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Police have arrested 28 striking railway workers for allegedly assaulting or intimidating employees

International Business Machines Corp. elected Kaspar V. Cassani and Jack D. Kuehler executive vice p

ICC Votes to Cut Reporting RulesThe Interstate Commerce Commission voted to significantly re

The government's main gauge of future economic activity rose a healthy 0.7 percent in February, the

Franklyn A. Caine was elected vice president and treasurer of United Technologies Corp., a diversifi

The House of Representatives easily mustered the two-thirds vote necessary to override President Rea

Brazil is waiting for U.S. regional banks to decide whether to renew their share of $15 billion in s

Mack Trucks Inc. announced plans to relocate jobs from its world headquarters in Allentown unless an

GENERAL NEWS The government's main gauge of future economic activity rose a healthy 0.7 perc

Top officials of the Reagan administration played down the adverse reaction of financial markets to

Campbell Soup Co. is moving away from home. With Americans eating out more and more, the 118

GENERAL NEWS The government's main gauge of future economic activity rose a healthy 0.7 perc

State-owned Canadian National Railways has commissioned consultants Booz, Allen & Hamilton, of New Y

BellSouth International, a Atlanta-based telecommunications company, said it entered into an agreeme

When the Ariadne - a cargo vessel with its hold full of toxic chemicals - recently foundered at the

Risk managers are starting to wear fig leaves. Not in the literal sense, but as they cope wi

Occidental Raises Phenolic Resin PriceOccidental Chemical Corp. announced a price increase f

In the brave new world of intermodal transportation, there are still many shippers who prefer the tr

Henkel Corp., the U.S. subsidiary of Henkel, KGaA of West Germany, completed the acquisition of the

Nigeria, Africa's leading oil producer, is striving to develop its long- neglected coal industry, bu

The heated market for styrene monomer has "made it easier for the price of benzene to come up in som

European motorists will get their first U.S.-style quick lube service next week when Jiffy Lube Inte

Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., unveiled a new legislative proposal to provide $3.5 bil

Hanson Industries, the U.S. arm of Hanson Trust PLC, announced the sale of PCR Inc., a specialty che

NRC Orders Shutdown Of Peach Bottom PlantPhiladelphia Electric Co. was ordered by the U.S. N

Inflationary fears sparked by the U.S. dollar's latest slide and rising precious metals prices will

W.R. Grace & Co. announced that its European Darex division has begun a $20 million project to doubl

BASF Group sales in 1986 reached $18.8 billion, a decline of 8.8 percent against 1985, according to

The Panamanian-registered tanker Xylos was reported sinking Tuesday in the southern sector of the Pe

A slowdown to protest wage cuts at Todd Shipyards in San Francisco turned into a wildcat strike that

The 1987 navigation season on the St. Lawrence Seaway opened Tuesday on an optimistic note, although

The U.S. dollar was steady in relatively quiet trading Tuesday, with smallgains against all

Arch Mineral Corp. renewed its bid to acquire Diamond Shamrock Coal Co. and is engaged in negotiatio

A federal judge rejected Crowley Maritime Corp.'s request for a court order to end picketing agains

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is asking the government for $59.6 million - $2.1 mill

Shippers face an additional tax starting today. The U.S. Customs Service Monday published in

Salvors have taken a body from the hull of a British ferry that capsized March 6 as it left this por

Avondale Industries Inc. has completed its corporate divorce with approval of workers in 10 states f

Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), the Japanese shipping company, has bought a 14 percent interest in Stolt

Three major carriers operating in Alaska are looking to Hawaii for reliefbecause of dismal p