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A New Orleans barge line, Canal Barge Co., has won a $212,000 contract to haul tons of artillery, in

Officials of the United Auto Workers and General Motors Corp. are leaning awayfrom a system

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Attorneys for asbestos producers and asbestos victims were scheduled to appear in U.S. District Cour

A growing push to define illegal insider trading is sparking debate whether the insurance industry w

A Dutch ship delivering a pair of new cranes for the port of Los Angeles pass beneath the Vincent Th

The U.S. government posted a total deficit of $35.744 billion for May after a $38.657 billion surplu

When the weather is clear, Joseph J. Pinola often can see about a dozen milesfrom his 59th-f

Trade enhancement through the standardization and simplification of customs procedures will be one o

Major Refiners Hike Crude Buying PricesA number of major oil refiners announced last week th

Consumers Power Co. will stop taking coal deliveries from Peabody Coal Co. next month, and will star

New England could face electricity shortages as early as 1990 if a decision blocking proposed Canadi

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

G-7 Finance Officials Plan September MeetFinance ministers and central bank governors from t

New Amtrak Station Slated for OctoberDENAIR, Calif. - An Amtrak passenger train station at D

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Business executives are the most heavily represented group on federal advisory commissions named by

Direct foreign investment in Japan has increased in recent years but is smaller and growing far more

At least 200,000 workers will commute into the nine-county San Francisco Bay area by 2005 to meet th

Russ Banham has joined The Journal of Commerce, a Knight-Ridder newspaper, as insurance editor, repl

Unocal Corp. says it won't install fluidized bed combustion technology at its Parachute Creek Oil Sh

It is so basic in concept that every schoolkid understands it instinctively, but it is often ignored

Heavy-Duty Drain Rids Equipment of FluidsA heavy-duty drain from Britain for use on compress

CompuChem Corp. announced that its subsidiary, CompuChem Laboratories Inc., was awarded $6.3 million

Canada's second largest airline has decided to give Air Canada more competition in cargo sales by in

Chief public relations officers of the nation's major railroad systems convene this morning at the G

CSX Transportation's Distribution Services business unit opened a new Bulk Intermodal Distribution S

MANY TRUCKING ANALYSTS BELIEVE THE CURRENT INDUSTRY PRICE WAR will not abate until some of the exces

A settlement offer by Lloyd's of London and leading insurance brokers to help cover losses of the fo

Hapag-Lloyd (America) Inc. named Wolf Hagen senior vice president, sales, a new title. He will cont

James Clayton Stewart, a retired merchant seaman from Mobile, Ala., had been feeling ill, with pains

The Supreme Court authorized the use of warrantless searches of businesses reg ulated by state and l

India: Update 1987, Investment Opportunities for U.S. Companies. Seminar sponsored by the Trade Deve

Cockerill, the Belgian steel company interested in buying about a half-million tons of spot coking c

U.S. coal production of 498 million metric tons of oil equivalent (mtoe) last year represented 21.2

Small U.S. companies can export profitably if they are willing to weather some initial frustration,

The U.S. dollar rose in thin trading Friday after getting a big lift from a major Mideast order to b

Despite the specter of regional overcapacity, the Malaysian Inter national Shipping Corp. is looking

Massachusetts fire officials say it will be at least today before a partial containerload of six ton

A day-long House hearing into aspects of the Reagan administration's plans to bring Kuwaiti-owned ta