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Marad, Yards Launch Cost-Cutting ProjectThe Maritime Administration set in motion a governme

Rockwell International Corp. is considering a move into the heavy truck transmission business, but o

Proposed tax changes in Canada may add to the country's problems with distance and scattered populat

Even as Thomas J. Donohue savored his Supreme Court victory in the Pennsylvania flat tax case, the A

Mass. Town Rejects Railroad ProposalBELCHERTOWN, Mass. - Voters in this small central Massac

Next month almost anyone who thinks London's perennially busy Heathrow and Gatwick Airports must be

Members of a House subcommittee Wednesday heatedly drubbed a Federal Aviation Administration policy

Becton Dickinson & Co., Franklin Lakes, N.J., has agreed to purchase the Gibco U.S. microbiology div

The National Organization for Women is expected to appeal a Manhattan appeals court ruling that lets

Argentina has opened a third round of bids for oil exploration, sweetening the terms for investors a

The Federal Maritime Commission has approved a batch of primarily technical changes in its regulatio

A section of the Rhein River near Karlsruhe, West Germany, remains closed to shipping as abnormally

The newly merged National Coal Association and the Mining and Reclamation Council met in Chicago thi

Now that Congress has kindled a fire under the trucking industry to accept controversial new brake t

Financial seas have been rough for the Companhia de Navegacao Lloyd Brasileiro, or Lloydbras, Brazil

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

Traditional Exports Crude oil, petroleum and rubber products, natural rubber, tin, palm oil,

U.S. Representatives to a meeting next month of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade are putti

A Florida survey indicated that even though more drivers are using child restraint devices, less tha

The first of three full-service banks taken over by the government during afinancial crisis

Mandatory deadlines for government action on railroad-shipper rate disputes might solve some of the

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange's new gold futures contract is off to one of the best starts of any

Immigration officials and papal visit organizers in Texas are bracing for thousands of Mexican citiz

Oil ministers for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, preparing for their first meeti

The Canadian Insurance Exchange appears headed for a formal launching this summer despite birth pain

Japan's Daihatsu Motor Co. and Bombardier Inc. of Canada have abandoned plans to jointly produce car

Revolutionary new superconductors that would operate at room temperature will be developed in the ne

Every morning at precisely 7:45, Jim Calder goes outside his Chelmsford home - 30 miles east of Lond

Ford Expects to Double Car Sales in JapanFord Motor Co. expects to double the number of its

Sharp Plans to Launch New Plant in TaiwanMAHWAH, N.J. - Sharp Electronics Corp. said product

In another U.S.-Japan dispute over protecting technology, National Semiconductor Corp. of Santa Clar

Airline passengers are complaining more and more about delays, but there's no single cause for late

A consortium of Japanese companies has won a letter of intent for a US$30 million project to develop

Two men have been charged with extorting more than $17,000 from construction companies working on a

Pesticides, industrial chemicals and sewage flow into harbors along America's coasts, often collecti

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

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Federal Aviation Administration controllers weren't involved when a taxiing United Airlines Boeing 7

About 5,500 Florida physicians may be forced to go bare next month if the state's major medical malp

Supplies of gasoline and distillate followed normal seasonal patterns, with gasoline inventories dec