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COURT UPHOLDS RULING IN SCHEPS CHEESE CASEALBANY, N.Y. - The Appellate Division of the Supre

Federal Express Corp. is upbeat about operations here emerging as a hub for Pacific Rim and European

New procedures for ships in the Port of Hong Kong will be introduced next month ahead of full operat

Legislation to allow individuals to use their life insurance policies for the purpose of providing "

A cardinal rule in business is: "Find out what's wrong and fix it; find out what's right and reinfo

FEDERAL EXPRESS SHARES US DEFENSE CONTRACTMEMPHIS, Tenn. - Federal Express Corp. is among fi

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Communist Party leaders Wednesday opened talks with opposition groups that could lead to the formati

Perhaps no decade this century has begun amid greater economic upheaval, challenge and potential tha

Barring any unexpected fundamental news to the contrary, bearish chart factors are expected to domin

In separate actions, the Maritime Administration approved the sale of a drilling ship and a drill ri

Three international trading companies will attempt to reach an out-of-court settlement with the Braz

The U.S. invasion of Panama has solved serious problems that could have forced the temporary closure

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. has successfully tested for the first time a new kind of container seal th

Nicolae Ceausescu is dead. The Berlin Wall has crumbled. Communism is in full retreat in Eastern Eur

COMEX RAISES MARGINS ON SILVER FUTURESThe original margin required to trade silver futures o

The Bush administration is planning a per-ton tax on newly manufactured paper, glass, aluminum and p

Monsanto Co. and a Japanese nylon resin manufacturer have formed a joint venture company to manufact

COAST GUARD PROBES GROUNDING OF TANKERBOSTON - Coast Guard officials said Wednesday they wer

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FASTER ACTION SOUGHT ON OIL DELIVERIESThe Interstate Commerce Commission and the Department

A leading East German Communist warned Wednesday of new turmoil after planned free elections in May

Officials at the World Trade Center of Miami are optimistic that a step forward in the 15-month lega

A new nine-speed transmission from Rockwell International Corp. is now being produced at nearly all

A new investor group associated with Anacostia & Pacific Co., a Chicago-based investment banking fir

CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP. (Philadelphia) - Donald A. Swanson was elected senior vice president, operat

The Massachusetts railroad industry may have been the unintended beneficiary of the state's fiscal c

France announced Tuesday the start of a major shake-up of its fragmented state-owned chemicals secto

John Borrego worked around doctors all his life as a hospital laboratory technician, and he long yea

Sea Containers Ltd. Wednesday named Feb. 24 as the date of its long-awaited general meeting, when sh

Almost half a million gallons of home heating oil spilled into the Arthur Kill, a waterway between N

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The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities said increases in the price of home heating oil appear to b

Pushed by a surge in product prices, crude oil futures broke $23 a barrel Wednesday. West Te

The pace of price increases for home heating oil abated further Wednesday, with few price changes re

Swedish multinationals, worried about absenteeism and high labor costs at home, are looking harder a

POLL: JAPAN'S EXECUTIVES SEEK MEASURES FOR USMore than 70 percent of Japanese business leade