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The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has denied Ciba-Geigy Corp.'s application to c

Spot gasoline prices moved up substantially Tuesday as an already-tight, firm market reacted to news

NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP. (Syracuse, N.Y.) - Lawrence Burkhardt III was named executive vice presid

BROKEN HILL, MOBIL SIGN INDONESIAN PACTSMELBOURNE, Australia - Broken Hill Proprietary Co. L

Sugar production is but a faint shadow today of the 1.2 million tons that Puerto Rico bagged in 1953

P&G LAUNCHES EFFORT TO TRIPLE JAPAN SALESProcter & Gamble Co. is launching a three-year plan

Australia has been heartened by the recent U.S. shift in attitude toward agriculture protection but

The Shipbuilders Council of America sued the federal government in U.S. District Court here for allo

A man paralyzed from the waist down when his parked car was rammed by another vehicle has lost a law

Foreign exchange executives in the United States are paid more than U.K. and Canadian dealers, accor

The U.S. dollar was narrowly mixed Tuesday after overcoming several sinking spells. Currency

Sales of existing single-family homes fell 2.2 percent in September after an unexpectedly strong sal

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operating organiza

The Federal Maritime Commission will decide today how to put a regulatory edge on the enforcement to

Only weeks after the state of Alaska advised the Port of Seattle that it will lose its ferry connect

Trailer Train Co. warned the Interstate Commerce Commission Tuesday that a refusal to grant its requ

SONOCO TO PURCHASE HILEX PLASTIC BAG UNITHARTSVILLE, S.C. - Sonoco Products Co. signed a let

The TransPacific Westbound Rate Agreement temporarily suspended its Bangkok congestion charges until

FIMAP 88: International Woodworking Machinery Fair. Oct. 26-30. Exposition Center, Porto, Portugal.

Executives from top U.S. multinationals Tuesday praised the high-technology orientation and superior

Port Manatee proclaimed success in its effort to attract higher-valued cargoes after posting an 8.8

Union Texas Petroleum Holdings Inc. announced plans for a $71 million expansion of the company's joi

Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew warned Monday that protectionism is a threat to peace. The most

Maytag Corp., the home appliance company that boasts its products never need repairs, said Monday th

An American group is facing stiff competition in the battle to supply Thailand with communications s

Renewed concern about the safety of the bulbous bow ship design has resultedfrom the collisi

Another U.S. port is jumping on the EDI bandwagon. The St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. is look

Britain will keep its naval task force on patrol in the Persian Gulf as long as countries in the reg

More than 120 exhibitors from nine countries will participate in the Inter Airport/Air Cargo Exhibit

Oil prices plunged Monday after several key members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Count

In a market item published on Oct. 12 noting a 6-cent-a-pound price increase by National Starch & Ch

W.R. Grace & Co. announced that the Rollin SA unit of Grace Specialty Chemicals Co.'s European Techn

S. KOREA, CHINA TO OPEN DIRECT SEA ROUTESSEOUL, South Korea - South Korea said on Monday it

Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA said it is starting a weekly service from the U.S. East Coast to Livor

Moorage rates at a Port of Seattle marina, left unchanged three years ago after complaints that boat

FARMERS GROUP REPORTS OPERATING INCOME GAINFarmers Group Inc. reported that operating income

The number of people who died in accidents at sea last year was the worst on record, even though shi

HEINEKEN SET TO ENTER CHINESE BEER MARKETHeineken NV of the Netherlands has signed a contrac

Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry announced plans Monday to dispatch a special mi

The European Community's plan to eliminate all internal trade barriers by 1992 faces growing resista