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2 INSURERS GAIN CONTROL OF GROUPE AGBRUSSELS, Belgium - Belgium's Groupe AG and France's Ass

A Banque Paribas official told international bankers that of the world's three major capital zones,

SOUTH KOREA TO EASE EXCHANGE CONTROLSSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea is designing a program

Net profits of federally insured U.S. banks rose to $5.012 billion in the first quarter from $3.2 bi

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ARKANSAS BEST REVIEWS TAKEOVER ALTERNATIVESFORT SMITH, Ark. - Arkansas Best Corp. said it is

International Harvester, the name and the company, are alive and well in Australia. Although

Rainbow Navigation Co. of Red Bank, N.J., has won some support in its battle with the Navy over the

Its ad says, somewhat cryptically, the closer we get, the better we look. Talking to Virgini

American Electric Power, Colombus, Ohio, one of the nation's leading coal- consuming utilities, imme

CF Kingsway Inc. of Toronto has signed a letter of intent to take over Calgary, Alberta-based Tri-Li

AIR CARRIERS PAY OUT RECORD-LOW CLAIMSWASHINGTON Air freight and cargo carriers last year pa

U.S. pharmaceutical firms are stepping up pressure on the Reagan administration to get Brazil to ch

First Annual Software Fair. June 11. Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, Seattle. Sponsored by the Washi

Even party tricks hold scientific interest. A Towson State College chemistry professor is pl

A microscope that selectively displays moving objects such as microbes - while blacking out the stat

ISU Chemical Ltd. selected Union Carbide Corp./Shell Oil Co.'s Unipol PP process for its planned new

Reichhold Chemicals Inc. formed a new coating polymers and resins division comprised of the former N

U.S. demands that South Korea open its markets are straining S. Korean trade negotiators so much tha

The Virginia Port Authority expects to close its $110 million bond issue for various port expansion

American Ship Building Co. announced that workers at its Tampa shipyard facility overwhelmingly appr

MALAYSIA WILL FIGHT US LABOR PRESSUREKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia's minister of trade a

Molson Breweries of Canada Ltd. has become the first Canadian brewery to export beer to the Soviet U

STUDY HARD! Trade promotion agencies had better hit the books, academics warned at last month's Comm

The United States has made a fresh compromise proposal to Japan on their dispute over trade in beef

Sales of made-in-Taiwan computer products grew faster last year than those of any other Far Eastern

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

I learned about the death of my friend, John H. Mahoney, moments after turning in my copy for last w

The U.S. Customs Service has the maritime industry's number, and the maritime industry is gloriously

TOP STORIES: Japan's domestic market is the key to future growth. 9BShowing the flag on the

BANK BOARD ANNOUNCES RECORD CASH PAY-OUTThe Federal Home Loan Bank Board Monday announced a

The Commodity Research Bureau Futures Price Index was closely watched in May, as it began the month

Glasnost came to Wrigley Field in the form of a trade delegation from the Soviet Union, which has de

State legislators and community activists rallied last week to protest a state freeze on the rates p

CHUBB CORP. (New York) - John F. Swope and Donn H. Norton were named executive vice presidents at th

The Supreme Court tackled worker compensation law Monday and unanimously upheld state laws imposing

Arco's Methanol Pump Is Unveiled by BushThe United States' first retail methanol pump was un

President Reagan used a forum provided by the 17th World Gas Conference to make his first speech sin

Productivity, a key measure of the U.S. economy's competitiveness, improved at an annual rate of 3.6