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The Tennessee Valley Authority said it bought a total of 8,000 tons of coalfrom two supplier

Los Angeles school children and New England hospital patients are getting disposable foam cups decor

EC BANS TOXIC WASTE EXPORTS TO 3RD WORLDBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community agreed to

BASF Corp. has developed a new form of expandable polystyrene that contains half the pentane of curr

QUAKER CHEMICAL CORP. (Conshohocken, Pa.) - John E. Burrows Jr. was named vice president-United Stat

Netumar Lines is the correct name of the Brazilian carrier ranked 68th in ''Top 100 Ship Lines," in

American supercomputer manufacturers reacted cautiously Friday to an announcement that Japan has agr

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The U.S. government, responding to an outcry from exporters, is reviewing its push to reserve cargo

Early last year, North America's largest manufacturer of mass transit trains began tearing down its

Domestic manufacturers have teamed up with the Treasury Department to fight Senate legislation that

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SKINNER MAY SEEK WATERWAY USER FEESU.S. Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner Friday said

ONE WAY TO RESOLVE a labor-management issue is to get it off the bargaining table. That's wh

Putting automated logistics systems to work is a lot more difficult than many expect, according to e

Cash grain market uncertainty about CSX Transportation's new short-haul grain rate structure persist

Meetings to decide what to do with the Delaware & Hudson Railroad Co. begin here today. The

WASHINGTON - For the week ended March 17, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's majorrailro

The Interstate Commerce Commission is expected to make a final decision by midsummer whether to allo

Japan's life insurance companies will publish detailed lists of their overseas real estate holdings

Marine underwriters at Lloyd's of London, who bring in the largest share of the Lloyd's premiums, ha

DURABLE GOODS ORDERS ROSE 3.3 PERCENT IN FEBRUARYA rebound in automobile orders during Febru

Petroleum Marketers Mutual Insurance Co., a key player in the troubled underground tank pollution li

Operators of a fleet of U.S.-flag factory ships responsible for $500 million in annual fish exports

American International Healthcare Inc., a subsidiary of American International Group Inc., and Elect

Car and light-truck sales by the nation's Big Three automakers fell 12.2 percent in mid-March compar

BUSH DECLARES ALABAMA FEDERAL DISASTER AREAPresident George Bush declared a major disaster e

Shipowners should refrain from ordering new ships until they have secured long-term charters, a top

Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner said he is responsible for the delay in getting a revised

Dismissal of all but the least serious charges against the captain of the oil tanker Exxon Valdez p

The Norwegian shipping community wants to establish Oslo as the world's premier capital market for t

Two House subcommittees have scheduled a March 29 joint hearing on comprehensive maritime legislatio

A new study has concluded that using the Chesapeake Bay's Deep Trough to dispose of clean dredged ma

AFRICAN COFFEE OUTPUT SEEN NEAR COLLAPSEBONN, West Germany - Robusta coffee production could

Producer delegates at the International Cocoa Organization Friday backed a plan to extend the curren

REGIONAL BLOCS Economic Challenges in the Pacific-Asian Region. March 28. San Francisco. Spo

Engineers at Boeing Co.'s jumbo aircraft plant are starting work on detailed design of the new 747-4

America West Airlines has its sights set overseas. The six-year-old carrier, which this year

Local computer firm Microtek International has teamed up with U.S.-based C- Cube Microsystems to dev