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Union Carbide Corp. announced that it will complete a series of expansions by the end of this year t

INSURANCE SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. (Chicago) - Richard J. Haayen was promoted from president to

Newport News Shipbuilding sued the owners of the United States for $40,000, charging that the owners

A rose by any other name might smell as sweet, but will it sell? A snappy name is essential

National Semiconductor, NMB Sign AgreementNational Semiconductor, a leading U.S. chip maker,

The United States and Iceland reached a tentative agreement to resolve a dispute between the two cou

Production of the combined fertilizer nutrient groups was 21 percent lower in July 1986, compared wi

Riding the crest of expanding trans-Pacific trade, Los Angeles and its neighbor, the port of Long Be

GENERAL NEWS Police arrested 12 outside a USX Corp. mill after steel workers blocked the gat

A Chicago Mercantile Exchange official said he was confident a federal investigation of the futures

Major maritime nations protested a Peruvian proposal for an equal access cargo arrangement between t

The refusal of the British and West German governments to support a package of economic sanctions ag

Finance Minister Gerhard Stoltenberg, previewing multinational economic talks next week in Washingto

Carriers Seek Changes In Safety Ratings RuleThe Private Carriers Conference likes the basic

While they fight to keep Congress from enacting laws to clean up the causes of acid rain, the nation

The signing of a definitive agreement was announced whereby National Distillers and Chemical Corp. w

When Ezunial Burts was executive assistant to Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, he applied basic manage

Section C of the Inter-American Freight Conference announced that a 6 percent bunker surcharge on ca

Cousins Petter Sundt and Morten Bergesen have 11 days in which to take steps to retain family contro

The idea for a harmonized system of tariff classification that crosses international boundaries was

Feuders over the port of Portland's aborted coal terminal project are expected to resume their court

Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. is launching a special early retirement program to apply to eligible s

The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad will receive access to more than2,000 miles of ad

Volatile markets, unstable financial conditions and fluctuating economic patterns often wreak havoc

The following index charts weekly changes in motor carrier tonnage originatingfrom 49 produc

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

A quirk in government figures understated the U.S. trade deficit in June and July by nearly $3 billi

Providing more hope than hard facts, some tourist industry specialists said business should improve

The French government is shifting gears once again in an effort to produce results satisfying to the

Texaco Discovers Gas At Well in OklahomaTexaco has completed a natural gas discovery well on

Occidental Petroleum Corp and Church & Dwight Co. Inc. have signed a letter of intent to form a part

Starting Nov. 1, about 1.7 million Blue Cross and Blue Shield subscribers in New Jersey will face st

Mack Employees Accept Early RetirementALLENTOWN, Pa. - Mack Trucks Inc. said 700 of its empl

Stock market participants are expected to take a new look at the fundamentals this week, now that th

Japan's Toa Inaugurates Overseas Charter RouteJapan's Toa Domestic Airlines inaugurated over

Helped by lower oil costs and increased inflows from the European Community, Greece had a $157 milli

Officials of Korea Trade Promotion Corp., the organizer of the biennial Seoul International Trade Fa

After a period of relative optimism, Australia's barley marketing outlook has been clouded by furthe

Last year government finance officials dropped a bombshell on India's shipping industry by proposing

BASF Set To ExpandIts FacilitiesCHARLOTTE, N.C. - BASF Corp. is building a second pr