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TRUCKERS' SOFTWARE CALCULATES MILEAGESKOKIE, Ill. - A mileage calculation program designed f

WELCOME, WAS THE REFRAIN heard aboard the Gazela Philadelphia, with an immediate, I shouldn't be say

An air of uncertainty surrounds today's resumption of contract talks between the Teamsters union and

A good way to measure the economic health of Cameroon is to monitor beer consumption, and right now

The Senate is expected to vote on the textile-footwear import quotas bill the second week in Septemb

Insurance commissioners are urging Congress not to enact revisions of federal racketeering laws that

Japan's overall trade surplus in July climbed to nearly $7.2 billion, including $4.5 billion with t

Tuesday's Court of Appeals ruling against the longshore 50-mile rule opens what appears to be the fi

Union dockworkers might have lost a fight when a U.S. Appeals Court in Washington said Tuesday that

Two of Britain's largest insurance companies, Commercial Union Assurance Co. PLC and General Acciden

The underwriting operations of Canada's property/casualty industry recorded a loss of C$178.8 millio

STOCKS, BONDS TUMBLE ON RATE JITTERSNEW YORK - Stock and bond prices fell sharply here and a

Financing daily expenses at Eastern Airlines has become an increasingly painful task, as the planned

Changing existing federal law to extend intercity U.S. air rights to foreign cargo and passenger air

25 PERCENT OF VENTILATING FANS IN NY SUBWAYS FAULTYMore than 25 percent of the giant emergen

A new service offered by Transax/RATES will allow subscribers to the maritime database service to se

A small Iraqi cargo boat is waiting outside the Strait of Hormuz to become the first Iraqi-flagged v

Seattle port commissioners voted Tuesday to end a rule that allowed prime contractors to put off nam

Heavy truck sales cooled slightly in July but the midsummer breather barely stirred a breeze in what

Construction has begun on a $400 million paraxylene plant on the southern coast of Indonesia's main

Lumber exports to Japan are showing signs of picking up again as the high- inventory, high-dollar sl

The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association requested the Reagan administration probe Argentina's d

* Far East Foils US Textile Makers' Strategy 4A * Lumber Exports to Japan Show Signs of Rebo

The Senate Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Karen B. Phillips to a seat on the Interstate Comm

South Atlantic International Longshoremen's Association locals will meet with four stevedoring compa

AVERAGE GASOLINE PRICE INCREASES 1.69 CENTSSummer gasoline prices jumped again over the past

Prudential Insurance Co. of America is betting that its health insurance policyholders will trade fr

Researchers for Congress are concerned that the development of new tests for diseases will lead heal

WARDAIR REPORTS LOSS IN FIRST HALF OF 1988Wardair Canada Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario, Canad

Japan Air Lines plans to raise new capital by issuing 7 million shares of stock. This is JAL's first

JAPANESE TRADE GROUP PLANS EUROPEAN VISITSJapan will send a trade delegation to West Germany

HOUSING COMPLETIONS ROSE BY 2.1 PERCENT IN JUNEU.S. housing completions rose 2.1 percent in

This index alphabetically lists all significant references to companies and other operatingorganizat

President Naosuke Yasuda of Japan Line Ltd. predicts his company could earn a profit from its remain

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August 10, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon

John M. Pietruski will resign as chairman and chief executive officer of Eastman Kodak Co.'s Sterlin

Gasoline and distillate primary inventories increased for the week ended Aug. 5, the latest weekly s

Mention Des Moines, Iowa, and most people think of corn and hogs - not a fast- growing insurance cen

PERUVIAN COPPER STRIKE INTERRUPTS DELIVERIESSouthern Peru Copper Corp. said it had declared