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If foreign leaders received ticker tape welcomes, President Corazon C. Aquino, who arrives in Washin

An invasion of grasshoppers and locusts threatens to spread to new areas of central and southern Af

Financial assistance and direction from a major South Korean bank are expected to help the Korea Shi

The Tung Shipping Group signed a US$277 million ship financing deal with a syndicate of banks as a p

Some analysts fear that higher interest rates are ahead because of reports showing strong retail sal

A mid-stream bulk-cargo handling facility will be developed in the Mississippi River below New Orlea

The tentative contract settlement between the railroad industry and the Brotherhood Railway Carmen m

Japan's five biggest steel companies said they will skip the usual mid-term dividend payments for th

The Reagan administration may resort to retaliatory measures against Japanesefinancial insti

New York has become the first state to quantify the effects of tort reform legislation on insurance

The U.S. dollar fell over a broad front Friday, giving up nearly all of the week's gains. In

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

CSX Corp. agreed to sell virtually all of its coal properties to Houston- based Quintana Minerals Co

IBM to Make Software At New Center in RomeInternational Business Machines Corp. is establish

Texas Air Sells Slots As Part of Eastern DealTexas Air Corp. has sold Pan American World Air

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Hygeia Sciences Inc. of Newton, Mass., and Miles Laboratories Inc. of Elkhart, Ind., a subsidiary of

Egypt is in the market for 400,000 to 500,000 tons of coking coal for 1987, a trader said, and vendo

Union Carbide Agricultural Products Co. Inc. announced that the results of an independent study on t

A growing number of developing countries are turning to private enterprise to help spur their econom

Japan's five biggest steel companies said they will skip the usual mid-term dividend payments for th

The Navy, in the process of reactivating the battleship Wisconsin, wants to reactivate some sailors,

Police staged a series of raids on companies associated with the Wing On group, controlled by one of

Platinum is expected to fall to $540 and gold could fall below $400 an ounce over the next week as s

News from the last day of the International Freight Industry Conference in London: The switc

News from the third day of the International Freight Industry Conference in London: Jim Sher

The International Longshoremen's Association has rejected Maryland Port Administrator David A. Wagne

The weekly general freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent

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TOP STORIES: The U.S. coal industry needs greater productivity and relief from environmental

The White House threatened to veto legislation permitting the sale of Conrail if it contains major c

Drunk Driver Sentenced For 1984 Auto AccidentSANTA ANA, Calif. - A drunken driver responsibl

IBM to Make Software At New Center in RomeInternational Business Machines Corp. is establish

Finance ministers and central bank heads of the so-called Group of Five nations will convene in Was

If ever a railroad emulated the Little Engine That Could, it would have to be Florida East Coast Rai

Chicago Mercantile Exchange President William J. Brodsky announced that the CME plans to trade a fut

BP Polymers To ExpandUS BusinessesBP Performance Polymers Inc. announced plans to ex

The Dow Chemical Co. announced that it reached an agreement with Ethyl Corp. for the sale of Dow's b

A Kentucky utility returned to the spot coal market and the Tennessee Valley Authority ordered long-

Farmers are harvesting the second-largest corn crop on record and producing their highest yields eve