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The 50-mile rule is the shorthand designation for the first two of 11 Rules on Containers," a major

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

The giant shipping wing of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. was able to cut its transportation costs as

S. KOREA CHARGES 12 IN INSIDER TRADING CASESEOUL, South Korea - Government prosecutors said

The European Community's pledge to its trading partners that the creation of a single market in 1992

By 1992, the worldwide market for polymer blends and alloys will exceed 2 billion pounds, an annual

MILES' ORAL QUINOLONE HITS $1 MILLION IN SALESWEST HAVEN, Conn. - Miles Inc.'s Cipro ciprofl

Steamatic Inc. of Grand Prairie, Texas, said it sold rights to franchise its cleaning and restoratio

WHEN IS A TAX NOT A TAX? Medicare customers, who may still be trying to read George Bush's lips, got

The number of mature cod in New England waters is hitting record lows as busier fishermen using bett

U.S. biotechnology firms hoping to penetrate the lucrative Japanese market are advised to do so with

Utilities nationwide are closely watching a clean-air case involving Wisconsin Electric Power Co. be

This year is shaping up as the best so far in this decade for the world airline industry and the 198

YET ANOTHER GROUP IS STEAMING at the U.S. Customs Service. Members of the American National

GEIS, HUGHES SET PACT ON DATA NETWORK TIESROCKVILLE, Md. - Hughes Network Systems will insta

Addresses, phone numbers, ideas, prices, appointments and other short scraps of information are vita

Totem Ocean Trailer Express Inc., Seattle, called Sea-Land Service Inc.'s effort to offer combined d

PAINEWEBBER TO ADD TO INSURANCE PERSONNELPaineWebber Inc. announced last week that, under an

A $5.25 million settlement has been reached with the Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. and a subsidiary

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

Shipment of U.S.-made cars to Japan are growing so much more rapidly than expected that Washington s

The fanfare that accompanied the arrival of the Yugo, the first socialist car on the U.S. market, th

Alex J. Mandl assumed the reins of Sea-Land Corp. just three short months ago, but he already has co

DEUKMEJIAN OPPOSES CAR BALLOT QUESTIONSCalifornia Gov. George Deukmejian announced that he w

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High-flying Singapore Airlines turned in half-time profits of S$454 million (US$227 million) after t

Europe is heading for severe shortages of airport and air traffic control capacity in a few years be

Before he was appointed chairman and chief executive officer at Sea-Land Corp., Alex J. Mandl was ch

Companies that rebuild and repair heavy trucks will save $11 million in federal taxes over the next

Sears, Roebuck & Co., struggling to improve a lackluster earnings record, announced a restructuring

A new bankruptcy law takes effect in China today, widely held by outsiders and reformist officials t

The International Jute Council will begin negotiations Friday on new agreements on prices for jute a

JAPAN ASKS INDONESIA TO SHIP ALUMINUMTOKYO - Japan has asked Indonesia to resume shipments o

The 16th annual conference and exposition of the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones kicked

For years, U.S. companies doing business abroad were regulated by one of the strictest anti-bribe la

Just as King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella bestowed upon Christopher Columbus the title of Admiral of

Chemical pesticides used to kill crop-damaging bugs too often destroy the pests' natural predators a

American Pacific Corp. announced that subsidiary Pepcon Production Inc. has initiated construction o

The U.S. market for industrial adhesives will hit $1.6 billion in 1988 and is expected to climb to $

DNA Plant Technology Corp. announced its Agri-Diagnostics Associates venture has signed an exclusive