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Railcar Producer to Get Tax Break in New BillPORTLAND, Ore. - A second Portland company will

The Maritime Administration approved Bethlehem Steel Corp.'s sale of the Arthur B. Homer to Port Col

The port of Los Angeles, with net income of $57,983,000 in fiscal year 1986, led all other U.S. port

GENERAL NEWS The Supreme Court opened its new term by placing on its agenda interstate taxat

Although Sough Africa imports only a small proportion of U.S. wheat exports, that nation's loss as a

Negotiators from 50 nations resumed talks Monday on a new pact to stabilize rubber prices, and the c

Parallel Petroleum Corp. announced its McNew No. 1, an exploratory well located 12 miles northwest

Gov. Mario Cuomo, faced with one vacancy on the utility rate-setting Public Service Commission and a

A new set of accounting rules for loan fees and loan origination costs, scheduled to take effect nex

The Chicago Board Options Exchange, in an attempt to remain competitive in the burgeoning U.S. finan

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

Dillingham Ship Repair says it will implement a new three-year contract for its workers if it doesn'

Turkish Premier Turgut Ozal said relations with neighboring Greece would improve if Turkey joined th

Sea/air intermodalism is growing in popularity, especially between the Far East and Europe.

Brother to Produce Typewriters in Tenn.Brother Industries Ltd., a major Japanese maker of se

Leaders of three Hispanic groups called for a nationwide boycott of Japanese products, saying a luke

Leaders of three Hispanic groups called for a nationwide boycott of Japanese products, saying a luke

A big jump in crude oil and refined products transshipments boosted the volume of cargo handled at A

Reconciliation Talks PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia - A Chinese parliamentary delegation arrived in

Longshoremen in New Orleans overwhelmingly rejected tentative new labor contracts but agreed to work

Negotiators for the International Longshoremen's Association will return to the contract bargaining

Prudential Insurance Co. of America confirmed plans to sell an interest in four of its real estate

Waterman Steamship Corp. again appealed to the Maritime Administration for access to documents in th

The U.S. dollar declined against most major currencies Monday. Analysts said the market turn

Coffee supply constraints during Oct.-Dec. are expected to keep prices firm until at least December,

The struggling Wah Kwong Shipping & Investment Co. Ltd. got a welcome boost toward survival with the

Spot prices for natural gas sold over the Natural Gas Clearinghouse fell in October as a result of s

New futures contracts in premium leaded gasoline and heavy fuel oil, to be launched today on the Int

Catalyst Energy Development Corp. through a subsidiary, Catalyst Biomass Corp., acquired Guaranty Fu

Huntsman Chemical Corp. and General Electric Co. announced their intention to form a joint venture t

Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates suspended coal mining operations at its Powderhorn Mine in Grand Jun

A soft pricing situation continues to prevail in patchouli, the essential oil used use for both fla

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

An unequal division of traffic between the port of Vancouver's two container terminals is to receive

Soviet Sub Sinks MOSCOW - The official Soviet news agency Tass confirmed a nuclear-powered s

Canadian west coast ports fell silent at 1 a.m. Monday as maritime employers locked out 3,400 longsh

The reason the new tax bill's insurance provisions are not a good idea is it basically is hitting us

The principal owner of financially strapped McLouth Steel Products Corp. and a steelworkers union of

Canada's offer to impose lumber export duties to counter U.S. charges of dumping lumber in the U.S.

American Honda Motor Co. Inc.'s new Acura automobile sales reached 6,531 units in September, a 22 pe