysia's rubber glove industry, which had ridden high on a worldwide AIDS scare, is going through

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More than half of the overseas airports deemed at risk to terrorism in 1986 and 1987 had inadequate

Many disabled veterans may be missing out on hundreds of dollars' worth of benefits from the Veteran

2 MICH. LIFE INSURERS CONSOLIDATE OPERATIONSGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - American Annuity Life Insu

Eight more ocean freight consolidators filed a complaint against the International Longshoremen's As

AMR Corp., parent of American Airlines Inc., said it plans to greatly increase its operations at Chi

West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher called his Italian counterpart Giulio Andreotti

Thousands of discarded Christmas trees will be tossed into Lake Pontchartrain, gaining new life as a

Past due notices started dribbling in at American Distribution Management Inc. in Morrisson, Colo.,

Canadian National Railway Co., The government-owned railway and communications conglomerate, announc

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. announced several changes in its sailing schedule to Chile and Colombia, t

The Wall Street merger and acquisition industry, celebrating possibly its best year ever in 1988, ex

Southeast Asia's main non-communist countries once again are urging greater internal coordination in

A shift of containerized cargo is believed to have caused a containership to sink this week.

A government commission called Thursday for closing 34 military installations, including five major

West Germany and France, bound by a new defense agreement and headed toward creation of joint embass

Advertisers bombard motorists around the country daily with blips of messages along the roadside, ho

Dec. 29, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The new year should be a good one for U.S. transportation companies, according to a new survey relea

Thu., Dec. 29, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.