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India produces four times as much wheat and almost twice as much rice as it did in the 1960s. But In

Ocean carriers are direct employers of International Longshoremen's Association labor, even when the

The father of the most distinctive landmarks on the lower Manhattan skyline retired from the Port Au

Tower Commission WASHINGTON - President Reagan "did not seem to be aware" of the full conseq

Crowley Maritime Corp. agreed in principle with United States Lines Inc. to acquire USL's South Amer

The United States and Canada could arrive at the broad outlines of an historic free trade agreement

For now, Brazil's top financial officials are wrapping a political mantle around Brazil's internatio

Since the Chernobyl nuclear disaster early last year, a question reverberating in the U.S. coal expo

Representatives of the textile, footwear, steel, chemical and metalworking industries and labor unio

Westmoreland Coal Co. earnings should improve in the fourth quarter this year, as a result of a stre

A unit of Fluor Corp. was awarded a contract by Union Carbide Corp. The value of the contract was no

The board of directors of Consumers Power Co. announced that it will recommend forming a holding co

Venezuela, following in the footsteps of its South American neighbor Colombia, is getting set to cro

NY Utility Converts Units to Burn CoalPOUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - Central Hudson Gas & Electric Co.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has increased its reserve base by being the apparent high bidder on 39 prod

Memtek Corp., Billerica, Mass., and E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, agreed to jointly dev

Dow to Hike Phenol PricesMIDLAND, Mich. - Dow Chemical U.S.A. is increasing its selling pric

Canadian Shipments Increase in ValueShipments by Canadian plastics processors (custom, propr

International Minerals & Chemical Corp. signed a contract for the acquisition of Pitman-Moore, a maj

Squibb Corp. Triples EarningsPRINCETON, N.J. - Squibb Corp. reported fourth quarter net inco

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC reported fourth quarter net income of $169 million, or $1.04 an Ame

Aeroport de Paris, or ADP, the French public authority managing the 14airports in the greate

At least 2,000 Western Airlines employees will be required to move from the carrier's Los Angeles he

A county supervisor wants the port of Oakland to investigate allegations that Southern Air Transport

U.S. exports of fertilizer to China, one of the world's greatest consumers, are likely to drop again

Britain has its Egon Ronay, France has its Michelein and we have our Mobil Travel Guide. Eve

Hopes are fading in Australia that a new aviation agreement will be negotiated with the United State

Boeing 767 Testing Being Held in BoliviaLA PAZ, Bolivia - The first high-altitude airport te

Two European airlines, Sabena, the Belgian state carrier, and Scandinavian Airlines System are conti

A government official defended Thailand's proposal to restore the infamous ''death railway," and sai

The airline industry said the federal government once again is acting in bad faith by collecting use

ABC Rail Corp. bought the railroad wheel, brake shoe and track work manufacturing unit of IC Industr

Motor Carrier Revenue Rose 1.3 percent in QuarterALEXANDRIA, Va. - Motor carrier revenue in

After a 10-hour-long meeting with the government Wednesday, leaders of striking truck drivers Thurs

Thomas Brooke, president of irregular route carrier Frederick Transport of Dundas (just outside the

For the week ended Feb. 14, 1987, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equ

IU International Reports GainIU International Corp. reported fourth quarter earnings of $17.

Port of Chicago officials have undertaken a major drive to lure business into the port district's fo

White House Report On Trade to Be SecretThe Reagan administration told Congress this week it

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