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A new, genetically engineered drug has dramatically, although temporarily, boosted the immune system

In the highly competitive and fast-paced world of chemicals and high technology it's a good idea to

For the week ended Aug. 22, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Triangle Unit to Bid For Guardian SharesTriangle Industries Inc. announced that about Sept.

GE Information Services and ACS Network Systems Inc. have reached an agreement in which GE will prov

Fourteen elms injected with genetically altered bacteria will be destroyed, say Montana State Univer

A leading investor in the shipping industry has urged a complete shipping embargo in the Persian Gul

State Sen. Vincent J. Fumo has called for the resignation of the Philadelphia Port Corp.'s chairman,

The Italian ambassador to Iran has been instructed to lodge a protest with the Iranian government af

The nation's two longshore unions and some waterfront employers jointly will press for a change in a

The Hoegh Drake passes in front of the Opera House overlooking Sydney harbor in Australia. The ship

A total of 353 ships have been reported attacked or damaged in the Persian Gulf since May 1981 as a

Twenty-two Indian crewmen of a Kuwaiti-flagged freighter that was attacked by Iranian speedboats in

U.S. warships Thursday began escorting a convoy of reflagged Kuwaiti tankers through the Persian Gul

U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Panel discussion on Soviet sea power. Sept. 14 at the academy's Bowdit

An Aug. 28, front page article describing an Interstate Commerce Commission decision on aQuaker Oats

Japanese vessels will not enter the Persian Gulf for at least "one or two days" unless the Japanese

PACCAR Buys Owner Of Auto Parts ChainBELLEVUE, Wash. - PACCAR Inc., the heavy-duty truck man

More than 100 vehicle safety inspectors fanned out across 11 Northeastern states last week to track

A nationwide effort by Greyhound Bus Lines to resurrect rural service is expected to be inaugurated

THE UNITED AIRLINES DECISION THIS WEEK TO PULL OUT of Wilmington, Del., gives a feeling of deja vu.<

Negotiators in Ford Motor Co. contract talks, hoping to reach an agreement by Sept. 14, say they hav

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The U.S. State Department, through Coast Guard notices to mariners, is warning all U.S.-owned and op

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Ratification of an new longshoremen's contract for the West Coast is expected to be certified as off

Ocean carriers can increase efficiency by improving mangement, shoreside operations and ship manning

Not long ago, the waterfront neighborhood here had a reputation more foul than the sulfur clouds tha

The port of New Orleans and the city, both short of cash for much-needed development, agreed to a la

Lloyd's of London reported record profits of 278.8 million ($460 million) in 1984 (its latest compl

An Australian company intends to buy about 90 percent of St. Joe Gold Corp. and other gold propertie

MCI Communications Corp. signed a letter of intent for the purchase of RCA Global Communications Inc

The nation's largest general retailers announced their August sales results Thursday, andthe numbers

WHAT'S A CENTRAL BANK TO DO with the dollar once again tested in currency markets, bondprices fallin

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U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley, D-N.J., on Thursday said that Western nations must take the initiative in ea

The Jamaican economy, lifted by expansion in key sectors, is growing faster than expected. T

ConAgra Inc. said it has reached a tentative agreement to settle a National Labor Relations Board ca

The new rightist Social Democrat government, the first assured of a full four-year term since Portug

President Reagan Thursday named a 13-member commission, headed by University of Illinois political e