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Crop analysts are predicting a record western Canadian grain harvest this fall. It will occu

A Philadelphia public relations executive has faulted the increasingly criticized insurance industry

Several internationally known manufacturers of leather footwear are set to establish joint ventures

A Southern California newspaper filed suit against the Port of Los Angeles charging the port is with

The Farm Credit System, the nation's largest farm lender, will lose up to $1.8 billion this year and

ACL Realigns As ExecutivesAssume PostsFour executives of Atlantic Container Line rec

Libyan Visit Planned AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Surinamese leader Desi Bouterse is planning a

Environmentalists, thwarted by Republican delaying tactics, say time is running out on their effort

Brazil recorded a July trade surplus of $1,013 million, its lowest since February as agricultural an

Taxi fares rose 45 percent in Mexico City in the first ripple from the recent increase of up to 48 p

UNITED STATES THAILAND - $10 million from the U.S. government's Export-Import Bank for Bangk

Sea-Land Corp. had a loss of about $49 million in the second quarter of 1986, compared with net inco

Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corp., the new joint venture of General Motors Corp. and VolvoTruck Corp. of Sw

Port officials began totaling costs of their wildcat-caging subcontractafter completion of the work.

The Port of Seattle has scrapped plans for widening and deepening Duwamish Waterway to develop the c

Chinese Firm Seeks Factory DirectorsThe Shenyang Automobile Factory Co. has advertised natio

Japan agreed to take part in Washington's planned joint manned space platform project with the Unite

Japan should overhaul its economic structure to put it more in tune with the global economy, a gover

Conrail Freight Line To Be Revamped in NJThe Port Authority of New York & New Jersey has agr

Seaboard System Railroad Inc. can go ahead with plans to eliminate its interchange at Lincolnton, N.

Imperial Chemical Industries PLC agreed to acquire from Hanson Industries - the U.S. arm of Hanson T

Texas Gas Exploration (U.K.) Corp. paid out 15.7 million (US$23.4 million) for 76.8 percent of Indu

Peter Bradford, chairman of the Maine Public Utility Commission, whom Gov. Mario M. Cuomo is expecte

The steady drop in the cost of money soon may translate into dropping utility bills for customers in

The International Monetary Fund formally declared Peru ineligible for further IMF loans until Peru s

Contract talks between the New York and Boston shipping associations and the International Longshore

A volunteer church bookkeeper confessed to a priest that she had embezzled $28,000 from the church.

Credit market analysts are growing more and more certain that the Federal Reserve Board will cut the

Negotiations among the marine underwriters of Lloyd's of London to agree on war-risk premiums for ve

The Royal Nedlloyd Group reported earnings of 21.7 million guilders ($6.3 million) for the first six

Lumber Output Rises As Orders DeclinePORTLAND, Ore. - Lumber production increased, but order

The world coffee futures market appears to be in the process of forming a bottom, analysts told Knig

Cleveland-Cliffs Seeks To Scrap Cargo VesselThe Cleveland-Cliffs Steamship Co., Cleveland, O

FINANCIALThe credit markets expect another Federal Reserve discount rate cut in September, b

Transamerica Corp. continues to search for a buyer for its Oakland, Calif.- based Transamerica Airli

Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. agreed to sell the CHR Industries unit of its Aerospace and Strategic

A finance bill proposal for 1987 presented by the government forecast the first Danish state budget

Thailand Exports Of Rice IncreaseBANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand exported 2.9 million tons of r

Japan should overhaul its economic structure to put it more in tune with the global economy, a gover

The House of Representatives defeated an amendment that would have transferred the Navy's aircraft c