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While conservatives were hailing the choice of Sen. Dan Quayle, R-Ind., as Vice President Bush's run

TWO BOXSHIPS JOIN MARAGUA LINE FLEETCARACAS, Venezuela - Maritima Aragua (Maragua Line) is a

HAPAG-LLOYD (AMERICA) INC. (Staten Island, N.Y.) - Robert Jacobson was named district manager, Minne

Air Products & Chemicals Inc. announced that its United Kingdom unit, Air Products PLC, is building

GE HAS PACT TO SELL CHIP-MAKING DIVISIONGeneral Electric Co. has agreed to sell its $550 mil

Frank G. Martin Jr., general manager of the Port of Coos Bay, Oregon, said heplans to leave

Farmers Group Inc. Monday asked an Ohio court to overturn an Aug. 5 decision approving Batus Inc.'s

AIDS claimed about 13,000 American lives last year, a toll that would have ranked it 15th among all

Taiwan's gold imports soared to 265 tons in the first seven months of this year, compared with 82.8

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

The drought that has parched the U.S. farm belt wasn't especially severe in Mexico, but it did help

Ontario Hydro's intent to avoid at all costs exceeding Canadian sulfur and nitrogen emissions limits

The U.S. market for flavors and fragrances is forecast to reach $2.8 billion by 1992, representing a

Global standards for electronic data interchange have received yet another boost from a U.S. body.

The new executive director of the North Carolina State Ports Authority lists an intensified marketin

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The Tax Reform Act of 1986 made important pension changes for the nation's working women. An

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

Republican officials here this week are wiping their brows over one of their main issues, as governm

American International Group, the United States' largest international insurer, is accusing a former

Members of the Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense will hold a public hearing in Seattle on Au

US PLANS TO PROCEED WITH ALASKA OIL STUDYU.S. Interior Secretary Donald Hodel said he would

Marshal Field & Co. has made a deal with Nixdorf Computer Corp. that will see Nixdorf equipping 25 o

IBM computers designed in the land of the Grapefruit League are now in press boxes across North Amer

U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Paul A. Yost says the agency is ready to charge ahead after getting cong

The Reagan administration has asked Australia and New Zealand to cut back on meat exports to the Uni

The U.S. dollar took a turn to the north late Tuesday after spending most of the session traveling o

Kevin Eric Anderson, a Fremont, Calif., computer designer and engineer was sentenced to a six-year p

Commerce Secretary C. William Verity said Tuesday the United States is not yet prepared to lift $135

The U.S. merchandise trade deficit rose in June to $12.5 billion, but most analysts remain convinced

Debt-strapped developing countries are holding back from buying U.S. farm equipment. In some

CANADA AIMS TO HASTEN FREE TRADE AGREEMENTThe Canadian government is moving quickly to pass

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey joined the railroads 20 years ago in killing off the las

CARBIDE TO HIKE SPECIALTY GASESSOMERSET, N.J. - The Linde division of Union Carbide Corp. ha

Strong demand for leased containers during the second quarter helped to offset a downturn in revenue

A Transportation Department official's recommendation to award to another carrier United Airlines In

There's one campaign promise Democratic vice presidential candidate Lloyd Bentsen has made to Texas

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The United States is not supplying us with the products we want, grumbles Lars Brodin. For m

Japanese investment in the Australian coal industry continues to increase. At a time when so