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China plans to construct several nuclear power plants between 1991 and the end of the decade to meet

The board of British Rail is expected to announce today it is delaying for a year a decision on buil

CSX TRANSPORTATION INC. (Jacksonville, Fla.) - Edward H. Latchford has been named vice president-fin

For the week ended Oct. 28, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DROPS IN W. GERMANYFRANKFURT, West Germany - West German industrial pr

Hundreds of tons of sea-air cargo from Japan are moving to Brazil through Los Angeles in a new Airbo

Rhetoric is getting sharper over the issue of pilotage on the Great Lakes, as a public meeting conve

An unusually united American negotiating team will face its Japanese counterpart next week at the st

CIGNA REPORTS INCREASE IN THIRD-QUARTER NETCigna Corp. reported 1989 third-quarter net incom

A two-year-old trial method of processing health insurance claims is raising the cost of no-fault au

Eastman Kodak Co. Thursday announced earnings of $329 million, or $1.02 per share, for the quarter e

Acid rain control laws looming on the horizon could severely constrain the capacity of U.S. mining c

Administrators of Brazil's national shipbuilding fund have blocked release of financing for ships be

RULES OF ORIGIN - WHAT ARE THEY?: Rules of Origin are the laws, regulations and administrative pract

Exports in the first half of next year are likely to continue at the slower pace that has prevailed

Japanese aircraft manufacturers covet Boeing Co.'s marketing expertise and will invest hundreds of m

PAN AM ACTS TO PROVE US KNEW OF ATTACKLawyers for Pan Am are taking legal action to prove th

A Japanese oil analyst's contention that the world is heading for a third oil crisis is far too pess

A third global oil crisis may be approaching due to rapidly rising U.S. and Third World imports, a J

Thai Airways International announced plans Wednesday for a large purchase of European aircraft, but

Braniff Inc. air cargo handlers scramble here to recapture lost business, but former customers conti

Investigators have concluded that sheets of the explosive penthrite packed in a suitcase were used t

MARTIN MARIETTA GETS MAIL-SORTING CONTRACTBETHESDA, Md. - Martin Marietta Corp. has won a $3

Rockwell International Corp. Automotive Operations announced a new nine-speed direct-drive transmiss

NAVISTAR TO OFFER HI-RISE CAB OPTIONNavistar International Transportation Corp. said it plan

A web of electronic networks is being created to serve European electronic data interchange needs.

The United States will grant most-favored-nation status to the Soviet Union ''in just a few months,"

President Bush Wednesday announced a series of U.S. trade initiatives, including a commitment to hel

1647 (Nov. 1, 1989) Previous day - 1647 The Baltic International Freight Futures Market in L

PURCHASING MANAGERS: INDEX STILL BELOW 50 PERCENTThe purchasing managers' index rose to 47.6

Nov. 1, 1989 Baltic International Freight Futures MarketPreClose High Low Vol.

BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD (Fort Worth, Texas) - John N. Etchart was promoted to vice president, c

Prospects seem to be brightening for a proposed New England double-stack train operation to serve sm

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James B. Sherwood, president of Sea Containers Ltd., claimed Tuesday there was little chance of fail

A federal grand jury here is investigating the records of a ship that docked at the Port of Houston

Over the past 10 years there have been numerous maritime arbitrations dealing with the interpretatio

The Senate task force on the European Community's planned integration Wednesday urged the EC to foll

New York Stock Exchange Chairman John Phelan Wednesday told a House panel he would favor emergency s

It's not often you can identify an innovation that is an unqualified success, one that everyone woul