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Only six weeks into his tenure, Federal Aviation Administrator Allan McArtor Tuesday previewed an am

Canadian Firm Orders Rockwell ComponentsTROY, Mich. - Rockwell International Corp. Automotiv

Things haven't been easy in recent years for boosters of the Tri-Rivers waterway system, which has p

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Canada's political leadership claim major "stumbling blocks" could scuttle a proposed U.S.-Canada fr

Soviet food experts say new and urgent steps must be taken to speed up solution of the Soviet Union'

Safecom Inc., a joint venture between Comsat General Inc. and Timeplex Inc. will allow for low-cost,

Consolidated Gold Fields PLC, one of the world's largest mining groups, reported Tuesday a pretax pr

Brazil's Cosipa steel company is completing a private port terminal designed to handle 8 million to

Northeast Utilities is making plans for withstanding a potential challengefrom customers who

The Senate has approved an auto insurance reform package over criticism that the move was an electio

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

In an effort to boost his nation's sagging economy, Austria's minister for economic affairs is looki

AIR CARGO Swissair's North American cargo marketing manager fears that mega- forwarders wil

The thousands of small shops across the country that perform tooling and machining for U.S. industry

Major airlines operating in the Pacific are mounting a new attack on a 30- year-old agreement with t

Taiwan's troubled private shipbuilder may build warships for the Taiwan Navyfrom U.S. design

Fujitsu Ltd. probably will have to pay between $400 million and $500 million to settle past claims o

The longest and most expensive fraud trial in Hong Kong history came to a sensational close Tuesday,

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Australia Willing To Help Coal IndustrySYDNEY, Australia - The Australian government is inte

A federal judge has ruled New Jersey is in violation of the federal Clean Air Act by failing to impl

The Interstate Commerce Commission swiftly approved Union Pacific Corp.'s acquisition of Overnite Tr

A Federal Reserve Board decision has breathed new life into the so-called South Dakota loophole, inv

The Illinois Supreme Court, setting a sweeping standard, ruled Monday that insurance companies must

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

David Johnson Joins Gerber as ChairmanFREMONT, Mich. - David W. Johnson, who was president a

Norwegian oil and gas production increased during the first seven months of this year by 21.3 percen

Egypt to Reduce Oil Export PricesCAIRO, Egypt - Egypt said Tuesday it will reduce its oil ex

Gov. William Donald Schaefer of Maryland is scheduled to meet Thursday with steamship executives in

Brazilian Finance Minister Luiz Bresser Pereira is scheduled to meet with the Argentine and Mexican

Britain's largest miners union, the National Union of Mineworkers, appears ready to carry out plans

The U.S. market for benzene is expected to remain uneventfully flat for the next few quarters, resul

Massachusetts Shipbuilders Inc. is working with state officials on a financing plan aimed at allowin

The U.S. Department of Commerce denied a request to exempt Chinese petroleum- wax candles from an an

The approach of another "triple witching hour" Friday is causing little alarm in the stock market.

Alaska's Governor Seeks Pacts in ChinaAlaska Gov. Steve Cowper Tuesday began a visit to Chin

U.S. coal producers are expected to mine a record 897 million tons this year but the industry is fac

Volkswagen AG is negotiating the possible construction of an assembly plant in the Soviet Union.