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SWISS GROUP TO BUY TRAVELERS' CANADA UNITSZurich Versicherungs-Gesellschaft, the Swiss insur

Several members of Congress are examining ways to enhance medical waste anti- dumping legislation, i

SEA-LAND CORP. (Edison, N.J.) - Stuart R. Briedbart was appointed to the newly created position of v

Commissioners at the Port of Oakland sidestepped for now the controversial issue of future port stra

Monsanto Chemical Co.'s detergents and phosphates division has announced the formation of a project

Plans to set an eight-year deadline for finishing safety reviews of hundreds of pesticides sprayed o

U.S. shipments of bioengineered pharmaceuticals, biologicals and diagnostics are forecast to grow ov

Monsanto Co., the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Research Service and Washington State University

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed administrative penalty orders against two printed c

MITTELHAUSER CORP. (Laguna Hills, Calif.) - David J. Leu was appointed vice president of this hazard

Best" doesn't mean much in the fertile laboratory and imagination of Bell Communications Research sc

Ciba-Geigy Corp.'s plastics division recently increased prices on selected resins and hardeners.

DU PONT BOOSTS COST OF PEROXIDEWILMINGTON, Del. - E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. is increasin

Many Americans think of Australia as being Sydney, Melbourne and the barren outback of Crocodile Dun

Little pleases the corporate community more than receiving an award, and as dubious as it was, the O

Despite the prospect that airlines will experience better performance during the next several years,

American Airlines and Rolls-Royce PLC signed one of the biggest airplane engine contracts in history

Big revolutions come from small victories. In the last week, the global business community h

UNITED JOINS VENTURE FOR DEFENSE SERVICESLOS ANGELES - United Airlines has joined an existin

PBX, CENTREX SURVEY HINTS AT MARKET FREEZEA survey of PBX and Centrex users reveals that bus

A Seattle cruise company that tried for two years to get permission for one of its ships to visit a

Marine insurance underwriters may soon be faced with the reality of ships manned by only four people

EVERGREEN MARINE INKS PORTLAND BERTHING PACTPORTLAND, Ore. - Evergreen Marine Corp. has sign

Some 150 dockworkers in Panama's Port of Balboa continued their strike against the government of Pan

A legal challenge to South Korea's beleaguered shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., appears to

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Thailand will put pressure on the Thai government to resolve port co

CAROLINA FREIGHT UNIT DISBANDS DRIVER TEAMSCHERRYVILLE, N.C. - Carolina Freight Carriers Cor

RoadRailer Co. has reached a licensing agreement with a New Zealand railcar builder and expects to c

Congressional transportation leaders are setting the stage to consider some form of drug testing for

Argentina may soon replace Brazil as a drain on U.S. bank earnings. A large portion of Argen

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U.S. negotiators, in a policy shift, offered to scrap tariffs and import restraints on a wide range

The drought appears to have slowed the recovery in farm land values, but appraisers think land price

Europe cannot negotiate with the United States under threat but hopes to curb U.S. agricultural aims

GOLD POISED TO FALL BELOW $400 AN OUNCELONDON - Gold prices slumped as much as $10 an ounce

Glasnost is permitting Soviet citizens a fresh look at Western culture through the pages of the Worl

Most U.S. private and public officials involved in trade with Japan think that a bilateral free trad

W. GERMANY VIOLATES EC IMPORT RULESThe European Court of Justice has struck down West German

French and Spanish winegrowers say a smaller grape harvest this fall won't compromise the quality of

Enjoying maximum publicity from the Olympics, South Korea is hoping for up to $1.5 billion of sales