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Pratt & Whitney has announced that nearly 2,000 salaried workers in four states have agreed to early

The chairman of the National Petroleum Council, an advisory group to the president and Congress mad

The prospects of an improved export picture for U.S. farmers is bleak, agriculture officials say, un

Although P-I-E Nationwide Inc. claims to have developed the industry's first electronic bill of ladi

Officials from the world's eight leading coffee exporting countries decided Friday to call a full me

The West German railroad is losing millions of marks because of the French rail strike that began D

Foreign capital flowing into West Germany last November set a record monthly high, according to the

Reeves Transportation Buys Carpet ServicesPRESTON, Md. - Preston Corp.'s Reeves Transportati

The Flying Tiger Line continues its battle to prevent Cargolux Airlines International from beginning

Illinois Central Gulf Debt Ratings ConfirmedMoody's Investors Service confirmed the debt rat

Argentine farmers in 1986-87 planted 3.4 percent less corn at 3.493 million hectares and 23 percent

A study group of the American Bar Association recommends changes in tort law to deal with the crisis

Health Insurance WASHINGTON - The new chairman of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Commi

Mexico Renews Pact For Oil Sales to IsraelMexico renewed its contract to sell 40,000 barrels

Greater confidentiality in service contracts with ocean carriers will be a major goal of shippers -

The New York State Bar Association, in a letter last Friday to Gov. Mario Cuomo and state legislator

Tony Hawke grimaces when foreign visitors praise this southern African nation's productive farmers,

Target Names Willson As Overseer in CanadaTarget Airfreight Inc. said it selected Willson Fr

Americans took out $4.02 billion more in consumer debt than they paid off in November, the lowest mo

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Marvin Wooten cleared the way for McLean Trucking Co. to pay about 3,650 forme

American Hoechst Corp. announced that its tender offer for all ofthe outstanding shares of common st

Bank of Japan authorities will "intervene forcefully" in foreign exchange markets in an ongoing atte

The Mediterranean-USA Shipping Conference, covering routes from southern Europe and the Mediterranea

The degree of official protection for rice production in Japan is nine times that of the United Stat

Malaysia Rice Board To Reduce ImportsKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia will try to reduce ri

Conservationalists Hit Plan for Calif. ForestSAN FRANCISCO - The Wilderness Society has issu

McDonnell Douglas Corp. has notified customers that deliveries from its Long Beach aircraft plant wi

Four years ago, the first sale of a crude oil futures contract threatened to set the oil industry on

A severe cold wave disrupted production at the Tyumen gas and oil fields in western Siberia and is t

Venezuela denied that it has been approached officially by the United States to form a common energy

G.D. Searle & Co. announced that Cytotec (misoprostol), the first anti-ulcerdrug designed bo

Arco Chemical Co. announced the completion of the sale of its Arco Building Products units, ChemLink

Empremar, the national line of Chile, is suspending its two-vessel non- conference liner service bet

Faced with growing economic problems, Communist Yugoslavia plans to adopt constitutional changes op

A Guinness family member said that he and his family don't want the embattled chairman and chief exe

A more market-oriented world agricultural trading system is a top Reagan administration priority in

COMMERCE CHATTER: Senate Commerce Committee this week expected to name the subcommittees that will

Cascara Bark Mart Remains Soft The market for cascara sagrada bark remains soft and is expec

Concorde flights between the West Coast and Hawaii may become available soon. A charter tour

Columbus New Zealand Rejoins E. Coast ServiceNEW YORK Columbus Line's Columbus New Zealan