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The stock prices of many U.S. construction and engineering firms jumped by 5 percent to 10 percent i

Just before 11 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time Wednesday, Theo Bosch got a callfrom his company's

Dow Chemical Co. said Wednesday that third-quarter earnings fell 7 percent on lower demand for polye

Committed to buying more and more foreign beef, but apparently incapable of inducing retailers to st

The Port of Oakland's Seventh Street peninsula where several shipping lines call appears to have sus

The failure of the International Coffee Organization to make any real progress toward a new agreemen

SOVIETS MAY BOOST IMPORTS OF SOYBEANSThe Soviet Union is likely to step up imports of soybea

One small casualty of the earthquake was a good night's sleep for Southern Pacific Chairman Philip F

Although insurers and analysts were reluctant to estimate losses from the nation's deadliest earthqu

Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher told a Senate committee Wednesday that the United States is look

A lower U.S. dollar against the pound sterling pushed cocoa futures higher Wednesday. Althou

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The Chicago Mercantile Exchange said Wednesday that it had accepted the withdrawal of Capcom Futures

ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL CORP. (El Segundo, Calif.) - Robert D. Paster has been appointed president of

EAST GERMAN LEADER PUSHED OUT OF OFFICEEast German leader Erich Honecker was stripped of pow

South Korean President Roh Tae-Woo Wednesday pledged his country to freer international trade.

Business and other U.S. spokesmen Wednesday sharply questioned the federal government's commitment t

The U.S. Customs Service has two "aspirins" for the headaches American importers and exporters are l

Just hours before a massive earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area Tuesday, California Gov. Ge

An electronic tariff filing system developed by the Interstate CommerceCommission and rail c

First official reports from the fall session of China's premier trade fair are predictably bullish,

A tax revolt is brewing among Canada's 10 provinces over a proposed national sales levy similar to t

UPS ASSISTS POLICE IN MARIJUANA ARRESTSBRIDGEPORT, Conn. - When a United Parcel Service Inc.

President Bush has pledged in a letter "to work on Congress" to extend most-favored-nation status to

The three major railroads that serve the Bay Area - the Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and Atchison

The U.S. dollar declined Wednesday on news about the California earthquake and worries about the sto

HOUSING CONSTRUCTION FELL 5.2 PERCENT IN SEPTEMBERHousing construction fell 5.2 percent in S

CSX TRANSPORTATION INC. (Jacksonville, Fla.) - David W. Hemphill was named assistant vice president,

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

CONRAIL EARNINGS UP 5 PERCENT IN QUARTERConsolidated Rail Corp. earned $87 million, or $1.27

The Department of Transportation seems ready to take some "common-sense" steps to improve its implem

Thomas M. Fiorentino was named chief of staff of the Federal Railroad Administration, reporting to A

European nations are finding out the hard way that they are no longer totally in control of their ow

A group of insurance trade associations is nearly ready to present Congress with a proposal for a $5

A lack of grain sales to the Soviet Union this year has left Canadian railroads with a surplus of ra

CONSUMER PRICES RISE IN INDUSTRIAL NATIONSConsumer prices in members of the Organization for

Layoffs, budget cuts and the state's commitment to relocate offices into high-crime urban areas has

QUAKE UNLIKELY TO STEM INTEREST IN FARMERSThe relatively low direct exposure of Farmers Grou

Perhaps one insurance company president was joking when he said the biggest growth industry in the U

Motorcyclists and state officials joined Tuesday in opposing legislation to withhold some federal hi