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The man from Burkina Faso, the small African nation formerly known as Upper Volta, held the wooden s

Hundreds of employees returned to work Tuesday at National Steel & Shipbuilding Co., 27 days after w

The New York City Department of Sanitation has awarded the team of JJH Inc. and Rogers, Golden, Halp

The huge open cast coal mine in northern China partly owned by Occidental Petroleum Corp. isn't meet

Dow Chemical Co. is increasing capacity at its Gulf Coast vinyl chloride monomer, or VCM, plants by

THIODIPROPIONATES ARE UP AT GRACELEXINGTON, Mass. W.R. Grace & Co.'s Evans Chemetics unit i

Procter & Gamble Co. announced that its Venezuelan subsidiary is forming a joint venture with the ow

OCCIDENTAL HIKES CAUSTIC SODA PRICEDALLAS Occidental Chemical Corp. increased its list pric

Leading shipowners, shippers, freight forwarders and exporters from all over Europe Wednesday launch

LEND LEASE TO MERGE WITH WHITEFORD UNITMINNEAPOLIS - Lend Lease Trucks has agreed to merge w

For more than 100 years, ships from the United States, Africa and far-flung outposts of the British

A Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications official said the agency is looking at a proposal from Ci

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

COLE & DEITZ (New York) - Stephen G. Austin was named a member of this law firm, specializing in mar

The Soviet Union's forays into the world's grain markets will result in the sale of several million

The federal government may offer more help to U.S. electronics companies in the international race t

The Senate Wednesday voted to limit debate on a bill that would further restrict U.S. imports of tex

COAST GUARD SUSPENDS SEARCH FOR CREWMENTwo crewmen were lost overboard early Wednesday morni

Researchers have shown for the first time that a vaccine against Japanese encephalitis, which can ki

In a move that surprised some industry observers, General Electric Co. has removed Anthony L. Craig

Carving a spot on ship line priority lists is the toughest task facing the Port Authority of New Yor

British Aerospace PLC this week won both British certification for the 146-300, its largest jet, and

American Cyanamid Co. will be cited for violations as a result of illnesses suffered by several Conr

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AMERICAN TO EXPAND SAN JUAN CARGO HUBDALLAS - American Airlines said it will spend $100 mill

Delaware Insurance Commissioner David N. Levinson has directed Metropolitan Property and Liability I

The Aegon Insurance Group, Holland's second largest insurer, reported net income of $94 million, or

The U.S. dollar moved broadly lower Wednesday, especially against the Japanese yen. We were

U.S. commercial shipbuilders received some news they have not heard in a while: The beleaguered indu

TEC (UK) REMOVED FROM EC DUMPING LISTBRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Community has approved

Multifunction watches, watches that double as rings or pendants and watches that follow the solar sy

Traditional Exports Petroleum products, beer, natural gas, cocoa, chemicals, machinery and t

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ALEXANDER & BALDWIN INC. (Honolulu) - Robert J. Pfeiffer, chairman and chief executive of this Hawai

Special teams have been created to tackle congestion caused by heavy monsoon rains at several major

Temporary closings of more than 30 U.S. refineries for maintenance could take more than 500,000 barr

A British Columbian coal company that was the first privatization experiment in Canada 10 years ago

San Jose, Calif., recently identified three remote areas near its southeast foothills as possible du

Gensia Pharmacuticals Inc. has signed a letter of intent with KabiVitrum ABV, a European pharmaceuti

Cosmar Co., a styrene monomer joint venture between a subsidiary of Fina Oil & Chemical Co. and Borg