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VOLKSWAGEN TO PRODUCE CARS IN EAST GERMANYLEIPZIG, East Germany - West German carmaker Volks

Unemployed persons with AIDS would continue to be covered by private health insurance under legislat

CONSORTIUM GETS JOB FOR INDONESIAN PLANTSSTAMFORD, Conn. - The State Electricity Co. of Indo

1628 (Mar. 12, 1990) Previous day - 1629 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in

Financially troubled Wang Laboratories Inc. will sell subsidiary InteCom Inc., a maker of communicat

As expected, the Railway Retirement System and the Federal Employers Liability Act came under wither

The dock strike that crippled many British ports last summer cost Liverpool US$5.4 million, the port

Japanese manufacturers' output of industrial robots is expected to top $3.3 billion this year and re

Mon., Mar. 12, 1990 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

An easing of Cocom regulations is expected by this summer, but a dismantling of U.S. export controls

A group of skeptical state agriculture officials challenged U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills on

Noble Drilling Corp. said one of its subsidiaries received a letter of intentfrom Shell Petr

Bilspedition AB, the rapidly expanding Swedish trucking, forwarding and shipping group, is intereste

Top executives from the major shipping lines serving the North Atlantic are scheduled to meet today

American President Lines said it is opening new offices in Shanghai, Tianjin and Dalian in China.

H&M INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION INC. (Secaucus, N.J.) - Robert Oppelt was named director, internat

The policy cooperation of the Group of 7 industrialized countries remains effective, a high ranking

PHILIPS TAKING OVER COMPUTER VENTURENorth American Philips Corp. said Monday it agreed to bu

The Maritime Administration gave conditional approval to the Connecticut Bank and Trust Co. for the

The list of containership lines reporting storm-caused damage to cargo, equipment or vessels include

Sell Charlotte/Douglas International Airport? That's what a conservative think tank suggests.

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Respected Cresap-Tillinghast actuaries diagnosed what ails Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Massachusetts a

Heavy truck sales continued to fall sharply in February, marking their sixth month of double-digit d

The Japanese government announced its intention Monday to take the initiative in promoting nuclear p

The public's increasing concern over the shipping industry's effect on the maritime environment will

Merchandise buyers for Bradlees department stores have such a dim view of railroads that the compan

International Post Corp., the multinational body set up by some 20 postal authorities to manage inte

A shipload of rolled paper and bagged flour was unloaded from a Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. freighter

SONY USA INC. (NEW YORK) - Masaaki Morita was named vice chairman, and Michael P. Schulhof was promo

A group of developing nations has warned the United States and other industrial countries that the m

After almost two years of trying, Ireland's Guinness Corp. seems to be carving out a niche for its G

Quotations are offered rates of New York city banks relating to currency transfers of $1 million or

STYRENE BUTADIENE EMULSIONS Unocal Polymers, based in Schaumburg, Ill., announced it will in

BP CHEMICALS FINISHES RESIN PLANT EXPANSIONBP Chemicals Inc. announced it has completed a $3

CALIFORNIA TRUCKING ASSOCIATION (West Sacramento, Calif.) - Robert J. Crites was elected president f

CP Rail and Consolidated Rail Corp. executives are scheduled to meet here today in an attempt to res

SKYWAY FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC. (Watsonville, Calif.) - John W. Robinson was named director of internati

Three leading American business organizations warned the European Community Monday that it should av

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