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The announcement that Chrysler Corp. will market a version of Hyundai Motor Co.'s new mid-sized Sona

A joint venture promising authentic New York-style pizza will be launched here Feb. 4 as a commercia

Polaroid Corp. intensified its battle against hostile suitor Shamrock Holdings Inc. with the filing

Growing labor unrest has spread to a local unit of Ford Motor Co., causing the plant to fall behind

EC ENLARGES QUOTA FOR INDONESIAN TEXTILESJAKARTA, Indonesia - The European Community has agr

Sears Roebuck & Co. is launching a network to carry electronic messages between companies, hoping to

The chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, who has been an obstacle to efforts to pass product l

Franchising is a new concept for the Soviet Union, but it might offer big opportunities for increase

Japanese government and business leaders and U.S. executives generally welcomed reports Wednesday fr

Dow Chemical Co. is seeking Argentine government approval for a proposed $600 million debt-for-equit

U.S. specialty steel producers, backed by the United Steelworkers, began their public campaign Wedne

The Maritime Administration's Subsidy Board Wednesday approved the $34 million acquisition by Intern

A last-minute agreement between the Port of Hampton Roads, Va., the federal government and the owner

An Argentine supply ship sank in heavy seas after running aground off Antarctica, and authorities in

For the third consecutive year, the number of ship arrivals at Delaware River ports increased, accor

By the end of 1989, the Port of Baton Rouge will have a brand new dock and a lighter pocketbook.

Africa's insistence on banning all toxic waste from the continent will make negotiations with Europe

Production of plastics resins totaled 4.32 billion pounds in November 1988, up approximately 6.9 per

Finding alternative methods to dispose of solid wastes could be easier for municipal and local autho

Charismatic Himont Inc. Chairman Alexander Giacco does not seem overly concerned about the growing g

Hercules Inc. announced a price increase effective March 1, 1989, for its cumene hydroperoxides.

A team of U.S. Transportation and State Department officials recently completed the first round of n

EASTERN MACHINISTS REJECT LATEST OFFEREastern Air Lines on Tuesday rejected a government off

Three safety task forces studying the dangers of aging aircraft intend to recommend hundreds of stru

Executives at Tyco Industries Inc. feel they're being toyed around with when it comes to electronic

NEW NAME ANNOUNCED BY HONEYWELL BULL INC.Mass. - Honeywell Bull Inc., a joint venture comput

Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney will most likely address an upcoming international conference

SEAWAY PORT AUTHORITY OF DULUTH (Duluth, Minn.) - Gary L. Doty was named a member of the port's boar

Maritime Administration interim regulations will implement some of the revisions to a 1920 ship mort

A New Orleans company has won Environmental Protection Agency approval of two marine paint products.

A nationwide program to improve French port productivity by paying dockworkers to retire early has b

PORT CANAVERAL AWAITS CHILEAN FRUIT SHIPMENTCAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Port Canaveral is expecti

CANADA'S VARITY MAKES NEW OFFER FOR FRUEHAUFDETROIT - Canada's Varity Corp. has made a new o

Ryder System Inc. will sell four subsidiaries, including an ailing truckload freight carrier, that f

THE GUESSING GAME OVER new leadership below the Cabinet level has swung into high gear in Washington

CAROLINA FREIGHT POSTS RISE IN EARNINGS FOR '88CHERRYVILLE, N.C. - Carolina Freight Corp. re

Northwest Association of Rail Shippers, annual meeting, Feb. 2-3. Thunderbird Motel, Bloomington, Mi

Insurance companies writing automobile coverage in Pennsylvania would pay a 1 percent assessment on

The U.S. dollar drifted lower Wednesday as the market saw more potential in taking profits than in r

PA. SUES SERVICE FIRM OVER SENIORS INSURANCEHARRISBURG, Pa. - A Pittsburgh consumer-service