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Douglas B. Pierce was named president and chief operating officer at Colonial Penn Group Inc.

Moves by Malaysia to permit unions in the U.S.-dominated electronics industry may defuse some proble

Hong Kong exports to the United States continued to fall in August, while imports from the United St

General Motors Corp. is so satisfied with its airbridge from Detroit to Turin, Italy, that the compa

Amoco Foam Products Co. announced that it will create park equipment from recycled plastic in a pilo

The small rise in European Community steel output last year that contributed to higher imports of co

The Tennessee Valley Authority said that in the first week of October it issued nine spot coal contr

MORE THAN HALF of David Tangry's 28 years in the air transportation industry have been spent with Ai

U.S. inflationary pressures have subsided, a leading index on inflation from Columbia University's B

The limited 1988 tax bill, powered by diesel fuel tax relief and a host of other specially targeted

CANADA, JAPAN FIRMS WIN THAI BOILER JOBThe Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand has

The Port of Portland, Maine, was the gateway for a recent shipment of steel smokestack segments impo

The ocean liner conference system will survive despite the tendency of conference members to slit th

SEA VENTURE MAPS PLANS FOR 3RD SHIPSea Venture Cruises said it will place a third ship in th

The Japanese government, fearing a glut in Asia of the most basic petrochemical, ethylene, is formul

Luxembourg-based Bank of Credit & Commerce International Holdings S.A. and 84 people were indicted o

IN THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE the other night, Tom Brokaw directed a question at Lloyd Bentsen. As

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

Major Japanese life insurance companies, the country's largest institutional investors, are showing

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. is negotiating a cooperative project to process polyester with China N

Borden Inc. announced the acquisition of two plastic packaging manufacturers, Macaple SA of France a

Factory owners in eight West European countries had to pay higher labor costs (in dollars) than did

In an important shift in tactics, the United States is increasingly turning to the General Agreement

Delta Air Lines will expand its service to cities in Mexico, Hawaii and to Knoxville, Tenn.; Omaha,

Canada and 12 other countries set out detailed plans for speedier international resolution of trade

The United Transportation Union has begun its threatened representation fight with the Brotherhood o

The first commercial-grade highway in China has opened, a small but significant step in combatting t

Toyoda Machinery USA Inc., a unit of Toyoda Machine Works Ltd. in Kariya City, Japan and a member of

Baltimore's new intermodal rail facility last week got off to a rocky start in the highly competitiv

A new steamship company has moved to fill the void left by Johnson ScanStar in the trade between Sou

Zeger van Asch van Wijck, deputy director at the Port of Rotterdam, will become executive director f

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When Robert V. Shear, a Washington lobbyist, recently applied for a group health insurance policy fr

NC ZIPPER MAKER OFFERS GUARANTEERALEIGH, N.C. - A North Carolina zipper manufacturer is offe

Gasoline prices in the capital surged to the equivalent of $33 a gallon Tuesday as government effort

The United States stands to lose 10 percent to 15 percent of its domestic oil production - so-called

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A leading proponent of transportation deregulation in Canada is leaving his position as head of the

Is the U.S. military really about to play a new role in supporting this country's civilian maritime

Next PLC, a British fashion retailer, said it has agreed to sell 433 Salisburys and Zales and other