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LCP RAISES PRICE OF CAUSTIC SODAEDISON, N.J. LCP Chemicals & Plastics Inc., a division of H

Insurers said they won an important victory in a U.S. court of appeals order that Citicorp must seek

The official IMF dollar rate for the special drawing right as measured by a basket of currencies den

Texas Air Corp. Tuesday won the dubious distinction of heading labor's dishonor roll for poor relati

WEEKLY US EARNINGS OF WORKERS EDGE UPAverage weekly earnings of U.S. non-farm workers rose 0

TRUER WORDS were never spoken nor sounder marketing advice ever given. Wayne Millen, preside

U.S. railroads soon will be talking the same language as their customers. Standards have bee

ITOFCA, SCANFREIGHT SET THROUGH ROUTINGSDOWNERS GROVER, Ill. - ITOFCA Consolidators and AB S

Barge traffic on the Mississippi River, slowed earlier this year by shallow water, has rebounded due

The Board of Freeholders of Hackensack, N.J., has requested a $100,000 grant to study the feasibilit

A half-ton pair of tires jettisoned by a truck tore into a house, dragged a water bed across a floor

The Federal Maritime Commission said it will continue to monitor South Korean restrictions on foreig

Panama's Foreign Minister Jorge Ritter accused ousted President Eric Arturo Delvalle of using $50 m

The Coast Guard, concerned that certain vessel construction requirements are being misinterpreted by

Procter & Gamble Co. has agreed to buy a controlling interest in Perfumeria Phebo SA, a Brazilian cl

Nestled in northern Italy's lush green Dolomite mountains, hundreds of factories - tiny family shops

After waiting in line for 40 minutes, the young Hungarian places his order: a large hasabburgonya (f

Cigna Corp. agreed to sell its Horace Mann Cos. subsidiary for $500 million in a partially leveraged

Protection by importing countries and subsidies by exporting countries are to blame for much of the

A rolling robot, bearing meals, laundry and mail, will become servant to thousands of inmates at Ala

Canadian commercial carriers are finding their operating margins being tightly squeezed in the first

International trade through the Port of Duluth during the first three months of the shipping season

The Hunt Brothers of Texas, stung by a $134 million verdict reached by a New York jury last Saturday

BEATRICE CHAIRMAN PLANS TO RESIGN OCT. 1Beatrice Co. Chairman Donald Kelly, known as a hard-

A federal appeals court Monday upheld a lower court ruling that blocked Swiss-based Gurit-Heberlein

SHARP PLANS TO EXPORT MICROWAVE OVENSSharp Manufacturing Co. of America plans to announce t

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A ranking U.S. trade official Tuesday rebutted European claims that the U.S. trade bill was a protec

AETNA LIFE & CASUALTY (Hartford, Conn.) - Stephen B. Middlebrook, vice president and general counsel

CAST SHIP DECLARED FREE OF EXPLOSIVESA Cast container/bulk carrier has resumed its Montreal-

Sea-Land Service Inc. said it has signed a connecting carrier agreement with Australian National Li

Strong business volume spurred Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Co. Ltd., or Haeco, to a 37 percent ju

So far as Guenther Tesch is concerned, if an airline is really serious about the cargo business an u

Apple Computer Inc., in its biggest executive shake-up since the ouster of Steve Jobs three years ag

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

Regularly scheduled general cargo service has returned to Burns International Harbor for the first t

OLIN CORP. RESTARTS ETHYLENE OXIDE UNITSTAMFORD, Conn. - Olin Corp. said that it has restart

After three years of negotiations, environmental studies and public hearings, the Long Beach Harbor

Chicago-based Itel Corp. continues to boost its ownership share of Oakland, Calif.-based American Pr

The recent modifications in New York state's tax requirements for heating oil and diesel fuel distri