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WHIRLPOOL INTERNATIONAL (Benton Harbor, Mich.) - In a move to prepare for integration with the major

Hanjin Container Lines Ltd. hopes to use its base in South Korea as a launch pad to challenge the la

The basic U.S. trade situation and inflation picture were both worse in the July-September period th

Next week's multilateral trade talks in Montreal may prove crucial to the future of the global tradi

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Global growth of terephthalate polyester resins and films is expected to be very

VOTAINER CONSOLIDATION SERVICES U.S.A. INC. (Cranford, N.J.) - Patricia O'Sullivan was named nationa

Stephen J. Toppings wants to dispel some misconceptions about shipping to the Soviet Union.

IT'S GENERALLY ACKNOWLEDGED that express carriers will move into the hard freight business over time

Possible changes in federal rules for separation of cargo and passengers may force Northwest Airline

APC STOCK BUY-BACK DRAWS BIG RESPONSEOAKLAND, Calif. - American President Cos. said it has b

Twenty-five years ago this month, American Telephone & Telegraph Co., New York, told Americans to re

Farm exports soared to a six-year peak of 147.5 million metric tons in the year that ended Sept. 30,

FUTURES INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION INC. (Washington) - Paula A. Tosini was named director of the newly for

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An unconfirmed report on the Baltic Exchange in London that a charterer is paying $66.50 a metric to

French shipowners have raised an alarm that rising crew costs threaten the competitiveness of the na

SAN JOSE, Calif. - A whole new industry of hazardous-waste specialists is growing up to meet the nee

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Seventy-four San Francisco Bay Area companies have spent more than $175 million since 1982 to clean

In a darkened classroom, a slide projector beams a photograph of a bend in the St. Marys River wher

Fujitsu Ltd. will pay International Business Machines Corp. hundreds of millions of dollars for the

In the last filing before the state Supreme Court decides what to do with lawsuits filed over Propos

The board of directors of Kansas City Life Insurance Co. Tuesday received a letter stating that Torc

The story headlined Pacific Ship Lines To Trim Capacity, which appeared on Page 1A in The Journal of

A new partnership between shipowners and creditors is the key to sane and successful financing in co

Calls by European leaders for an early meeting of the Group of Seven industrial nations underscore t

P&O EXPANDS DUTIES OF LILLY SHIPPINGWAYNE, N.J. - P&O Containers Ltd., the parent company of

Van der Giessen de Noord, the Netherlands' leading shipbuilder, has booked contracts for nine mercha

Dec. 3 will be a milestone in the relatively short 10-year life of Hanjin Container Lines Ltd.

The European Community is in a belligerent mood as it approaches next week's midterm review of negot

Yugoslavia is preparing new laws to allow foreign businesses to be set up in free trade zones as par

ROHM & HAAS CO. RAISES MODIFIERSRohm & Haas Co. announced price increases for vinyl and<

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HANLIN UNIT HIKES METHYLENE CHLORIDEEDISON, N.J. - Hanlin Group Inc.'s LCP Chemicals divisio

Britain called Monday for an 85 percent reduction in chloroflurocarbons that destroy the world's ozo

France's agricultural trade balance should reach a record-high surplus of 39.5 billion francs ($6.68

A large market for U.S. textile manufacturers is lying virtually untapped in Asia despite a lower do

Burlington Northern Inc.'s agreement to settle a landmark conspiracy case brought by an erstwhile co

A senior Indonesian official Tuesday lambasted Japan, his country's main economic partner, for what

Eight of the nine companies competing to build natural gas pipelines to the Northeast tentatively ag