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GRAIN SHIPPERS aren't concerned over possible tow restrictions on the Mississippi River, as the U.S.

FRUEHAUF AND VARITY CONSIDERING A MERGERFruehauf Corp. and Varity Corp. are talking merger.

Striking Hollywood drivers and three production companies have agreed to a court order barring the d

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Government at all levels must increase current annual highway spending 20 percent to maintain presen

Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va., followed up an earlier promise and Thursday fired the first sh

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The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works has passed legislation that would provide $1.1

Harrisons & Crosfield PLC announced a reorganization of its worldwide chemical interests under the n

M.W. Kellogg Co., the Houston-based engineering and construction company, expects to soon finalize a

AKZO RUBBER UNIT ADJUSTS PRICESAkzo Chemie America's Rubber Processing Chemicals group annou

Eastman Kodak Co.'s Eastman Chemicals division plans to phase out polyester staple fiber production

General Electric Co. will invest $1.7 billion over the next 15 years in a new plastics and silicones

Hoechst Celanese Corp. has signed a letter of intent to sell its Baton Rouge, La., site and related

The European Community has proposed that labels listing the nutritional value of packaged foods be s

Dow Chemical Co. announced that L. John Polite Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Essex Ch

MORE JOBS AT GOOD WAGES is a fine slogan for an election campaign, but at least for the near future

U.S. business groups are waiting to see whether the Chilean government's defeat in a plebiscite on i

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Regional trading blocs in North America, Europe and East Asia will lead to freer trade within their

The Senate Thursday began voting at last on a limited tax bill that includes a break for non-highway

The Soviet Union's effort to restructure its economy may have created a small opening for U.S. busin

The federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. took its dispute with LTV Corp. over responsibility for t

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The Pope's Decade

TOP STORIES: Canadian Customs has seized registration materials destined for the Western Car

TOP STORIES: The Taiwanese government is in a quandary over the liberalization of its trade

The National Labor Relations Board is asking the U.S. District Court in New York to order reinstatem

House and Senate members this week began a game of political football using an airline consumer bill

U.S.-flag interests seem heartened by the emergence of potential support from the military for new m

Two United Nations commercial experts are here on a mission to help the Chinese government determine

Amtrak is planning to resume its long-popular Montrealer passenger train between here and Canada in

Under the threat of member defections, the Asia North America Eastbound Rate Agreement, or Anera, ha

U.S.-flag ocean shipping interests remain adamantly opposed to Maritime Administration efforts to se

New Jersey Insurance Commissioner Kenneth Merin said he believes the shakyfinancial position

Port of Baltimore officials looked at some sobering cargo volume figures for the month of August.

GUNTER LOSES RUNOFF FOR SENATE NOMINATIONFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Insurance Commissioner Bill

Irving Bank Corp. threw in the towel Wednesday after a bitter, year-long takeover battle and agreed

A New Jersey appeals court has reversed a lower court decision that would have made it easier for vi

Illinois farmers who received controversial drought insurance coverage have begun to receive payment