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GENERAL NEWS A mammoth optical-fiber cable system to link the United States to Asia is under

Federal inspectors generally are doing a good job protecting the nation's meat and poultry supplies,

Franchise Expositions Set for Eight US CitiesThe International Franchise Association will ho

A TORRENT OF PAPER crosses the journalist's desk each day from companies, associations and governmen

The amount of gold mined in Indonesia in the first four months of the year exceeded that for all of

Following passage of federal dredging legislation last year, work has begun on deepening of Hampton

Fri., May 22, 1987 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.K

Customs officers at the port of Dover, Britain's busiest English Channel port, began a three-day str

American Short Line Railroad Assoc., 1987 Western/Southwestern regional meeting, June 1-3. Embassy S

Metal Detectors Urged For Calif. SawmillsFORT BRAGG, Calif. - A timber workers union has ask

Mitsubishi Computer Planned for Space UseMitsubishi Electric Corp., a leading Japanese elect

Whatever the contradictions, Western classical music is strongly on the upbeat in this land of exoti

Himont Inc. posted first quarter net income of $50.9 million, or 83 cents a share, compared with $18

A State Department official said the United States is philosophically committed to a deregulated env

The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to review a lower court ruling that bars Milwaukee Road shareholde

Waterman Steamship Corp. objected to a proposed doubling of service by Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. bet

Sequoia Creative Inc.'s workshop is a fantasy factory. In one corner lies King Kong's hand w

A contest for youngsters to come up with ideas on how to promote British goods has somewhat backfire

Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone ordered Japan's Management and Coordination Agency to launch an imm

Agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng said the United States will press for quick international agreeme

Half the flights by the French domestic airline Air Inter were expected to be grounded by a pilots'

"Australia is in the position of being in a David and Goliath fight against one of the world's large

A Canadian merchant bank has come to the aid of cash-strapped Versatile Corp. of Vancouver, which is

Strength in grain and chemical loadings in the first quarter of this year led rail traffic through t

An explosive device that crippled a Soviet oil tanker in the Persian Gulf on May 17 may have been de

The threat of another trade war between Europe and the United States was lifted, at least temporaril

Australian cattle producers have called for a ban on DDT insecticide after reports that traces of th

The Middle East Economic Survey has listed the 11 state-owned tankers due to be registered under the

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

May 26 Baltic International Freight Futures ExchangePrev.Close High Low

A University of Michigan engineering professor says automobiles of the future will feature electroni

Brazil's trade problems are likely to get even worse in the wake of Citicorp's decision last week to

GENERAL NEWS A mammoth optical-fiber cable system to link the United States to Asia is under

Federated Group, a chain that sells stereos, televisions and other consumer electronics, has reporte

General Re Corp. is not the subject of a criminal investigation into an alleged antitrust conspiracy

A U.S. oil major Tuesday signed a production-sharing contract with Indonesia, the third to do so thi

Mines and Energy Minister Subroto said Tuesday demand for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Co

Consumers Reorganizes Into Holding CompanyJACKSON, Michigan - Consumers Power Co., Michigan'

Despite improvements in food processing and storage, up to 20 percent of all food products still spo

The Supreme Court ruled that federal labor law, not state tort law, controls suits by workers agains