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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has scheduled a public hearing for June 6 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa,

For the third time in the first four months of 1989, net new orders for U.S.-built machine tools in

AN ESKIMO PROVERB MAY EXPLAIN why the White House will have no problem coming up with potential succ

JAPAN'S CHIP MAKERS PLAN MORE INVESTMENTJapanese electronics companies will step up their in

SANTA FE PACIFIC CORP. (Chicago) - Michael R. Haverty was appointed president and chief operating of

ROCKY MOUNT AGREES TO SELL MENSWEAR UNITROCKY MOUNT, N.C. - Rocky Mount Undergarment Co. has

A pair of railroad magnates, completing the country's first transcontinental railway by driving a go

While Hong Kong has predictably escaped an entry on America's hit list of unfair trading partners, t

ISOSTEARIC ACID Union Camp Corp., Wayne, N.J., on Friday announced a price increase of 5 cen

Two New Hampshire rail shippers have discovered there is life after abandonment. To re-estab

A state judge last week stayed a Suffolk County law that would have banned retail food stores from p

Truckers seeking an increase in tandem-trailer weight limits on the Massachusetts Turnpike face stro

Fresh from attacking use of the pesticide Alar on apples, an environmental group last week accused t

The much-debated U.S.-Taiwanese petrochemical project proposed for the Philippines will need to take

BP Exploration awarded ENSR Corp.'s consulting and engineering division (formerly ERT) a $1 million-

In 1845, when revelers began coming to New Jersey's "bathing village and health resort" by the sea,

The Federal Maritime Commission has decided to begin a formal investigation of shipping conditions i

Varity Corp., which has signed a merger agreement with Fruehauf Corp., reported first quarter net in

A leading U.S. insurance executive said he was pleased that the U.S. Trade Representative's Office c

OLIN CORP. TO SELL AMMONIA, UREA UNITSSTAMFORD, Conn. - Olin Corp. announced it has signed a

A Canadian consortium is planning to bid for Connaught BioSciences Inc. in an effort to thwart the v

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"They were forced to eat their words." If Continental Baking Co. wants to celebrate the 70th

After years of sagging sales, phosphate - a key ingredient in fertilizer and livestock feed - is reb

The Energy Department is expected this week to sign its first clean coal technology agreement with a

The following eight countries were named by President Bush to the "priority watch list" of nations f

Japan will urge the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to reject outright the "Super 301" provis

Officials of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade said they were relieved that only three coun

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission at the weekend granted a low-power atomic testing license for the

May 26, 1989 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

U.S. business leaders said they were pleased with the administration's naming of Japan, Brazil and I

SONAT OFFSHORE DRILLING INC. (Houston) - J. Robert Browning was named executive vice president, with

TRANS FREIGHT LINES INC. (Wayne, N.J.) - Jeff Heller was named westbound district sales manager for

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will agree to raise its collective production ceil

BUSH HOPES TO BLOCK SHOREHAM CLOSINGThe Bush administration will do all it can to block effo

For the first time in three years, all six of Japan's major shipping companies made a profit before

Bank of Yokohama agreed to buy a 60.87 percent share in U.K. merchant bankGuinness Mahon & C

With more and more foreign customers refusing to use letters of credit to pay for their imports, sma

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Traders are divided over whether the dollar will continue to rally, or whether it will lose ground