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A battle to prevent dilution of a U.S. law that reserves domestic cargo for U.S.-flag vessels could

Tue., Aug. 16, 1988 (Percentages Per Year)INTERNATIONAL INTEREST RATESCanada U.

ENVIROMER LICENSES ECO'S PET TECHNOLOGYEco Corp. is licensing technology for photodegradable

Japan's largest computer supplier, Fujitsu Ltd., has signed a $280 million agreement to market Sun M

Transportation Secretary James Burnley dismissed the notion of creating a Motor Carrier Administrati

Transportation Secretary James Burnley said legislation further regulating the rail industry has no

Dwelling for a few moments on a question that has been put to him, Guenther Tesch's eyes roll upward

ARGENTINE AIRLINE HEAD QUITS OVER SAS DEALBUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The head of Argentina's

More than 6 percent of Medicare patients are receiving substandard hospital care, with lower qualit

The sudden drop in freight rates for Australian meat to North America has pleased exporters, but the

Steel production fell to 1.822 million tons in the week ended Aug. 13, a decrease of 3.6 percent fro

Philippine President Corazon Aquino is under severe pressure to clean house, now that the very group

Morton I. Michelson was named president of Cascade Steel RollingMills Inc., a unit of Schnitzer Stee

NORWEST CORP. (Minneapolis) - Dale Monson was named president of the Minnesota bank's St. Cloud/Sauk

CHINA FIGHTS INFLATION WITH RATE HIKESChina said Tuesday it is raising its interest rates, w

New York State has established an $8 million fund for municipalities to set up and operate recycling

Transportation Secretary Jim Burnley faces a tough decision on a subsidy issue that has divided much

The Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority wants out of a second complaintaction filed by freight c

August 16, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

U.S. sales of colorants are expected to reach $1.85 billion a year by 1992, representing a 6 percent

North American potash production in June rose 13.5 percent to 914,398 tonsfrom 805,740 tons

Ausimont NV was notified by the International Trade Commission that imports of polytetrafluorethylen

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A voluntary union-management compromise, hammered out with the direct encouragement of the Interstat

The Travelers Corp. plans to sell its surety operations, which recorded 1987 net written premiums of

Signs of renewed inflation in the United Kingdom must be strictly monitored, even though there is no

American industry operated at 83.5 percent of capacity in July, the highest operating level in eight

While Alaska's new hard-rock mines are expected to boom during the next few years, another kind of A

BankAmerica Corp. said Monday that it is relocating its Bank of America New York foreign exchange tr

VIKING FREIGHT STOCK PURCHASED BY ROADWAYAKRON, Ohio - Roadway Services Inc. said Tuesday it

Del Monte Tropical Fruit Co. has found a customer for the space on six newly built refrigerated vess

LAWSUIT SEEKS TO BLOCK STATE FARM CAMPAIGNA motorist sued State Farm Mutual Insurance Cos.,

International Fair of Arequipa, Peru. A fair for capital goods and equipment, consumer goods and art

A sharp surge in exports from the Philippines to the United States indicates the former's trade surp

The Coleman Co. has never had a bloodier year. Five times in the last 10 months, the world's

He sometimes talked about his job as pick-and-shovel work and himself as a gardener, images no one w

* Erich Heinemann - Happy Anniversary, Mr. Greenspan 8A * Richard Lawrence - Forging a Pacif

Huge financial losses and the failure to find new lenders forced American Freight System Inc. to cea

GERMAN-FLAG FLEET CONTINUES TO SHRINKFRANKFURT, West Germany - The size of the West German-f

UNILEVER POSTS RISE IN SECOND QUARTER NETUnilever, the Anglo-Dutch household products group,