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A Japanese steelmaker tentatively plans to build a $60 million silicon production plant here that wi

Several shippers leasing railcars from General American Transportation Corp. are spending less time

Flying Tiger Line's 2,200 machinists approved a three-year contract late Tuesday that calls for sala

Supplies of key petroleum products ran counter to seasonal trends, with distillate increasing slight

A sugar industry leader predicts consumers will pay higher prices and may even run into some shortag

EVAL Co. DedicatesResin PlantThe EVAL Co. of America dedicated its first grass roots

The International Trade Commission voted, three to two, to allow continuation of the investigation o

Direct air service between the United States and Peru may resume June 12 under an agreement signed b

Lufthansa German Airlines is throwing its technological muscle behind CAAC, China's national airline

'No Room to Cut Rates,' Bundesbank SaysThere is no room to cut West German interest rates, t

Wednesday, Dec. 17, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE Daily Industrial Materials Price Index of Sensitive Spot Commodity Prices on

There are some things you can depend on: Night follows day, autumn gives way to winter, and low esti

T'WAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS: The strike last October by some 30,000 members of the Internationa

The U.S. economy, bolstered by a surge in car sales, expanded at an annual rate of 2.8 percent from

Cargill Inc. said it's pulling out of the life insurance and property and casualty reinsurance busin

After-tax profits of U.S. corporations rose a revised 5.5 percent in the third quarter to a seasonal

NY Power Authority To Buy New IcebreakerNew York Power Authority trustees have given the go-

Even as Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis prepared to sign a drunk driving law - said to be among t

Scientists have begun testing an AIDS vaccine on humans in Zaire, surprising many researchers who be

NO CHANGE IS EXPECTED in Peabody Holding Co. operations once Newmont Mining Co., New York, acquires

A federal jury in Brooklyn ordered a Long Island gasoline retailer to forfeit $4.7 million and 36 of

American President Lines threw a lifeline to West Germany's troubled shipbuilding industry with a re

The worldwide slump in the shipping industry will even take its toll on the world's most successful

The European Community Commission praised the accord between the 12 EC states to cut milk and beef o

Wharf-side rail connections and bold, expensive actions away from the waterfront will be needed for

A $500 million tax case before the Supreme Court will shape the course of the trucking industry's 19

The most attractive part of XTRA Corp. is its container leasing business, says an official of the co

Economic growth will continue nationally in 1987, but at the same slow-to- moderate pace it did duri

Poland's Communist Party Central Committee opened a key two-day meeting on the economy and heard a s

The British Airports Authority PLC, which manages seven key airports, hopes that its privatization n

Raymond Levy, the new chairman of France's state-owned Renault car company, said he will continue t

U.S. computer companies are apparently taking a harder line toward Brazil's computer trade and inves

Leaseway Completes Car Hauler AcquisitionLeaseway Transportation Corp. said it completed its

Seiko to Acquire French WatchmakerHattori Seiko Co., a leading Japanese watch and clock prod

Southern Air Transport, a carrier involved in arms shipments to Iran and Nicaraguan rebels and forme

Zurich Move Puts BolinderNext in LineSCHAUMBURG, Ill. - Zurich-American Insurance Gr

The St. Lawrence Seaway, hurt in recent years by a shift in cargo shipping to rail and trucks, appea

A California assemblyman thinks propane users should enjoy the same tax benefit that residential nat

Brooklyn Union Gas Co. says it plans to drastically increase its purchases of natural gas from spot