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CSX Names Lichty VP-Coal for UnitE. Ray Lichty was named vice president, coal and industrial

The chemical hydrogen peroxide brings recollections to many people of its application by a mother or

Norfolk Southern To Improve PierNORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk Southern Corp. is planning to spend $

The black mine workers union said that 280,000 miners joined a strike that could cripple the coal an

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

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

Fishermen say Iran and Iraq have seized or destroyed scores of their boats and converted many into t

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

The United States is headed for yet another kind of deficit - on international investment income, a

The U.S. dollar turned mixed Monday on reports of central bank intervention to stem a steady rise in

House-Senate conferees will produce a trade bill this fall that will draw widespread national suppor

The head of a 54-member U.S. trade delegation of mayors and businessmen has said he was pleased with

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

ITC Extends Deadline For Fastener DecisionThe U.S. International Trade Commission has determ

Arbitrator Eric J. Schmertz listened and learned but rendered no decision in weekend hearings in Phi

Thick black smoke poured from a tank containing about 1 million gallons of petroleum Monday, nearly

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

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

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

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

Never, repeat never, call a drum corps a band - unless you are ready to defend yourself against verb

Swedish, Swiss Firms To Merge Next YearBADEN, Switzerland - BBC-Brown, Boveri & Co. AG of Sw

Upjohn Underwrites Swedish ResearchGOTHENBURG, Sweden - Upjohn Co. and the University of Got

Production of benzene rose sharply in the second quarter, driven by a strong pricing trend, but is e

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

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

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

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

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

American President Lines, which had been calling at Guam twice a month, will begin weekly calls to t

Independent truckers are faring better financially than in recent years and may profit even more wit

After two years of criticizing a special U.S. trade program for the region, Caribbean political and

August 10, 1987 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

Exxon Corp. will purchase most of assets of the Celeron Oil and Gas Co., a Goodyear Tire and Rubber

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

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

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

1039.0 (Aug. 7) Previous day - 1014.5 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in L

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

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