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Northwest Airlines backed up its determination to remain the only U.S. passenger airline still opera

Frans Swarttouw, chairman of Fokker B.V., likes to describe the Dutch aircraft manufacturer as a sma

Ryder Unit to Acquire Stake in Van Dusen AirRyder System Inc. said its Aviall Inc. subsidiar

The Canadian government's plan to introduce an air cargo tax by April 1987 is meeting stiff oppositi

More than $5 billion will flow to port and waterway improvement projects under the Water Resources

Sunwestern Investment Group, a venture capital firm in Dallas, acquired all outstanding shares of C.

Accelerating investments in Brazilian chemicals and petrochemicals to exceed $2 billion by 1990 are

REGIONAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION MEETING FOR SADCC COUNTRIES. The Southern African Development Coordina

The photograph is probably the most famous in East Texas history: Columbus Marion "Dad" Joiner and a

The Federal Maritime Commission may be running out of patience with Peru's cargo reservation system.

Chicken Pox Vaccine Expected in YearThe government's top immunization official says a vaccin

The warehousing and distribution network at the port of Seattle took a step forward as port leaders

Business is bouncing back for the port of Seattle - thanks to an increase in American President Line

Greece has complained to the European Community over its "lack of solidarity and support" for Athens

Poor industry performance is blocking World Bank and private loans for investment in two key Brazili

The International Monetary Fund approved the use of 422.1 million in special drawing rights, or $519

Personal incomes in the United States rose a modest 1.4 percent in the spring as overall income grow

The U.S. dollar's three-day rally faltered Tuesday as the currency slipped lower against all major c

Bougainville Output Of Gold Fell in QuarterSYDNEY, Australia - Gold output at Bougainville C

Japan's "big five" steel companies will cut annual production over the next two to three years to 90

Budget Deficit Widens WASHINGTON - The U.S. government deficit widened in September to $3.73

The General Accounting Office again criticized the U.S. Customs Service for its cargo examination s

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Two major oil companies, Chevron USA Inc. and BHP Petroleum Inc., filed to relinquish undeveloped We

The port of Houston is enjoying a boom in cotton exports, but a businessman who helped boost those s

Total waterborne commerce moving through the port of Duluth-Superior for the period ending Sept. 30

Cunard Line Ltd. will spend $130 million, the amount many companies pay for a new vessel, to refurbi

Although the number of farms in the United States dropped in 1986 at thesharpest rate in more than a

Dartco Offers ReinforcedXydar ResinThe first reinforced grade of Xydar resin and maj

Public Service Co. of New Hampshire says the growth in electricity from cogeneration facilities and

Brian Barrow is a soft-spoken, low-key, Cambridge-educated Englishman who apparently favors understa

A good product or service means nothing if a market doesn't exist, so timing and location are keys t

Cummins Engine Plans To Trim Work ForceCOLUMBUS, Ind. - Cummins Engine Co., a manufacturer o

China may become a major importer of U.S. corn, buying as much as 50 million tons over the next five

GENERAL NEWSKnight-Ridder Inc. agreed to acquire the State-Record Co., a South Carolina news

Long Island Lighting Co.'s chairman introduced to the business community two programs designed to ho

Unpredictable yet calculating, Texas Air Corp. may be the only large U.S. company the future of whic

Nuclear power will be France's energy of the future despite the accident last April at Chernobyl, a

Local shipping executives say a just-issued strategic plan for the Port of New Orleans contains no s

Poland Asks Paris Club For Debt ReschedulingPoland asked its creditor banks in the Paris Clu