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GENERAL NEWSThe U.S. economy grew at a minuscule annual rate of 0.6 percent from April throu

For the week ended Sept. 6, 1986, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equ

Puerto Rican businessmen are studying just over 100 proposed ventures for production sharing with en

And just when you thought it was safe to go back in the air again. All summer long the trave

Northwest Employees Facing LayoffsNorthwest Airlines is laying off nearly 800employees and f

Provision Approved MANILA, Philippines - A panel drafting a new constitution approved a prov

US-S. Korean Talks SEOUL, South Korea - Trade missions from eight U.S. states are scheduled

World drug traffickers, under pressure in the United States, are dumping cocaine and heroin into Eur

Small companies that want to export should hire someone who speaks a second language, expand its ser

They call it a dromedary dairy, and its owners hope the camel milk it produces will help the creatu

Australian brewers Elders IXL announced it bought courage, one of the best- known names in British b

Brazil decided Wednesday to free the importation of beef, pork and fish through the end of 1987 and

The Argentine government suspended several joint projects with Paraguay to focus resources on the 2,

Foster Wheeler Gets Waste Plant ContractLIVINGSTON, N.J. - Foster Wheeler Passaic Inc., a un

It might sound like carrying coal to Newcastle - or oil to the Persian Gulf - but the recent shipmen

Gasoline inventories continued to run counter to normal seasonal trends and rose for the fourth con

U.S. imports of crude oil and refined products hit the highest level in six years last month because

One of Asia's largest oil producers, Indonesia, will import Iranian crude for a refinery in central

The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission has begun an internal investigation into the source of a n

Second-quarter U.S. Gross National Product figures do not yet reflect the full positive effects of l

National Electric Inc., environmental contractors, was granted approval by the EPA for a 10-year per

Polysar AcquiresBusinessLEOMINSTER, Mass. - The plastics division of Polysar Inc. an

Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. announced it sold the Olympic Fastening Systems Inc. unit of its aeros

The cash petroleum market continues to be burdened by the large supplies that have pressured cash pr

Short-covering Lifts Spot Crude in EuropeCrude oil prices firmed on the Northwest European s

Sales of omega-3 fatty acids from fish oils are accelerating and will become ''the next big craze" a

Rohm & Haas Raises PriceOf AcrylatesRohm & Haas Co., a Philadelphia-based chemical m

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC announced that it will merge four of its mainstream chemical busine

Squibb Mark, the consumer products division of Squibb United States, Thursday introduced Proto-Chol

Chemtex Fibers Inc. entered into a contract with Tong Kook Synthetics Fibers Com pany, located in Gu

The U.S. dollar fell below 2.000 deutsche marks Thursday for the first time since February 1981 and

CP Rail is going to persevere with the test operation of fast trains carrying British Columbian exp

Effective Oct. 1, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Library is making available

Canadian Transport Minister John Crosbie announced a green light for building a third terminal at To

Federal Express officials confirmed Flying Tiger Line is paying for space aboard Federal's four week

EXTRACTING FOOT FROM MOUTH (GRADUATE LEVEL): C. Thomas Burke, new Port Everglades Authority director

Alaska Airlines and its 450 pilots reached a voluntary wage reduction agreement of 8.63 percent for

NY Lawmakers Seek Conrail Sale ConditionsALBANY, N.Y. - Any Conrail sale plan would include

Continental, Texas Air Agree on Revised TermsContinental Airlines Inc. and Texas Air Corp. a

The Progressive Insurance Group will analyze the trucking industry by market segment to properly pri