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An investment partnership Thursday dropped its hostile $278.7 million bid to acquire Gelco Corp., af

Profit Freight Systems established a surface hub and spoke system in Columbus, Ohio, to support its

Britain intends to enter into bilateral talks with its European Community partners on air rights aft

Airborne Express Inc. urged the Federal Aviation Administration to adopt standard nationwide procedu

JAL Considers Revamp To Curtail Labor CostsJapan Air Lines is considering a reorganization o

For the week ended Nov. 1, 1986, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equa

BANKING COMMERZBANK (Frankfurt, West Germany) - Klaus Mueller-Gabel was named managing direc

A tobacco shop in Peking lost its electricity, heat and water supply after the manager refused to gi

U.S.-Japanese talks on a U.S. demand that Japan cut back some machine tool exports to this country a

The ports in Oregon and Washington are helping to boost growth in the Pacific Northwest, according t

PRODUCTIVITY is a buzzword again in Washington as Reagan administration officials, searching for new

Pepsi-Cola Co. says it intends to sue Coca-Cola Co. over the recent decision by Wendy's Internationa

Analysts Report Output Continues to Edge UpU.S. industrial production continued to increase

A leading economist who advises President Reagan on economic policy is urging a tax increase to curb

GENERAL NEWS A Reagan administration adviser urged a personal income tax hike to head off a

Iran Arms Deal NEW YORK - An Israeli businessman accused of plotting to smuggle U.S. weapons

Top Stories Two years after its official debut, the Caribbean Basin Initiative is beginning

The West German insurers of Sandoz AG, the major Swiss chemical company responsible for a chemical s

Leaseway Transportation Corp. was sold to a management-led investor's group in a leveraged buy-out v

Weary negotiators for the International Longshoremen's Association and waterfront management resumed

The Chicago & North Western Transportation Co., in an effort to spur new interest among coal users i

One of the likely plot lines for the 1987 chapter of the drama pitting insurers against the U.S. civ

New Process EnhancesCompact DiscGeneral Electric Plastics, a major supplier of Lexan

Merck Sharp & Dohme announced the introduction in the United States of PEPCID (Famotidine, MSD) for

Results of a major new study on the costs of operating a retail fertilizer business reveal that dry-

Phelps Dodge Corp. announced it has agreed to purchase Columbian Chemicals Co., a privately owned ma

The poisoning of the Rhine River has highlighted the longstanding pollution of the two largest river

Production of the combined nutrient groups was 8 percent lower in September 1986, compared with Sept

Argentine Sunseed Crop Expected to Set RecordBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Sunseed production in

Formosa Plastics Corp. awarded Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. a contract to supply proprietary te

Ashland Chemical Co. is making its VIC coatings technology available through license in the European

The European Community's executive commission proposed a package of emergency measures Thursday aime

Consumption growth rates of 10 percent to 15 percent a year for some specialty surfactants and non-p

Senior Argentine traders here have raised their estimates for Argentina's 1986-87 (April-March) whea

A new risk retention group is soliciting companies interested in insuring against environmental poll

Royal Insurance PLC, Britain's largest general lines insurer, announced pretax profits for the first

The partial embargo of U.S. grain sales to the Soviet Union six years agodid not accomplish its goal

FMC Asked to Expedite Review of Seattle PactThe port of Seattle and Hanjin Container Lines L

Executives of Hitachi Zosen Corp., Japan's third-largest shipbuilder, announced acceptance by their

Cost-cutting and cargo increases have enabled the Port of Houston Authority to show a profit for the