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If the Harland and Wolff shipyard hadn't diversified from being strictly a merchant shipyard, it "wo

Florida TaxWatch, a non-profit governmental watchdog commission, has criticized the state insurance

Next stop for many short-line and regional railroads - the Electronic Data Interchange station.<

Sea-Land Service Inc. is opening a new Pacific Northwest headquarters in Seattle, Wash., to accommod

The growth of the municipal bond insurance industry will increasingly depend on its creativity to de

Firms continue to cram into Manhattan because the island has become a sort of massive front office f

Worldwide fear of the killer disease AIDS has brought a bevy of new customers flocking to the dirty,

Banco Central SA, a major private banking group headquartered in Madrid, Spain, filed a registration

A New York health insurance firm's treatment of its 1.8 million subscribers is unconscionable if not

Commerce to Report On Income, SpendingThe Commerce Department reports on personal income and

GENERAL NEWS Observers greeted a flurry of government economic reports with relief. Page 1AG

Industry insiders are saying that Cummins Engine Co.'s medium-duty engines may have trouble finding

United States Lines Inc. has received permission from a U.S. bankruptcy court to sell its customer m

American Airlines is transporting more than people these days. The Dallas-based airline beli

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The Investment Company Institute representing the mutual funds industry said it is planning form an

WORLD BANK PAKISTAN - $152 million to help Pakistan complete rebuilding of the country's maj

Efforts by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to improve world trade rules and their observa

While they would not like it to be known, some 48 percent of British women wear a U.S. size 14 (Brit

Bob MacDonald is back again. The former president and chief executive of ITT Life Insurance

Connaught Laboratories Inc. announced it will cut the price of DTP sold in North Carolina, pending

Inside a small house in Tokyo, the family woke in terror. A deep rumble shook the floor as they hudd

The Latin American Economic System, a 25-nation group which promotes regional cooperation and develo

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OPIC Extends Cover To Qatar and BahrainThe Overseas Private Investment Corp. extended its in

A new type of nuclear reactor fuel offers built-in safeguards against meltdowns and underscores the

Central Power & Light Co., Corpus Christi, Texas, has narrowed its list of potential spot coal suppl

Petroleum Analysts Elect Ryan PresidentJohn F. Ryan Jr., vice president and senior energy an

Portuguese President Mario Soares invited U.S. business executives to take part in his country's eco

Canada's chief priority at the Venice summit of industrialized nations will be to push for significa

Three Firms Join Railroad AssociationThe American Short Line Railroad Association announced

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

William Smythe is worried about the small players in the junk bond market, not the sophisticated par

The U.S. business community must lead the way in making the United States more competitive in intern

Two-Resin Compound Simplifies SealingA British firm developed a two-resin-based compound tha

Orders for U.S.-produced machine tools continued their downward trend, falling in April to 32.8 perc

The pace of oil exploration is showing signs of picking up again in the North Sea off this port city

The Maritime Administration has heard from just about everyone on how it should proceed with the con

Two U.K. companies, Balfour Beatty and Northern Engineering Industries are close to clinching a 200

The U.S. economy will face some "very real dangers" during the next six months, but come Jan. 1, 198