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Officials of the European Community Commission have promised Japan that the EC's integration in 1992

Gov. Michael S. Dukakis turned up the pressure on the Massachusetts Port Authority to pay off $12.9

The first Coast Guard officer to board the stricken Exxon Valdez tanker told safety investigators We

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Voters approved a plan to replace the nation's fifth largest airport, prompting a jubilant Mayor Fe

The green light is on for most of General Motors Corp.'s automotive component plants. GM's m

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Legislation boosting the minimum wage for the first time in eight years won final approval Wednesday

Britain announced plans Wednesday to start a Merchant Navy Reserve to build up a pool of experienced

The world's premier containerport risks losing business because of government indecision on expansio

After months of speculation, the odds are good that Warren Leback, a former deputy maritime administ

Delegates from Japan and South Korea lashed out at the United States over its proposed unilateral ac

Roger B. Smith has taken a critical roller-coaster ride since inheriting the General Motors Corp. ch

Neste Oy signed an agreement with Thyssen Handelsunion AG of West Germany to set up a joint venture

Trade leads are supplied by: US Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service Agri

Going to the amusement park or building a new deck for the back of the house may become more expensi

RUBBER PROMOTERS American Cyanamid Co., Wayne, N.J., announced price increases for rubber ch

CHASE SECURITIES INC. (New York) - Linda M. Holland was named institutional salesperson for short-t

SUGAR SUBSTITUTES RISING IN CHINALONDON - China may become a major user of sugar substitutes

Five days after his fax machine was deluged with messages urging him to veto a bill banning unsolici

TRUCKING ASSOCIATION ELECTS PANEL OFFICERSAmerican Trucking Associations Inc.'s management s

FREIGHTLINER RECALLING TRACTORS TO FIX DEFECTPORTLAND, Ore. - Freightliner Corp. is recallin

While U.S. and Soviet arms negotiators work to reduce the number of nuclear warheads in Europe, the

Peru's new economy minister said he would shun any shock measures to revive the country's battered e

Kraft Inc. has spent $500,000 to install onboard monitoring computers in its food services division

Gasoline, distillate fuel and crude oil inventories increased in the week ended May 12, the American

SENATE COMMITTEE OKS GAS DECONTROL BILLThe Senate Energy and Commerce Committee Wednesday ap

Japanese steel companies are warning their metallurgical coal suppliers that competition and changin

Federal engineers have opened investigations into reports of safety defects in potentially 4 million

Two measures to create California state units that would represent consumers in upcoming insurance r

Two lawmakers have introduced legislation to formally extend the Interstate Commerce Commission's ju

Leading international banks, persisting with a controversial idea that the U.S. Treasury has flatly

Talks to extend the U.S.-Soviet long-term grain agreement again should begin ''relatively soon," pos

Coffee prices are heading lower, analysts said, as sentiment grows that International Coffee Organiz

Kansas City is often called "the heart of America" because several major railroad lines and highways

Capt. Pat Coffman settled his 220-pound frame into the cockpit, placed his unlit El Producto cigar s

GASOLINE PRICES LIKELY TO RESULT IN CPI RISEHigher gasoline prices probably pushed the U.S.

A deal that would have allowed the cruise ship S.S. Monterey to continue operating in the trade amon

COASTAL BARGE GETS OK TO USE SHIP IN ALASKACoastal Barge Corp. gained Maritime Administratio

Foreign exchange dealers here doubt that U.S. monetary authorities really want to stop the U.S. doll