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Celanese Chemical Co. is increasing the selling price of ethylene glycol by 1 cent, effective Septem

Besides the metronomic pulse of pumping, that noise coming from oil fields around the country is the

Foreign Competition Spurs Use of PlasticsForeign competition is spurring U.S. manufacturers

Gates Learjet Corp. is looking ahead to an improved market for its business jets and new stability o

Washington-based USAir Monday announced further expansion at Cleveland which will elevate the airpor

Few companies in recent memory have been the butt of more jokes than Delta Air Lines. In the

The biggest problem facing small cities and towns in the United States is how to attract industry an

Steel production rose to 1.710 million tons in the week ended Aug. 8, a 2.5 percent increase from th

The Royal Albert and King George V docks in the port of London, which have been idle since commercia

I.W. Abel, a founder of the United Steelworkers of America union, died at his home Monday, the union

Italgrani, a leading Italian grain trading company, has gained full control of New England Milling C

Japan scored a sharp increase in its trade surplus with the United States last month, even though it

Fewer travelers are using Newark International Airport this year compared to last year when the airp

Argentina is missing economic targets set under its standby loan agreement with the International Mo

AVIATION Frequent fliers should know their rights. 4BAs other carriers withdrew flights fro

Steven G. Elliott was named executive vice president, finance, of Mellon Bank NA. He succeeds James

President Reagan, as expected, named C. William Verity Jr. as his choice for the new secretary of co

Airlines in West Africa are increasingly flying into stormy financial weather. Nigeria Airwa

Consumer food prices are going up at a slightly faster clip this year than had been predicted, an Ag

A consolidated recommendation to raise a shipowner liability for cargo damagefrom $500 a pac

10 Americans Hurt In Greek ExplosionATHENS, Greece - A booby trapped car on Monday exploded

The wave of labor disruption sweeping South Korea may cause acute immediate problems but probably wo

Business is booming in the Persian Gulf in the shadow of a potentially deadly confrontation between

The Carriers Container Council Inc. has sued the International Longshoremen's Association in a dispu

China's once-backward shipbuilding sector is rapidly becoming a world force,and is poised to overtak

The grain export market is booming this summer, usually a quiet time. The unseasonal business is boo

Larger, fully loaded containerships will be able to serve the Port Elizabeth- Port Newark marine ter

A freight train whose brakes failed as it sped into a southern train station slammed into the back o

In a break from its customary support of the Thatcher government, The Economist magazine has cautiou

The administration of Gov. Robert P. Casey has effectively killed whatever faint hopes remained for

Remember when the fear of flying was largely a safety concern? And jet lag was a brief malady caused

NY Train Radio Law To Take Effect Sept. 1ALBANY, N.Y. - A new railroad law to take effect on

The United States has bowed to importer pressure and reopened its 1987 quota for women's coats from

Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev called on a regional Communist Party committee to learn the detai

The Panamanian-flag tanker Texaco Caribbean, which struck a mine Monday south of the Strait of Hormu

The U.S. court of appeals here has found that the Navy's Military Sealift Command correctly handled

Coast Guard Cutters To Be CommissionedMIDDLETOWN, R.I. - The seventh and eighth 270-foot cut

Superintendent of Insurance James P. Corcoran on Monday announced that Suffolk County District Attor

Matson Navigation Co. is upset at the way American President Lines Ltd. islining up shipper support

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