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Despite some trepidation, customs brokers will participate in a test to measure the efficiency of tr

The Benjamin family's eighth-floor apartment is ordinary, except for one detail. At the entrance, on

A California supermarket chain that pulled tobacco and cigars from its shelves for lack of labeled h

U.S. coal exporters registered mixed views about how a steam coal price settlement reached last week

A modest rally in oil prices late last week failed to dispel the air of gloom overhanging the market

TANDY TO MANUFACTURE COMPUTER FOR DIGITALDigital Equipment Corp. struck out the first timeit

NORWEST CORP. (Minneapolis) - Joseph DeMeo was named to head a new finance and administration unit i

For the first time in several years, the Australian wheat industry has no serious quarrel with the U

A last-minute move has surfaced in the closing days of the congressional session to extend the life

China, one of the world's largest coal producers, is seeking foreign participation to develop the us

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has awarded a $13.5 million contract for the sub-surfa

Individual subscribers of Blue Cross-Blue Shield face a 22.2 percent increase in insurance rates tha

Major Japanese life insurance companies are moving rapidly to establish footholds within the Europea

The nation's top business leaders Friday offered an optimistic view of economic prospects, predictin

A group of national and California state plastics recycling enterprises are banding together to prom

Brazilian and multinational companies announced the first fusion of chemical and petrochemical manuf

Rep. Walter B. Jones, D-N.C., and 67 other House members have joined in what they call a pre-emptive

JACKSONVILLE CLUB ANNOUNCES AWARDSThe Jacksonville, Fla., chapter of the Propeller Club of t

S. AFRICA CAMPAIGNING TO EASE BAN ON LOANSJOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South African Preside

JAPAN RESTATES VOW TO FIGHT RICE IMPORTSTOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita rei

BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD (Fort Worth, Texas) - Francis J. Coyne, vice president, human resources

The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas will hold a workshop on hiring, training and managing agen

It's highly likely that the world's top 10 semiconductor makers by the year 2000 will all be Japanes

MERCEDES-BENZ TO TEST USED-CAR WARRANTIESMONTVALE, N.J. - Mercedes-Benz of North America sai

Consolidated Gold Fields PLC asked Britain's Office of Fair Trading to refer the hostile takeover bi

The Port of Antwerp expects container traffic to expand by around 11 percent this year. The

Farm lawmakers are turning political heat on Agriculture Department officials over a tobacco export

All Regions Chemical Labs Inc.'s Advanced Laboratories business received what may be the first feder

The ending of the Persian Gulf war could put many ship salvage companies out of business unless the

Major U.S. industrial groups, including air transport, have pinned their hopes on the limited tax bi

BURNLEY SUGGESTS FAA BE MADE INDEPENDENTNASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Federal Aviation Administrati

A Port of Portland official said it will be expensive to maintain, let alone increase, the Oregon po

A multistory cargo distribution center is planned for Hong Kong's booming port, already in the throe

Brazil will accept threatened U.S. trade sanctions rather than abandon its policy against granting p

THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION IS HUMMING THESE DAYS, as its newest commissioner, Karen D. Phill

For the week ended Sept. 24, total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled

The insurance industry is advocating the end of mandatory insurance laws as a way to reduce the high

Traffic manager Richard D. Frick believes large shippers should get a break on rates for helping to

DU PONT EXPERIMENTS WITH PROFIT SHARINGWILMINGTON, Del. - E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. is a