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The Bush administration is delaying the deadline for employers to begin using complex tests to prove

A newly issued consultant's report predicts that the cost of building new merchant ships will climb

The Japanese worked an average 2,100 hours in fiscal 1988-89 (April-March), a drop of 0.8 percent or

European officials Tuesday threw the ball back in the U.S. court with a warning against the creation

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

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

CAN THE FED USE OPEN MOUTH POLICY as effectively - or more so - as an open market policy? That is on

Growth in the young waste-to-energy industry is exceeding expectations and the industry will more th

Environmentalists from around the world have gathered in this tranquil arctic capital to warn that t

A study of five major companies suggests some of the nation's railroads are underreporting accidents

PEABODY LOSES FIGHT FOR ARIZ. TAX REFUNDSPeabody Coal Co., seeking more than $42 million in

The following business missions are scheduled to arrive in the United States. The Journal of Commerc

An official takes an hour to lay out Japan's position on a thorny trade issue, then comes to the bot

IRAQ'S EXPORT CAPACITY SEEN DOUBLING BY '90MANAMA, Bahrain - Iraq's 1990 oil export capacity

With truckers taking the state to court over new fees and railroads threatening suit over proposed t

Today's office of the future is often submerged under the chaos of the present. Competing co

Sales for the worldwide semiconductor industry are projected to reach $51.5 billion in 1989 and $67.

A 1982 drunk driving case has uncovered a set of internal State Farm Mutual Insurance Cos. guideline

Continuing global and domestic imbalances pose increasing risks to financial and economic stability,

The major customers of truckload motor carriers want to use large, all- purpose truckers but they wa

The Port of Lake Charles, licking wounds of bad publicity, is looking toward the future with renewed

A Taiwan delegation arrived in China Monday to attend a meeting of the Asian Development Bank for th

Business concluded at the spring session of the Chinese Export Commodities Fair, which closed in Gua

Canada has built a new embassy in Washington and the architect says it is designed to carry a messag

Louisiana voters dealt a stinging rebuke to trade and transportation interests by rejecting Gov. Bud

KOREA SAYS US CLAIMS ON TRADE ARE INCORRECTSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea dismissed U.S. a

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE COMPANY, experts on EDI standards tell insurance industry executives. T

TREASURY HOLDS OFF ON EQUAL BENEFIT RULESThe Treasury ordered a delay in implementing tax re

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JOHNSON CONTROLS PLANS TO BUY PAN AM UNITNEW YORK - Johnson Controls Inc. has agreed to purc

The Port of Hong Kong is looking forward to a rosy future based on serving as ''the New York of sout

American Airlines has filed with the U.S government for authority to fly passengers and cargo betwee

The U.S. dollar advanced broadly Monday to a seven-month high against the yen and a four-week high a

BIOCIDES Olin Corp., Stamford, Conn., announced that it is raising prices on some of its bio

CNW Corp. asked some of its board members to "explore" the latest, and sweetened, takeover offer fro

AUSTRALIA-NEW ZEALAND DIRECT LINE (Long Beach, Calif.) - Doug Brown was named Pacific Northwest mana

JAPAN'S TRADE SURPLUS SLIPPED IN EARLY APRILJapan had a customs-cleared trade surplus of $3.

The status of the Export Enhancement Program, which has boosted wheat exports considerably, has been

Polaroid Corp. is close to completing a joint venture with the Soviet Union that would involve the s