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Wednesday April 2, 1997Prevailing sellers' posted prices at the close of business, represent

Dow Chemical Co. has filed a lawsuit charging General Electric Co. with pirating trade secrets from

U.S. inventories of distillate fuel oil, used as home heating and diesel fuel, declined by 2.6 milli

The company that insured the 39 members of the Heaven's Gate cult against abduction by aliens stoppe

LLOYD'S OF LONDONRECORDS ANOTHER PROFITLONDON - Lloyd's of London said Wednesday that it ear

A national authority on health-care systems warned the government to avoid meddling with managed-hea

After lengthy debate and testimony from an uninsured driver who claimed legislators ''want to hunt u

California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush recently entered a bitter appellate court fray,

AGENCY FIGHTS ORDERTO RELEASE ADM TAPESPEORIA, Ill. - The Justice Department hopes to appeal

While coffee consumers are not thinking of scaling back on their drinking habit, United States manuf

The Mexican government has awarded the permit to distribute natural gas in the northern region of Pi

The United Nations body that governs nuclear commerce says that existing rules for ocean shipping of

FEDEX EXPANDSTHREE-DAY OFFERINGMEMPHIS - Federal Express Corp. will begin offering its lower

ONGOINGAirports Council International North America. Various events throughout year. Contact

AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALANDDIRECT LINEJeffrey H. Heisler will assume the new position of vice pres

The U.S. subsidiary of China's state-run shipping line is the victim of a smear campaign by unnamed

The Port of Los Angeles is engaged in a public dispute with one of its tenants over the future of bu

Michelle Jepsen's company expects to pay more to ship its water system equipment.And while s

SHIPSA.N. DERINGER BUYSMARON SHIPPING AGENCYMIAMI - A.N. Deringer Inc. of Ve

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Ports in the Caribbean, Florida and on the U.S. South Atlantic coast are watching anxiously as a new

U.S. textile companies have been trying for two years to show evidence that Limited Inc. and other c

Holt Cargo Systems acquired 15 percent of Atlantic Container Line, the trans-Atlantic carrier that t

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A tragic accident involving a Mexican truck driver could foreshadow the type of controversy that wil

Tuesday, April 1, 1997Percentages Per Year INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

The New York foreign exchange rates below, provided by Reuter Money Service, are selling rates among

Despite 13 consecutive months of rising new export orders, U.S. manufacturers suddenly trimmed impor

French officials, in the first step of what likely will be a long road toward more open aviation tra

The United States filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization on Tuesday alleging that Phili

(1)SPOT PRICE INFLATION RATE, SMOOTHED, ANNUALIZED, April 4, 1996 - April 1, 1997 (a graph)*

New England may have enjoyed a mild winter, but spring started with a bang as a storm dumped more th

Senior U.S. officials are increasingly optimistic Russia will carry out long-promised economic refor

The U.S. dollar, turned back by a turbulent stock and bond market again, remained weaker against maj

ESSERMAN ACCEPTSTRADE POSITIONWASHINGTON - Susan Esserman, former general counsel at the Com

Mexico's plan to improve hazardous waste and water treatment presents opportunities for foreign inve

U.S. officials will campaign for improved aviation services in two European capitals over the next w

Kuwait has some $12 billion of state assets, including public utilities and state-owned companies, w

More than 90 percent of about 70 senior executives at top U.S. companies plan to make new or additio

Like an invading army laying siege to a well-defended medieval capital, the U.S. Embassy has gone on