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The first stirrings of a possible new attempt to reach a compromise between rail labor and managemen

The headline for a People item appearing on Page 9A in the Friday, Dec. 2, editions of The Journal o

American Mutual Insurance Cos. will cease writing personal lines in six states even as it hopes to c

Murray Lawrence was re-elected chairman of Lloyd's of London on Wednesday for another year from Jan.

Economic growth in MidAmerica will be keeping pace with the rest of the nation, ending the region's

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev cruised past the New York Stock Exchange in a motorcade Wednesday, b

China hopes there will be no more multilateral agreements limiting trade in textiles after the prese

* Trading With Nigeria 4A * Tom Connors - Washington 8A* Views Mixed on Anera's Bid To End I

West German manufacturers are concerned that differing national standards for industry will continue

Canadian Trade Minister John Crosbie has vigorously condemned this week's U.S. announcement of conti

Antwerp has launched a determined campaign to prove it is a cut above its rivals in the fiercely com

London authorities are sprucing up the greater-than-life-sized bust of Karl Marx on his tomb in Nort

Utilities and conservationists appear at first blush to favor a proposal that Massachusetts utility

The conflict between U.S. shipbuilders and ocean carriers was clearly evident at a Gulf Coast hearin

Rep. James Courter, R-N.J., says he will ask Congress to place a 10-year moratorium on oil and gas e

CF AIRFREIGHT BEGINS US-EUROPE CARGO RUNSPALO ALTO, Calif. - As expected, CF AirFreight anno

As regularly as the turn of the year, China is announcing bold new plans for production of much-need

The 360-year-old royal warship Wasa moved to its final berth Tuesday with hundreds of people gatheri

IT'S A DOG-EAT-DOG WORLD, even if the mutt is stuffed. Pacific Europe Express held its annua

France's biggest communist-led union rejected the city transportation authority's proposal to end a

When it comes to computers, U.S. maritime executives are talking with forked tongues, shipping execu

The Columbia Business School's Center for International Business Cycle Research recommended sweeping

The European Community will grow faster than the United States over the next five years as its corpo

INDONESIAN OIL OUTPUT UP 3.4 PERCENT IN FIRST HALFJAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian oil produc

Months after the headlines and public acrimony faded into relative quiet, the long-festering feud be

The mayor-elect of Ponce, the site of Puerto Rico's second-ranking port, said he intends to dismiss

Japanese life and non-life insurance companies are rushing to set up real estate subsidiaries in the

Kellogg Co., Battle Creek, Mich., is reorganizing its international operations, naming David H. Bren

Mid-West Advisory Board, annual meeting, Jan. 18-19, Pfister Hotel, Milwaukee. Primary panels on rai

The 1980s have not been kind to Main Street businesses in rural Kansas. But in the past two

EC TO SUE MEMBERS NOT CURTAILING OUTPUTBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community said Wedne

Nigeria's trade and investment climate has improved significantly since the adoption of the Structur

Textile exports from China are forecast to hit US$7 billion this year, about 3 percent more than in

Australia export officials and farming organizations are being urged to seek greater cooperation wit

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Transamerica Corp. has announced a major company reorganization that will combine the company's equi

The Soviet merchant fleet, one of the world's largest, is looking to expand its presence in the U.S.

European chemical producers have welcomed European Community plans to eliminate internal trade barri

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MATLACK INC. EXPANDS TENN. BULK TERMINALWILMINGTON, Del. - Matlack Inc. is expanding its Mem