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Revisions in gasoline dealers' excise tax collection procedures will be the biggest problem oil mark

Supermarkets soon may be selling milk made from a natural resource slightly smaller than a cow. The

A five-year agreement between the United States and 16 island countries providing for U.S. tuna fish

International air cargo tonnage grew only 3 percent last year, and the results for the first seven m

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The Conference Board said the leading indexes for the world's major industrial countries are pointin

Texas Air Corp. said it is negotiating to reduce the $122 million purchase price it agreed to pay fo

Thailand's Zinc Exports Down by Half This YearThailand's zinc ingot exports in September tot

Asian Parleys TAIWAN - The U.S. and Taiwan governments begin talks today on opening Taiwan's

The United States and Japan agreed on final details of a reduction in Japanese tariffs on aluminum,

Zacharkow Gets New PostIn ContinentalGeorge S. Zacharkow, chairman of Continental Co

The Drug Enforcement Administration doesn't think Linea Marlago knew that 4,620 pounds of cocaine w

A prolonged labor-employer conflict risks paralyzing the port of Quebec for the whole winter, said t

Longshore union officials in Quebec dismissed as "pure fantasy" allegations of interference by U.S.

Avery Inc. announced that a subsidiary completed the previously announced acquisition of Uniroyal In

A five-year agreement between the United States and 16 island countries providing for U.S. tuna fish

Japan's "yakuza" gangsters, traditionally preoccupied with local rackets, are covering their tattoos

Sara Lee Sells Off South African OperationSara Lee Corp. has sold the company's small South

A pensioner whose rights are violated by the trustee of a federally regulated pension plan can sue f

Aetna L&C Earnings Rose in Third QuarterHARTFORD, Conn. - Aetna Life & Casualty Co. reported

American Express Co. said it signed a definitive agreement to sell Fireman's Fund Employers Insuranc

Emery Worldwide and XP Express Parcels Systems have both threatened to cease using Maastricht Airpor

Brazil will need to import about 4 million metric tons of wheat in 1987, double its 1986 needs, to m

Billions of dollars and almost a quarter of a century later, Venezuela is about to inaugurate the wo

The United States is giving Taiwan a chance to reconsider its market restrictions on U.S. beer, wine

Oil prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange continued to rise Friday, traders said. Tradi

The stock market could extend its October gains over the next week or two before a new downtrend set

LEGISLATIVE LAG: A delay at the Government Printing Office has put a hold on administration plans to

For the week ended Oct. 18, 1986, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equ

William von Raab, customs commissioner, said his agency expects to add nearly 1,000 employees in fis

Unicorp Canada, a Toronto-based investment firm with about $2.3 billion of assets, has purchased an

Two California companies - Lockheed and Northrop - were chosen to design and build prototypes of a h

Crown Central Posts Decline in Net IncomeCrown Central Petroleum Corp. announced net income

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The $7 billion duty-free shops industry's world exhibition was shadowed byplans to kill off

The Affiliated Warehouse Cos. said the company's 1986-87 directory, listing its public warehouse cli

Builders Transport Posts Earnings DropCAMDEN, S.C. - Builders Transport Inc.'s third quarter

Saying that some shipping lines have service contracts with rates that don't begin to cover costs, t

The weekly general freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent

Funeral Services Held For Capt. Vlaho BruerFuneral services were held Nov. 1 at the Frank E.