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Worldwide consumption of alpha-olefins is expected to more than double from 0.8 million metric tons

For January 1988 vs. January 1987 (In Metric Tons - Via Ocean)US Coast and PortJan.

An official of Eaton Corp. said the company will add its name to the growing list of component manuf

When Port Director Phil Bannan releases hundreds of balloons and opens a new shipping berth today,

The greatest hope for financing long-term care for America's aging population lies with the private

The U.S. dollar declined Thursday in mostly technical trading, although it pared its losses during t

Days of rumors about a predator stalking the colony's premier property company were effectively prov

Thu., May 5, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K.

Jose Gonzalez isn't one to profit from another's problems - except, perhaps, when those problems hur

Pacific Engineering Fuel Plant ExplodesHENDERSON, Nev. - A series of explosions gutted a Pac

Transcon Lines Inc. reached a tentative labor agreement with the Teamsters union that trades employe

Chevron U.S.A. Inc. decreased by 50 cents a barrel its posted buying price for domestic crude oil in

Flying Tigers Starts Express Cargo ServiceMIAMI BEACH, Fla. - The Flying Tiger Line Inc. thi

The planned deregulation of air transport within the European Community by the end of 1992 is likely

Conseco Inc., an insurance holding company based here, announced that certain members of executive m

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

Policy advisers from the United States, Europe and Latin America called for greater support from Ja

Japan May Maintain Beef Price SupportsThe Japanese government plans to maintain price suppor

Commercial and multinational banks, industrial nations and less-developed countries all must share t

The insurance policy at the center of massive antitrust lawsuits against the insurance industry neve

Borden Chemical Co., a division of Borden Inc., is increasing the price of formaldehyde by 1 cent a

The Danish electric power pool Elsam agreed to buy about 250,000 metric tons of U.S. steam coal in t

Marathon Discovers Natural Gas in Mich.Marathon Oil Co., a unit of USX Corp., said it discov

When scientist Jim McElvaney first suggested using cow manure to save the world, his friends were mo

A Pennsylvania consumer group has criticized seven of the state's largest auto insurers for illegall

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Coleco Industries Inc. will have to intensify its cost-cutting and streamlining efforts to bounce ba

Analysts said the Federal Reserve is likely to push up the Federal funds rate to 7 percent on today'

The United States Bureau of the Census soon will begin speaking in the electronic language of the pe

Congress has turned its back on a Reagan administration plan to sign a contract this year to lease a

A U.S. anti-cancer drug has been banned by the Maharashtra state government after the deaths of thre

Hoechst Income Rose 19.5 percent in QuarterSOMERVILLE, N.J. - Hoechst AG, the West German-ba

For February 1988 vs. February 1987 (In Metric Tons - Via Ocean)Rank CommodityFeb. 8

BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD (Fort Worth, Texas) - Brooks A. Bentz was named assistant vice presiden

When most insurance industry analysts look at the Middle East, they think of the high premiums charg

Brazil favors the extension of the current 1983 Internation Coffee Agreement and will only accept re

Hefty gains in aluminum prices are drawing to an end, and prices are expected to decline through the

More beer and fewer pork chops are what the future holds for the average Chinese, the Department of

Preliminary results show that two of three joints on the redesigned space shuttle booster rocket did

While China has closed the gap between its coal supply and demand inrecentyears, it is likel