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Several hundred Haitians, who have been in Cuba since their ferry was hijacked two months ago, were

IML Air Courier, a London-based unit of British & Commonwealth Holdings PLC, is planning to use its

The little red caboose is going the way of the little red schoolhouse. And if railroad manag

The following are the results of Wednesday's St. Louis Merchants Exchange call session for barge fre

The House and the Senate are expected to vote today or Friday on the Reagan administration's plan to

Developing countries hurt by drought, the drop in oil prices or soaring foreign debt are falling far

The City Council of Portsmouth, Va., denied rezoning for a controversial coal unloading facility tha

Even though Japan is slowly turning off its torrent of exports in favor of a new economy based on do

Floodwaters that left at least 150 people homeless have receded enough to let workers start restorin

Schering-Plough Corp. reported third quarter net income increased to $62.3 million, or $1.01 a commo

Dystrophy Gene Found NEW YORK - Researchers have found the long-sought gene responsible for

General Motors Corp. recalled about 106,000 1986 cars and trucks for possible replacement of headlig

A pact between United Parcel Service and Yamato Transport Co., a Japanese package carrier will allow

Nissan Diesel America Inc. announced it will introduce a Class 7 tractor to the U.S. market. The new

Seiko doesn't go out of its way to get its name in big print. There's a good chance you'll see the t

The two companies operating Suriname's bauxite industry have been granted temporary relief of paymen

Everhard to Speak At Houston LuncheonConrad H.C. Everhard, chairman and chief executive offi

Thanks to the business savvy of an innovative German immigrant who defied international economic for

New TVA Plant to Test Clean Coal TechnologyKNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Tennessee Valley Authority

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries' influential Persian Gulf states, led by Saudi Ara

Budd Says Breakthrough To Aid US AutomakersDETROIT - One of the nation's largest automotive

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. filed rebuttal testimony with the state Public Service Commission in an a

The two-week-long strike on Sealink ferries ended Wednesday, providing a welcome respite for Sea Con

The head of Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales, Argentina's state oil corporation, claimed investment

Refining has turned out to be the bright spot in the petroleum industry's year of the great price co

The U.S.-U.S.S.R. Trade and Economic Council, whose members include the chief executives of large U.

Overseas competition has hurt U.S. jewelry manufacturers over the last decade, but the industry can

Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates said its net income for the third quarter was $2.6 million, or 11 cent

Tokheim Corp. has unveiled a new series of retail fuel dispensers. It expects the new system

Japanese investments in U.S. real estate are likely to double this year as a result of increased buy

Some might think that promoting farm development in Third World countries would merely help establis

Bahia Cocoa Arrivals Up for Week in BrazilArrivals of Brazilian Bahia cocoa at Brazilian por

GENERAL NEWSThe U.S. economy will enjoy at least two more years of moderate economic growth,

The depression in the shipping industry is almost over, according to a leading shipping banker.<

The number of serious crimes reported to police rose 8 percent in the first half of 1986, the bigges

Thailand to Barter Rice For Iranian Crude OilNICOSIA, Cyprus - Surat Osathanukroh, Thai comm

Retail truck sales fell in September for all but the lightest classes of trucks, according to the Mo

With the recent successful drilling of a stratigraphic test well at Mehasana, in Gujarat district, t

Net Foreign Assets Set Record, Bonn SaysBONN, W. Germany - Germany's net foreign assets reac

Iraq said its jet fighters made a violent" raid on Iran's Kharg Island oil terminal in the gulf and