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W.J. Amoss Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. Inc., favors retai

Premier Richard Hatfield will appear before a special Commons committee soon to explain why New Brun

Consolidated Gets Nod For Marketing UnitConsolidated Natural Gas Co. said it received author

Long Island Lighting Co. hired a new president last January after the post had been vacant for about

Howard C. Homeyer, Texas Eastern Gas Pipeline Co. president, testified recently that the company is

Toxic chemical contamination at a railyard outside Philadelphia was the worst ever found by investig

Bayer AG is being sued in West Germany and the United States over the sale of its hemophilia drugs t

Tall Oil Rosin Surplus Shrinks, Market FirmsThe U.S. tall oil rosin market strengthened due

McDonnell-Douglas' MD-11 on Wednesday seemed to be the top favorite for replacing the 11 DC-10s on S

Corporate controllers and business planners are more optimistic about the economy, in a turnaround f

EC-Comecon Talks GENEVA - Experts from Western and Eastern Europe met Wednesday for new talk

Thomas W. Teddy" Gleason, the peppery Irishman who has led the International Longshoremen's Associat

The scheduled expiration of general nuclear facility insurance under the Price-Anderson Act has prom

Most citizens of the European Community doubt their region will achieve superpower status by the yea

Pennsylvania lawmakers are calling for an investigation into the automobile insurance market.

The dollar and pound sterling moved up slightly Wednesday in relatively quiet foreign exchange marke

A two-year-old subsidy program has caused a spurt in U.S. wheat exports to markets once dominated by

Latin Coffee Producers Reportedly Set MeetingLatin American coffee producers will meet this

President Reagan, in a concession to Canada, announced the United States will seek $2.5 billion over

It's not that they're unsure about the future, but some company officials are going around with diff

Spring and summer 1988 textile collections from some 300 leading U.S. and international manufacturer

After an 11-year effort, a Canadian consortium has won a C$25.8 million contract to equip Hong Kong

Great Lakes interests voiced fear about a proposed opening of U.S. and Canadian domestic shipping tr

A western Canadian export sulfur terminal is close to completing a major modernization program, to b

Sandoz AG, the Basel chemical company that came under wide criticism after a toxic spill polluted th

The European Community has taken another step toward liberalizing the airline industry by ordering t

A House subcommittee reacted to Fujitsu Ltd.'s recent attempt to acquire Fairchild Semiconductor Cor

The retirement of Thomas W. Gleason - Teddy" to the shipping world - will leave an enormous gap to b

Silver Ledge Inc., a Montana company, has acquired stock and assets of Clearfield Companies Inc. of

Oregon coastal pilots are refusing to guide deep-draft ships into the port of Newport on Yaquina Bay

Western Europe's economic recovery, fueled last year by cheaper oil and faster consumer spending, is

Royal Nedlloyd Group is walking a tightrope, nursing its worldwide shipping business through the pro

Heated Pot Furnaces Used for Melting GlassA Swedish company has developed electrically heate

American Hoechst Corp. reported increased earnings and sales for 1986 compared with 1985. Ne

One year after its creation, the international courier affiliate of the French post office has prove

Aero Services International Inc. lost $103,000 in its first fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31, compared w

GENERAL NEWS House subcommittees continued to work quickly on major sections of the omnibus

Chase Manhattan Corp. introduced a new kind of certificate of deposit - one that will provide a high

Prices for moving a 40-foot ocean container of cargo eastbound across the Pacific will stay the same

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