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Compaq Computer Corp. Monday introduced its long-awaited full-function laptop computer that is small

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A Wyoming district court has issued a swift ruling in favor of Shell Mining Co. in a dispute over th

The chief agent for U.S. famine relief and Food for Peace cargoes shipped to Sudan is under federal

The U.S. farmer has nothing to fear from foreign investment in U.S. croplands, according to Phillips

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China's automotive industry could become an international parts supplier, says Lee Iacocca, chairman

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A court order barring dockworker picketing at the Port of Baltimore's new container railyard is stil

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. reported income of $9.9 million, or 42 cents a share, on revenue o

FRANCE'S L'OREAL BUYS HELENA RUBINSTEIN INC.French cosmetics group L'Oreal said Friday it ha

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Government reports Friday on wholesale prices, retail sales and industrial production presented a pi

Ernie felt proud of himself when he found a VCR on sale for $269. The name- brand video tape recorde

The sale of Southern Pacific Transportation Co. to Rio Grande Industries Inc. last week activated a

NEDLLOYD LINES, wanting to give Peruvian carriers a taste of the same treatment their government off

BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF ZENITH BEGINSCHICAGO - A battle for control of Zenith Electronics Corp

TNT Mailfast is taking direct aim at what many consider a lumbering giant, the U.S. Postal Service.<

DELTA SEEKING SERVICE TO AUSTRALIA FROM LAATLANTA - Delta Air Lines has applied to the U.S.

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In the wake of its $1.8 billion acquisition of Southern Pacific Transportation Co. last week, Rio Gr

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers breathed new life into Port Everglades' planned Southport container

Chemical export value continued to rise in August although volume dropped in a comparison with figur

Union Carbide India Ltd. is selling its mothballed chemical plant at Chembur in Bombay to privately

NJ RESIDENTS PROTEST AUTO INSURANCE RATESTRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey residents will soon have

Japan's finance minister changed his earlier testimony and said Friday that 10,000 shares of stock i

Reports on the effects of voluntary restraint agreements on steel producers in Western states and on

THE NEXT PRESIDENT should inherit an economy that, overall, could look a heckuva lot worse.

CHINA'S BOHAI PETROLEUM TO EXPLORE NEW FIELDSTIANJIN, China - The state-run Bohai Petroleum

Thomas F. Moakley, a member of the Federal Maritime Commission since 1977, is resigning. Mr.

Krupp Koppers GmbH, a subsidiary of the industrial group Fried Krupp GmbH of Essen, West Germany, sa

ACCESS ENERGY CORP. (Dublin, Ohio) - Steven C. Harris was named vice president of natural gas purcha

Representatives of air cargo airlines have been watching a bitter Senate- House struggle over a bill

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The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price Index rose 0.5 to 98.5 on Friday compared with 98.0 the pre

Some 20 Soviet foreign trade officials concluded at the weekend a two-week visit to West Germany dur

It's boom time for Canada's pulp and paper industry now, no matter what the future brings for this c

Last week's announcement that Britain's coal industry will be privatized raised a number of concerns

Ford Motor Co. joined other U.S. automakers Friday in offering cash incentives on some 1989 models b

* International Trade Commission Calendar 4A * JofC Industrial Price Index: Rubber's Decline