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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

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

MODERATE: THAT'S HOW THE CURRENT RATE of inflation, more than 5 percent a year, is described. That m

TOKYO STOCKS PLUNGE ON YEN'S WEAKNESSTokyo stocks closed sharply lower Monday in thin trade

CAPITAL ACCOUNT DEFICIT NARROWS IN GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - West Germany posted a ca

JAPAN'S MITI DENIES PRESSURING CARMAKERSJapan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry

Motorists who drive without insurance may soon have to face the tale of the tape. The state

United Community Insurance Co., a subsidiary of the Lawrence Group, has filed a $42 million defamati

John T. Lynch was elected president of management consultant and reinsurance intermediary Towers Per

NOWHERE TO RUN, nowhere to hide: That's the position transportation companies will find themselves i

The Port of Baltimore's new high-technology container terminal, scheduled to open last summer but t

The Soviet Union is running out of tobacco to meet the rising demands of cigarette smokers, accordin

HOUSING COMPLETIONS ROSE 9 PERCENT IN JANUARYU.S. housing completions rose 9.2 percent in Ja

Argentina's debt will be marked down by about $1 billion by means of a new debt-equity conversion fu

ORDERS, OPTIONS DOUBLE FOR PRATT & WHITNEYEAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Orders and options for Prat

MOBIL, OMV SET DEAL FOR NORTH SEA FIELDMobil Corp. and OMV, the Austrian oil, natural gas an

Major truck lines are considering a 4 percent rate hike in early June, just six months after the las

The race to provide double-stack container service to Mexico is on in earnest, with two railroads pl

Right-O-Way Inc., an air freight forwarder, has established a road feeder service designed to genera