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Waltco Is Acquired By Swedish CompanyGARDENA, Calif. - Waltco Truck Equipment Co., a leading

Truck hauls for transporting goods from landlocked Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi through the Northern C

When United States Lines filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the federal bankru

Standard & Poor's, the rating agency, affirmed Knight-Ridder Inc.'s "AA-" senior debt and "A-1+" com

Electronic systems will control the truck of the future, but it may still be years before a central

Canada is expected to ask next month for a General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade panel to rule whet

U.S. underwear maker International Playtex Inc. has sold all its South African assets to local manag

The decision by United States Lines to file for Chapter 11 and terminate two of its major services i

Union representatives from 27 countries were told that aggressiveness by employers is increasingly m

Maj. Lonnie Craig, a former Virginia State Police investigator, Tuesday was named chief of the Virgi

Canadian Minister of International Trade Pat Carney met with Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Min

Britain's trade in goods and services with the rest of the world is likely to be in substantial defi

Representatives from 28 consulates here have formed an alliance to help promote trade between their

Nestle and other major Swiss companies will not leave South Africa in protest against Pretoria's apa

Japan won more time from the United States and European Community to solve disputes on opening its m

France's balance of payments surplus rose to an estimated 8.4 billion francs in the third quarter on

The Greeks have received an early Christmas present from their Socialist government: a theoretical t

Ershad to Meet Saudis DHAKA, Bangladesh - President Hussain Muhammad Ershad will visit Saudi

West German-owned Volkswagen North America is betting on a South American auto import next year to s

New Age, New Zealand Plan Joint VentureSALT LAKE CITY, Utah - New Age Corp. shareholders app

Representatives of seven South Pacific nations signed an environmental convention banning the dumpin

Bankers and reporters were gobbling hors d'oeuvres and sipping drinks in a stately, wood-paneled roo

Northern Asia will be the center of banking and general economic growth in the region over the next

A new regulation giving enterprises with foreign investment the right to employ workers independentl

An accord is near on limiting exports of machine tools from Taiwan to the United States, a spokesman

2 Named VPs For DivisionsOf Sea-LandMENLO PARK, N.J. - Sea-Land Corp. named Gary T.

PERCEPTIONS: We're back in 1981, when inflationary expectations had a life of their own, not necessa

The next chairman of the Senate Finance Committee wants to work as closely as possible with the Reag

GENERAL NEWS General Motors faces a major war and intends to win. Page 2AForty workers wil

Singapore's economy appears likely to maintain its slow recovery, barring any major upsets in the co

It is perhaps the wrong season for this. But the Great Grizzly of the automotive world is coming out

The Export-Import Bank plans to offer up to $200 million in subsidized credits to finance U.S. high-

The U.S. trade deficit is about to start slowly but steadily declining, despite mixed signals from t

Charles I. Hiltzheimer, new president and chief executive of McLean Industries Inc., said subsidiary

Reverse floating rate yen notes are the latest innovation in the Euromarkets. Six such issue

Thirty leading colleges and universities have launched their own insurance company. They sai

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Federal and California officials have ended 26 years of negotiations by signing an agreement to coor

IMF Director Assures Philippines on TalksMANILA, Philippines - The director of the Asian Div

Larry Killeen, port of Tacoma executive director, has been elected to the board of the American Asso