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Ghana's cocoa industry is heading for a crisis as workers prepare for a nationwide and indefinite st

A new federal bill that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to use hard scientific dat

TELEPAD CORP. (Reston, Va.) - Joseph J. Elkins was named vice president of finance and administratio

The U.S. dollar will plummet to postwar lows of less than 100 Japanese yen this week unless the U.S.

The Dutch have devised a unique way of disposing of the unwanted results of tulip-growing, dairy far

Indonesian national oil company Pertamina is being forced to ship Minas crude oil to domestic refine

Bets on environmental conservation and modern technology have begun to pay off for two Brazilian for

Nevada Power Co. has filed a request with the Public Service Commission of Nevada to recover energy

China must improve its financial efficiency and infrastructure before it can establish a true commod

For the week ended August 7, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

The government of Malaysia is urging the country's electronics industry to do more locally as a way

A bill introduced in the California Legislature would free United Parcel Service from intrastate rat

Preston Trucking Co., which nearly joined the ranks of defunct carriers Ryder Truck Lines, Smith's T

VIETNAM PAPER IN DEAL WITH THAI COMPANYHANOI, Vietnam - Vietnam's only English-langu

The weekly freight index of Maritime Research Inc. (January-December 1972 equals 100 percent)is as f

Florida regulators drafted a letter to Prudential Property & Casualty Insurance Co. last week, denyi

The cruise ship Regal Empress will begin carrying passengers to Mexico and the western Caribbean fro

A New York City congressman has introduced legislation that would fund a Department of Transportatio

Preliminary recommendations prepared for Vice President Al Gore's government efficiency commission t

A group opposed to Oklahoma Gov. David Walters' $1.6 billion highway programplans to sue ove

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Ports such as the Port of Baltimore will have to develop alliances similar to those forged by the oc

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ARIZ. MINE OPERATIONS EXPECTED TO RESUMESUPERIOR, Ariz. - Operations at the No. 9 sh

Heavy rains that struck parts of the Mississippi and Missouri river basins this week delayed plans t

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A new tax rule signed into law this week may discourage foreign investors in the United States witho

Services most often are delivered as a support for specific products or product manufacturers. Banki

Australia's unemployment rate slid to 10.7 percent in July, bringing it back to the level of April a

U.S. property and casualty insurance companies with a high concentration of premiums overseas are re

After launching a direct container service to the Arabian Peninsula with great fanfare after the Per

Europe's inland shipping companies, bidding to bolster tumbling barge freight rates, are pushing gov

China closed down 1,000 southern coastal development zones offering alluring but unauthorized invest

Gunter Rexrodt, Germany's economics minister, said his imminent outline of ways to improve Germany's

MASS. TAPS RUTHARDT FOR TOP INSURANCE JOBGov. William F. Weld has chosen Linda Ruthardt as M

Regulatory reform and not infrastructure improvements at North American border crossings has emerged

Lufthansa German Airlines reported Thursday a marginal 24 million deutsche mark ($14 million) profit

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