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Willy de Clercq to Meet With Japanese OfficialsWilly de Clercq, European Community commissio

The Massachusetts Port Authority and Connecticut aviation officials appear to have different concept

The Belcher Co. has begun supplying distillate and residual fuel oil from the Gateway terminal in Ne

Endevco Inc. said it signed a 10-year agreement with an industrial user to provide five million cubi

If this summer is any sign, Romanians are in for a fourth straight hard winter of fuel, heat and ele

Ecuador's Production Nearly Back to NormalQUITO, Ecuador - Ecuador's oil production reached

Legislation clearing the way for the complete privatization of Japan Air Lines, the country's nation

Doug Griffith was elected president of the United Auto Workers at the troubled Douglas Aircraft Co.'

Lockheed Merging Aircraft CompaniesCALABASAS, Calif. - With some key programs winding down a

Continental Airlines executives are playing hard ball with union officials attempting to organize th

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp. will waste no time in finding a buyer for the Southern Pacific Trans

UP and SP Agree On Texas Track RightsUnion Pacific Railroad and Southern Pacific Transportat

The Burlington Northern Foundation has awarded a major grant to Pacific Celebration '89, the interna

Rolling back grain empties may become a thing of the past thanks to a new multipurpose box car.<

The Reagan administration is sending a senior diplomat to Geneva to discuss rising tensions in the P

The Immigration and Naturalization Service says its agents are essentially powerless to prevent fore

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent) is as

Cans to Raise Funds To Save BattleshipLA PORTE, Texas - A three-month, statewide, aluminum c

A group of investors has offered to buy Sphere Drake Insurance Group PLC and related subsidiaries fr

Drive south on Almeda Road, about eight miles from Houston, and you'll see a monument to impossible

National Conference of Insurance Legislators will hold its second 1987 seminar Sept. 9-11 in Newport

Lloyd's of London, the insurance market, said its member firms have paid out more than 1 billion (

Reacting to an attack on an Italian merchant vessel in the Persian Gulf, the government said it plan

Aegon Group Reducing Reinsurance ContractsTHE HAGUE, The Netherlands - Aegon insurance group

Highway deaths are up in New Mexico but down in Wyoming since those states increased their speed lim

Motor carrier earnings in a major industry rate bureau hit an all-time low during the past year, tru

Iran threatened last week to close the Strait of Hormuz in the escalating Iran-Iraq tanker war.<

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Himont USA to Hike Polypropylene PricesWILMINGTON, Del. - Effective Oct. 1, 1987, Himont U.S

Hoechst Celanese and Sumitomo Chemical Co. announced they will jointly develop organic dye-based Wri

Alby-Olin Changes Sodium Chlorate PricesSTAMFORD, Conn. - Alby-Olin, a joint venture of Olin

Kodak Acquires Biotechnology FirmROCHESTER, N.Y. - Eastman Kodak Co. announced it has comple

The British discovered gravity, split the atom and brought the first test- tube baby into the world,

ATA Names French To New PositionAmerican Trucking Associations announced that Mark French wi

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A Soviet shipping line is to resume trans-Pacific service to Vancouver after an absence of two years

Following the near-bankruptcy of Tateho Chemical Industries Co. last weekbecause of yen bond

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

There appears to be no end to the troubles of Scindia Steam Navigation Co., in heavy debt and in the