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The U.S. Defense Department has decided to dispatch Army helicopter gunships to operate aboard Navy

Population growth in New Jersey and job growth in Manhattan will strain the already groaning trans-H

Saying it wants to separate real estate development from railroading in its investors' minds, Capita

Two U.S. officers' unions formally petitioned the Federal CommunicationsCommission to requir

The International Trade Commission confirmed an earlier determination that the United States industr

Australia's international airline Qantas has posted a record profit, despite having to compete again

Mississippi Traffic Is Flowing AgainJEFFERSON, La. - The Coast Guard reopened the Mississipp

FlightSafety to Train TWA's 727 PilotsTrans World Airlines Boeing 727 pilots will train at F

Washington state officials are balking at the prospect of toughening the state's anti-takeover laws

The government has decided to refer British Airways' 237 million ($386 million) bid for British Cal

Legislation aimed at forcing Kuwait to grant landing rights to U.S. minesweeping helicopters was pra

Emery Reports 2nd Quarter Loss WILTON, Conn. - Emery Air Freight Corp. reported a second qua

Northwest Airlines said it is offering a $25,000 reward - up from a previous $5,000 - to employees w

The opening of an airline terminal hardly qualifies as news to business travelers, except perhaps wh

A London newspaper said Wednesday that Iran appealed secretly to Kuwait to suspend the reflagging of

The U.S. market for hot-melt adhesives, which are solid at room temperature but melt when heated for

President Reagan's decision to provide protection to Kuwaiti oil tankers in the Persian Gulf is forc

McDonald's will stop serving its U.S. customers Big Macs and other food in foam containers made with

Three Kuwaiti tankers were at anchor outside the Persian Gulf Thursday, waiting to hoist the U.S. fl

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.'s Du Pont Japan Ltd. has resolved to manufacture Viton fluoroelastomer

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Gulf Section. Symposium on American ship produ

When the temperature drops to just above absolute zero, and the vacuum approaches that of deep space

St. Johnsbury Fined For Illegal DumpingALBANY, N.Y. - St. Johnsbury Trucking Co. has been fi

Paccar Inc. said it hopes to have a Brazilian-made Class 7 tractor in this country by the end of th

Shippers asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to set clear standards for resolving disputes invo

Mack Trucks Inc. raised the total of its payments to transferring workers at Winnsboro, S.C., to ove

The Canadian trucking industry has climbed out of the recessionary rut it fell into in the early 198

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A Massachusetts lawmaker has filed a bill aimed at stopping General Dynamics Corp. from breaking up

Legislation to preserve abandoned shipwrecks won approval from a House of Representatives panel Wedn

The high court in Bombay today considers a last-gasp bid by financially troubled Scindia Steam Navig

The 224,607-deadweight-ton Norwegian tanker Mia Margrethe arrived off Fujairah Thursday under tow.<

The Maritime Administration agreed to allow Sea-Land Service Inc. to operate temporarily four vessel

The sinking of the submarine USS Bullhead with all hands was overshadowed by the atomic bombing of

A controversy over special French government aid for the construction of oil tankers might jeopardiz

Fewer college graduates were offered jobs this year, but starting salaries were as much as 6 percent

Canadian longshoremen will try to persuade a federal court judge to overturn a ruling to abolish Can

Business phone costs have fallen about one-fifth since the 1984 breakup of the Bell System, somewhat

Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi denied that he or any member of his family had profited in India'