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The long-ailing Delaware & Hudson Railway Co. has attracted more attention in bankruptcy proceedings

Efforts to clear and reopen a section of the Monongahela River below Pittsburgh drew the combined re

The U.S. Coast Guard has sued one of its own officers - a former recruitment poster subject - in an

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ORYX ENERGY TO SELL INTERESTS IN 316 FIELDSOryx Energy Co. announced Wednesday it will sell

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

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

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

1602 (Jan. 3, 1990) Previous day - 1599 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

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

Shipping experts expressed concern Tuesday about the safety of aging supertankers following a tanker

Talks to be held here between a Japanese delegation and the EuropeanCommission on Jan. 10 ar

Agriculture ministers from the world's leading food exporting nations meet in Florida this week to t

GRAY PICTURE PAINTED OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRYA chemical industry analyst seconded the widespread

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

Traffic Club of Philadelphia, 82nd annual meeting and industry contact luncheon, Jan. 9. Contact: Pa

An ethnic minority and consumer group coalition led by the Consumers Union made an appeal Wednesday

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

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

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

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

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

Seated in his workshop where he has meticulously transformed elephant tusks into intricate ivory art

Security analysts voiced surprise Wednesday at the sharp increase in fourth- quarter operating incom

General Motors Corp.'s Pontiac division said Wednesday it expects its domestic market share to rise

Despite the imminent entry of International Business Machines Corp. into the satellite tracking busi

Despite a fall-off of freight traffic late in the year, "1989 was a pretty darn good year," accordin

1989 VOLUME ROSE 20 PERCENT AT COTTON EXCHANGEThe New York Cotton Exchange set a record for

All state-owned buildings in New York will have to improve energy efficiency by 20 percent by the ye

The percentage of employers offering any kind of retirement plans has plunged during the last decad

Seaports seem most likely to benefit from Vietnam's ambitious bid to boost its economy by enlisting

VIETNAM EXPECTS FIELD TO PRODUCE MORE IN '90HANOI, Vietnam - Vietnam produced around 10.2 mi

A salvage firm Tuesday said it repaired an Iranian supertanker that spewed millions of gallons of cr

EAST GERMANY PLANS TO RAZE BERLIN WALLBONN, West Germany - The Berlin Wall is to be pulled d

The U.S. dollar rose sharply against the yen on the first trading day of 1990 while holding smaller

In a thin holiday trading week, secondary market prices for Third World debt were narrowly mixed, as

The Interstate Commerce Commission has lowered the maximum rates railroads may charge shippers for t

Cocaine worth $4.2 million was stashed in two waterproof tubes attached to the underside of a Colomb

NCR Corp. has won a US$3 million contract from People's Bank of China, the central bank, for automat