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Norfolk Southern's Quarterly Profit SmallerNORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk Southern Corp. reported th

The nation's newest aircraft carrier, a $2.3 billion flattop named for Theodore Roosevelt, begins se

Contra Cases Open THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The World Court ordered the first detailed argume

The port of Long Beach reported net income of $12.8 million in the first quarter of fiscal year 198

Singapore Inaugurates Submarine Cable SystemYeo Ning Hong, minister for communications and i

Guilford Transportation Co. has asked a federal court to order the National Mediation Board to begin

President Reagan brought an abrupt end to the trucking industry's debate over front-wheel brakes wit

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Mass. Academy Wins Scholarship AwardThe Student Port Propeller Club of the Massachusetts Mar

While some U.S. banks may be reluctant to participate in a package of $6 billion in new loans to Me

The United States and Japan face a head-on collision over trade unless each nation changes its funda

San Francisco-based Bechtel Group Inc. signed a protocol with the Turkish government to set up the c

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

San Francisco's district attorney is investigating whether a maritime union has been getting free r

South Korean shipbuilders appear ready to raise prices and cooperate with other countries in reducin

Dan-Air, Britain's second-largest airline, was told its refusal to hire men as cabin attendants is s

Kuwait will be the first member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to sell gasolin

The Rhode Island Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association wants state approval for an aver

A 58-country treaty calling on nations to report nuclear accidents to their neighbors went into effe

The director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey predicts the current International Lon

Saudi Arabia has offered discounts of 35 cents to 50 cents a barrel on outstanding net-back contract

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The appeals procedure has begun in Florida as the insurance industry continues its attempts to overt

Several Brazilian industries plan to take advantage of the country's recent lift of a ban on importi

Bankers, like players in the World Series, face growing pressure to either try to hit a home run and

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

A federal judge returned to state court two lawsuits filed by passengers of the hijacked Achille Lau

A fall in the price of soybeans and vegetable oils is likely before prices begin to rise again, the

The United States and Japan face a head-on collision over trade unless each nation changes its funda

Despondent because he expected to lose his job when the Japan National Railway is broken up into pri

The New York branch of Banque Paribas of France announced an inno vative revolving credit facility f

President Reagan signed a major change in the nation's bankruptcy law that backers said will give ne

France and Norway are locked in a high stakes tug-of-war involving the future of the multibillion do

Temporary Services Opens Second OfficeLONG BEACH, Calif. - Temporary Services International,

Supposedly close to agreement on their local port contract, the New York Shipping Association and th

Fernandez in Jordan MADRID, Spain - Foreign Minister Francisco Fernandez Ordonez left for a

Telecommunications is the world's most promising investment sector to generate wealth in developing

Continental ReplacesPresidentThomas G. Plaskett was named president and chief execut

Commercial banks are turning into "disadvantaged" institutions that are losing their traditional gr

Sales of existing homes, bolstered by falling home prices and low mortgage rates, climbed 4.4 percen