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Researchers at the Swedish Pig Center in Svalov have introduced a new device that enables pig-keeper

Tampa Shipyards Inc., a subsidiary of American Shipbuilding Co., has won a $43.2 million contract to

Foreign banks make up the fastest-growing segment of the Export-Import Bank's business, said Chairma

For the week ended Sept. 5 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 10

The U.S. Customs Service plans to require all ships entering U.S. ports to submit a standardized bil

Arthur B. Calcagnini was elected president of the Sugar Club, a forum for sugar processors, users an

In her first public appearance since she resigned as secretary of the Department of Transportation,

Some 500 shore-based employees of Scindia Steam Navigation Co. are to be fired, the debt-laden compa

The respected West German Max Planck Research Institute said that a form of alcohol has been discove

IMC Unit, French Firm In Marketing VentureNORTHBROOK, Ill. - Pitman-Moore, a subsidiary of I

U.S. automakers scheduled the assembly of 137,936 cars in domestic factories this week, Ward's Autom

Thomas J. Baker Jr. isn't surprised when nearly 90 percent of 450 surveyed agents say the property a

Ignorance isn't bliss but, rather, population-threatening when it comes to AIDS testing, according t

The number of private housing units started in August dropped 1.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted a

A leading Japanese banker said Wednesday that the U.S. dollar is in danger of collapsing and said th

Haitian Carrier Opens Office in New YorkTransport Maritime d'Amerique SA has opened an offic

Vancouver Island was to have been the end stop on Canada's first trans- continen tal railroad, but t

As two more passengers were caught in doors and dragged by subway trains, the New York Transit Autho

Bear Automotive Service Equipment Co. said it reached an agreement with Hofmann Werkstatt-Technik Gm

Metro Metals Corp. will break ground today on a facility that will nearly double its steel slitting

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Domestic and international reaction to passage by U.S. lawmakers of a bill limiting imports of texti

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THE MOVE TO WASHINGTON DECISION is official. At its annual convention in Las Vegas, The Independent

Japanese banks will be allowed to lead manage deutsche mark Eurobond issues, ending a near-30 month

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em - and try to beat them at their own game. That's the approac

1038.0 (Sept. 17) Previous day - 1046.0 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

An association of black taxi owners abandoned a plan to buy the largest South African bus company, a

An independent auditor has found that 95 percent of the $4.4 billion spent on the Beaver Valley 2 nu

Domestic crude oil production continued its downward spiral in August, while the nation's dependence

Northwest Airlines has filed a $20 million lawsuit accusing union machinists and baggage handlers of

A bipartisan coalition of House members plan an unusual approach in their quest to fully fund aviati

AVIATION Canadian government and airline officials are playing down the risk that regular Ca

Pepsico Inc. has signed a contract to open two Pizza Hut restaurants in Moscow next year under a joi

Debate on a freeze in the production of halon compounds leading to the 47- nation pact set this week

Fellow Americans. I am guilty. I apologize. You can blame me for Japan's Industrial Miracle

With a political crisis in its fourth month, Panama's already-shaky economy is being battered by inv

Michael P. Mortara was named head of mortgage trading at investment bank Goldman Sachs and Co. He wi

World consumption of alloys and blends are projected to grow at 9 percent to 10 percent a year, reac

French ship insurers are butting into a domestic fight between U.S. underwriters and the federal Mar