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Plant and equipment investment planned by major Japanese companies will rise 7.6 percent to 18.2 tri

Ga. Rails Seek Waiver Of Drug, Alcohol RulesThe Federal Railroad Administration is consideri

Sun Carriers Inc. said substantial debt incurred from this week's leveraged buy-out by an investors

FFE Transportation Services Inc., one of the nation's largest refrigerated carriers, acquired the We

President Reagan and Jacques de Larosiere, the International Monetary Fund's managing director, urge

The $13.3 billion U.S. foreign trade deficit in August, a substantial improvement over July's record

The federal agency that writes insurance to protect farm crops has lost $1.2 billion over the last f

Cash petroleum prices firmed but trading has remained quiet, oil dealers and traders say. Th

Pan American Corp. is entering the highly competitive Northeast shuttle market with a slick, sophist

Representatives of U.S. companies interested in bidding for contracts in the $8 billion Osaka Bay ai

The Pentagon is considering a requirement that commercial airlines and airplane manufacturers order

Ports must adapt to a new set of rules if they are going to survive and prosper in today's highly ch

The Mountaineer Plant of Appalachian Power Co. established a world record Saturday for a major steam

Longshoremen armed with pipes and knives attacked trucks that Teamster drivers were trying to move f

Timber Realization To Sell Calif. PropertiesTimber Realization Co. announced it signed an ag

US, Soviets Meet GENEVA - U.S. and Soviet negotiators on space and defense met Tuesday for s

The premier of Canada's Ontario Province, David Peterson, attended signing ceremonies for three join

Zhao Talks of Taiwan PEKING - Premier Zhao Ziyang held out the olive branch to Taiwan and a

Edwards Named VPAt APCOAKLAND, Calif. - Jack Edwards was named to the new posi- tio

GENERAL NEWSThe government's main gauge of future economic activity fell in August for the t

If one stretches his recollection of the entire span of the 50-year existence of Air Canada (nee Tra

Lockheed Comments On C-5B AllegationsCALABASAS, Calif. - Lockheed Corp. denied recent allega

House Agriculture Committee members, on a visit to Canada to meet farmers and farm officials there,

The Du Pont Co. announced it will construct a plant to produce "Krytox" vacuum pump fluids and fluor

Economists said inflation is unlikely to accelerate much, despite fast money growth and a declining

US Primary Dealer Now Hongkong EntityThe CM&M Group today becomes a 51 percent entity of Hon

The international thrust of Australian banks continues. The Australia and New Zealand Bank h

ILWU in Canada Approves Strike VoteVANCOUVER, British Columbia - British Columbia's 3,400 lo

Three hundred thousand cars - 75 percent of them destined for points east of the Rockies - will be

The proposed management buy-out of Mayflower Group Inc. is one of several alternatives facing the co

Japan registered a current account surplus of $7.05 billion in August, offfrom $8.03 billion

Top Stories The Chinese, fearing a mounting trade deficit, have intensified their push to in

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries passed the halfway stage of its two months product

Philadelphia Electric Co. announced that effective Oct. 1, gas rates will be reduced $46.6 million t

United Airlines will modify the way 228 of its 361 jets are flown on takeoff and substantially reduc

Fear of terrorist attacks is one reason that more passengers are using the nation's fastest growing

India's sugar output during 1986-87 (October-September) is unlikely to meet the country's rising dom

The Port of Houston Authority has replaced a private company that was managing its foreign trade zon

At least three disturbing legislative trends threaten the U.S. port industry, according to Erik Stro

The 38,406-deadweight-ton Chinese bulk carrier Liu Lin Hai reportedly caught fire in its No. 5 hold