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Port commissioners are seeking a $130 million bond election here to help finance a controversial and

GA.'S OGLETHORPE GOES OUT OF STATE FOR POWEROglethorpe Power Corp. this week began receiving

Californians, famed for their love of automobiles, don't always show the same affection for the indu

New Hampshire's aeronautics director and officials of the city of Manchester Airport Authority are a

GEORGIA POWER SETS 3RD PEAK RECORD FOR '89For the third time this year, Georgia consumers se

The U.S. dollar declined Thursday in a thin, choppy market. Without any economic news schedu

IMPORT PRICES FELL 0.5 PERCENT LAST MONTHPrices of U.S. imports, excluding fuel, fell 0.5 pe

HONG KONG PRICES RISE 10 PERCENT OVER '88Hong Kong consumer prices rose on average by 10.15

United Parcel Service will expand its air package and document delivery network to more than 175 cou

South African leaders hold talks in Zaire and Zambia in the next few days aimed at winning a glitter

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Freightliner Corp. and Merecedes-Benz Truck Co. have named principals of 24 dealerships to membershi

Ex-Im Bank Names J. Norris a VPJeni Brown Norris has been named the Export-Import Bank's vic

DAILY TRIPS APPROVED FOR NAPA WINE TRAINNapa Valley Wine Train has won approval from Califor

A NEW YORK WINEMAKER, eyeing cheaper transport costs, looks to the rails for comfort. Taylor

CHEMICALS Sulfates and surfactants. Exporter of sulfuric acids, alcohol ethor sulfates, coco

SONY EARNINGS ROSE 44 PERCENT IN FIRST QUARTERSony Corp.'s profit rose 44.2 percent in its f

Bass PLC said Thursday it was buying the Holiday Inn chain in North America for about $2 billion in

Tourism has fallen off sharply in Hong Kong since the suppression of the students' pro-democracy mov

The National Mediation Board is preparing to rule on several administrative questions that are cruci

The state-run railroad system in Malaysia is adding rolling stock and upgrading some lines as freigh

Hoylake Investments Ltd., a financial vehicle of Sir James Goldsmith, is working on a tight timetabl

MEXICO: CATEGORY 239, SPECIAL REGIME. Imports of U.S.-formed and cut fabric for Category 239 under t

Charges of mismanagement and corruption will likely dominate an election for union leadership in the

Boston Harbor Tugboat Muster and Parade. Aug. 26. Boston. Fifth annual parade of assorted tugboats,

Federal Express Corp., fighting to retain the two-thirds of the cargo of the former Flying Tiger Lin

Off-pier consolidators seeking damages from shipping lines that enforced the defunct 50-mile contain

A year ago, Rotondo/Penn-Cast Inc., a small concrete firm in bucolic Telford, Bucks County, Pa., was

For the last dozen years or so, the long weekend has made a U.S. growth industry of the European-sty

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is in the middle of a tough fight over whether to drop Peor

The state has reached an agreement that will guarantee health insurance for more than 5,000 subscrib

The U.S. government is closing in on the nebulous world of international countertrade. As mo

The U.S. Border Patrol is informing foreign-registered ship operators in nouncertain terms t

Jean-Marc Vernes, the principal target of the Compagnie Financiere de Suez's takeover bid for Groupe

More Canadian companies are challenging unfair-trade-practice rulings by U.S. government agencies.

A.L. WILLIAMS PANEL OKS PRIMERICA PROPOSALThe Special Committee of independent directors of

The growing problem of attracting and keeping staff at a time of shortage and rising emigration is l

Investor Sir James Goldsmith said he needs to buy time for his group's $21 billion bid for B.A.T. In

Federal and state authorities in Alaska Thursday reversed a decision made last week and will allow E

SUPPORTERS OF U.S. FARM PROGRAMS are raring to begin hard dialogue with U.S. government officials on