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Mobil Sets ExpansionOf Joliet UnitMobil Chemical Co.'s Polystyrene Business Group an

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. obtained exclusive marketing rights to an advanced system for monitori

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

European shipowners are still digesting the dramatic news that United States Lines had filed for Cha

Malcom McLean's grand designs for United States Lines haven't exactly worked out the way he planned,

The New York Stock Exchange said it is reviewing the eligibility for continued listing of McLean Ind

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Hyman Freightways Operating BarberST. PAUL, Minn. - Hyman Freightways received temporary ope

Iran Says Output Cut Vital to Oil Price HikeNICOSIA, Cyprus - An Iranian government official

Cheysson in Brazil BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community's commissioner for Latin Ameri

Anti-apartheid campaigners here will be stepping up their efforts to persuade the more than 100 U.K.

The champagne corks were popping in a central city hotel Tuesday as executives of the Garrett Group

A high-level U.S. transportation mission in Asia for nearly three weeks to promote equal opportuniti

Existing homes were sold at an annual rate of 3.76 million units in October, the second highest leve

Rising stocks of U.S. soymeal and soyoil are slowing the weekly soybean crush and hitting crushing

A West German container vessel found itself at the center of a bizarre incident at Buenos Aires dock

North Central Maritime, Duluth, Minn., asked the Maritime Administration for permission to sell the

A public opinion poll indicates support for a wide range of solutions to the liability insurance pro

Ocean Transport Escapes TakeoverNew Zealand financier Ron Brierley, who has built up stakes

Combustion Engineering Inc. was awarded a $115 million contract by the Arizona Nuclear Power Project

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Black labor leaders still favor U.S. corporate disinvestment from South Africa, but they are concern

McLean Industries Inc. and two of its subsidiaries, United States Lines Inc. and United States Lines

Private sector direct investment abroad by Japan is rapidly approaching an overall total of $130 bil

BANKINGSouth African business executives term Barclays Bank's pullout from South Africa a se

A port's labor force can be one of a port authority's most valuable marketing tools, the executive d

China has conducted one-third of the world's radioactive breeding of grain and other agricultural pr

The 41,578-deadweight-ton U.S.-flag barge carrier Stonewall Jackson, en route Aqaba for Hampton Road

Iran's oil exports fell 20 percent last week because of bad weather, an authoritative weekly economi

Two environmental groups have gone to court to block a port of Oakland airport expansion, charging t

A growing trend among major railroads is to spin off unprofitable branches to short lines that revi

Fruehauf to Offer Debt SecuritiesFruehauf Holdings Inc. filed with the Securities and Exchan

Sears in Agreement CHICAGO - Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Hagemeyer NV, a general trading comp

The Federal Aviation Administration has taken the first steps toward replacing and improving a key p

The Canadian area of the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union has gone to court to

Malaysian Tin Output Rose in SeptemberMalaysian tin production in September totaled 2,559 me

As it became apparent that United States Lines' heavy losses and huge debt would compel its owners t

A major insurance group covering professional and college athletes will write no new policies on foo

As the port of Tacoma's budget director revealed a new 30-acre container terminal on the drawing boa

Carbide Assets Seen Enough to Meet ClaimsNEW DELHI, India - A government official told parli