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Quaker State Oil Refining Corp. announced plans to open an additional 150 Minit-Lube fast lubricatio

The chairman of the House Merchant Marine Committee charged the Reagan administration with systemati

Bristol-Myers Co. will seek Food and Drug Administration approval this month for human tests of an A

The Port Authority of Genoa says 217 vessels, including 100 containerships, have been diverted to ot

After years of record growth in freight activities, the port of Nantes-Saint- Na zaire, the fourth-l

BIBLICAL IMAGES were invoked as the Senate Budget Committee formally prepared to draft a spending pl

A U.S.-European Community tiff over kraft paper products threatens a proposed international customs

Evergreen Line and Sea-Land Service, two of the biggest names in ocean shipping, are not part of the

The signals from Brazil to its creditors are not being relayed directly, but the message seems clear

Thomas W. Gleason, the dominant figure in Atlantic and Gulf waterfront labor relations for 24 years,

The biggest success in Mexico today is a skinny 12-ounce bottle with two cryptic creatures on its em

Four months after passage of Superfund II, state and federal environmental regulators are uneasy abo

Morton Thiokol Inc. announced the creation of a joint venture company with Yokohama Rubber Co., Toky

United States domestic oil production continued to decline in February while demand continued to ris

The U.S. dollar and the pound sterling drifted lower Thursday in extremely slow, lackluster trading.

American Express Co. Thursday confirmed reports from Japan that the company and its subsidiary, She

NJ Firm Announces Venezuelan InvestmentCARACAS, Venezuela - Englehard Corp., a New Jersey-ba

Texaco Inc. is asking an appeals court to order a new trial in its litigation with Pennzoil Co., cl

GENERAL NEWS One of the nation's most successful securities brokers will plead guilty to two

The World Wildlife Fund urged the International Tropical Timber Organization to replace current log

President Reagan's decision to seek $2.5 billion to combat acid rain won government praise as a sign

Kenneth D. Merin, New Jersey's insurance commissioner, is an attorney who knows his way around Capit

Brazilian Beef Output To Exceed '86 LevelThe U.S. agricultural counselor in Brasilia has for

Rails Get Extension To Adopt ICC RuleRailroads have until May 15 to cancel tariffs containin

Drivers at a truck stop in wide-open Nebraska said raising the speed limit to 65 mph on stretches of

After years of wallowing in heavy swells, Singapore's shipping industry appears to be sailing back i

A federal bankruptcy court will allow Chemical Bank to advance $4 million in cash to United States L

Representatives from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the Organization of Arab Pet

Kuwaiti Oil Minister Sheik Ali Khalifa al-Sabah predicted Wednesday thatpressure on the Org

Most Long Islanders probably don't realize how close they came to freezing in the dark Feb. 9.

Aristech Maps Plans To Increase CapacityThomas Marshall, chairman and chief executive office

Xerox Corp. introduced a new engineering copier that can make five 36-inch wide copies in a minute a

Thomas W. Gleason has been a central figure in the ILA since 1951, when he led a wildcat strike in o

Calif. Companies Plan Philippine InvestmentsTwo California firms - Amerasian Development Cor

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A coalition of Chilean growers and U.S. fruit distributors filed a lawsuit in federal court here see

The indictment of a key House subcommittee chairman deepens the uncertainty surrounding efforts to p

The Virginia Port Authority hopes to divert 5 percent of landbridge cargo to Hampton Roads by establ

Puerto Rican Office Of FMC OperatingThe Federal Maritime Commission assured the shipping pub

Kerr Steamship Co. has reorganized into three divisions - one responsible for ''K" Line, one in char