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Bill Planned to Rescind Transition Tax ReliefThe two senators from Arkansas promised to intr

Contracts for construction slipped 6 percent in September, led by a decline in public works projects

Top Stories New tax law is expected to take a big bite out of transportation profits, but th

A new package of proposals for Australian shipping has been described by Peter Morris, the country's

Ship operators, fearing resumption of a lockout that was temporarily lifted Oct. 8, soon may start a

USS Great Lakes Fleet Inc. asked the Maritime Administration for permission to sell two cargo vessel

Economic growth stalled in August, Statistics Canada reports. But economists said that's not

A prominent Singapore stockbroker was jailed for eight years for his part in the fraud that wrecked

Taiwan imposed controls on some sensitive exports to the United States, but threatened its own count

The International Wheat Council increased its estimate of 1986-87 world wheat production to 515 mill

Some 150 members of the Pacific Coast Metal Trades Council ended their day- long protest at Dilling

Ryder System Inc. will gain a larger share of the international aviation after-market through its ac

Because of provisions stripped from the Conrail sale legislation, officials will need to take pains

West Germany's 1986 cocoa imports could be near the 1985 record of 220,000 metric tons after imports

Shipments of iron ore, coal and grain on the Great Lakes in August totaled 11.7 million tons, a decr

The most viable way to get action within the next two years on free trade talks between the United S

The Australian coal industry faces labor protests against the relaxation of coal export controls and

Basic Resources Reports Oil Find in GuatemalaNASSAU, Bahamas - Basic Resources International

A four-fold increase in liability insurance premiums has led a rising number of small- and medium-si

Wednesday, Oct. 29, 1986 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada

A representative of the trucking industry said here that "the evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of

Mexican Trade Links MEXICO CITY - Mexico will start new negotiations with Brazil and Argenti

Wrightson Names VPAt US UnitPeter D. Wood rejoined Stewart Smith East Inc., a broker

The productivity of U.S. non-farm businesses rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 0.2 percen

Medium-sized corporations grew an average of 15 percent over the past year and are projecting a cont

Issues involving financing and load centers entangled a meeting of the Advisory Group on Strategic P

Negotiations on local work rules continued Wednesday between shipping associations in the North Atla

Gearbulk Christens New Ship in VancouverVANCOUVER, British Columbia - The largest ship ever

W. Germans Hold Off BONN, West Germany - West Germany's government said it is delaying a dec

Japan is aggressively shopping for high-technology companies in the United States. Fujitsu L

Suzuki Eyes Expansion Of Auto Sales in USSuzuki, maker of the tiny four-wheel-drive Samurai,

The U.S. Export-Import Bank is considering loans totaling just under $1 billion to support U.S. sale

Cumberland Farms Inc., which claims to be the nation's largest independent retailer of gasoline and

USF&G Reports Rise In Operating IncomeUSF&G Corp. reported improvement in virtually all line

Japan's shipbuilding industry faces more hard times in the next few years, but the outlook should be

Federal efforts to educate the public about AIDS have been inadequate and the government must spearh

Canadian Pacific Air Lines, of Vancouver, may start service to Bangkok within a few months, an airli

Many United States companies are using marketing strategies and performance based on the thinking of

"They just didn't do their homework," complained the head equities dealer at one investment bank ang

Rampant speculation on rumored takeover-or-restructuring issues highlighted trading Wednesday as the