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Jamaica has rejected an appeal from its business community to break a government contract with a Sw

Until this model year, an American buying a new Volvo automobile could travel to Sweden, sign for an

The House has approved a bill to regulate the retrofitting of foreign-made automobiles imported on t

Trade Deficit Declines By 84.8 percent in ThailandBANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's trade defic

The U.S. dollar was mostly firmer Tuesday, but drifted well off its midday highs after rising sharpl

Eat your heart out, Tiny Tim, for these people make their living tiptoeing through the tulips.

The Federal Aviation Administration is considering action against a private pilot accused of flying

GENERAL NEWSU.S. competitiveness in world markets is not just a problem, it is a crisis, the

FMC Lists Items On Today's AgendaThe Federal Maritime Commission at its scheduled meeting to

Transworld Oil USA, Houston, landed a one-year contract to supply 10,000 barrels a day for the Strat

The Supreme Court let stand energy conservation regulations that require electric utilities to purch

Pharmacia Inc., the U.S. wholly owned subsidiary of Pharmacia AB, Uppsala, Sweden, and Electro-Nucle

Prices for all grades of sodium bicarbonate will be increased effective Nov. 1, 1986, by Church & Dw

A new type of joint venture between India and Kenya has come into operation in that East African cou

The TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement said it will postpone its strike surcharge until Oct. 22.<

Trade Deficit Declines By 84.8 percent in ThailandBANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's trade defic

Exports of U.S. agricultural products totaled $24.4 billion in the first 11 months of fiscal 1986, d

The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles says it will crack down to get an estimated 360,000 uni

The House is set to pass the Risk Retention Act before Congress adjourns now that the Senate has com

RI HMO Files Suit Against Blue CrossPROVIDENCE, R.I. - Rhode Island's largest HMO filed a la

Longshoremen kept working Tuesday under terms of a rejected contract while union and management repr

Oil prices rose by 50 cents a barrel in Europe Tuesday after the United Arab Emirates, a key member

Chronic and increasing losses plus an expected $100 million deficit this year darken investment pros

Mitsubishi Oil Buying From IranJapan's Mitsubishi Oil Co. will buy 25,000 barrels of crude o

More than one-third of the nation's larger trucking companies saw their insurance premiums rise by a

Renault Vehicules Industriels, the truck and public transport division of France's state-controlled

Just when the glamor started going out of oil exploration in the Paris basin, Elf Aquitaine, the Fre

A controversial growth regulator used on apples does not seem to have caused any cancers in rats exa

OBTAINING AND ADMINISTERING AN EXPORT DISTRIBUTION LICENSE. Will cover application procedure, docum

Publication of superficially good money supply figures averted, at least temporarily, the threat of

Pactel Names Ross BrownHead of UnitS. Ross Brown was named president and chief execu

International Business Machines Corp. announced a new series of small mainframe computers in what a

Emissions standards for heavy trucks will essentially wipe out gains in diesel engine fuel economy

Longshoremen at Thunder Bay will decide Thursday whether to accept a tentative agreement negotiated

The outlook for the world sugar market is increasingly bearish, giv en late improvements in the EC s

Pratt & Whitney, FAA Discuss Engine DesignEAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Pratt & Whitney and Federal

It is 11 a.m. and the 48-foot wide-body roller-bed trailer departs Newark Airport. It crosses the Hu

Volkswagen AG of West Germany and Ford Motor Co. of Dearborn, Mich., arediscussing the possi

Florida Power Corp. will buy 13,750 tons of Alabama coal from McWane Coal Sales, Inc., Birmingham, a

The Australian government made it clear that despite the recent relaxation of coal export controls,