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Guilford Transportation Industries Inc. Monday criticized as too low the price tag the Interstate Co

The Maritime Administration has approved the sale and transfer to Cayman Islands registry of two car

HOME GROUP FINISHES ACQUISITION OF CARTERETHome Group Inc. said Monday that it completed its

BRAZIL'S CREDITOR BANKS BACK NEW MONEY PACTNEW YORK - Commercial bank commitments to Brazil'

W. Don Welch, executive director of the South Carolina State Ports Authority, was a vocal opponent o

Belgium's chemical and pharmaceutical giant Solvay & Cie. is planning an investment of $300 million

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Better management information systems and easier entry into new markets have sparked the growth of t

USDA SEEKS COMMENT ON MEAT IMPORT PLANThe Agriculture Department is taking comment on its pr

BELL, BOYD & LLOYD (Chicago) - G. Michael Epperson and William A. Zeitler were named partners in the

Old Chevrolets and Plymouths, driven by teen-agers in jeans, cruise down the street in what looks li

Following a decade of remarkable growth, South Carolina's Port of Charleston has surpassed Baltimore

Vice President George Bush urged the GOP platform committee Monday to make crystal clear the differe

Flight attendants at Eastern Air Lines, fighting to save more than 1,000 jobs, have produced a two-t

Batus Inc. scored two victories Friday in its ongoing hostile takeover attempt of Farmers Group Inc

RESEARCHERS GAMBLING ON ONE-ARMED ROBOTBEAVER, Pa., - Researchers at Carnegie-Mellon Univers

West German economic growth will slow to about 2 percent annually in 1989from a possible 3 p

The head of China's central bank is facing his first major challenge - can he curb the flow of credi

The good news is that civilian non-farm employment increased by 283,000 in July, following a revised

U.S. farm sales to East Asia are expected to rise by $2 billion this fiscal year, according to the l

COMMERCE DEPARTMENT PROMOTES J.P. MOOREJames P. Moore Jr. has been named the Commerce Depart

Seven of President Reagan's Cabinet officers asked the Senate to defeat legislation that would impos

* Import Quota Watch 4A * Commodity Research Bureau - Debt Market Sell-off 6A* A. Kraus - Pr

A monumental legal battle continued Monday, on the eve of a crucial vote on the future of the Southe

Walter Curran was named to a newly created post, deputy executive director of the Maryland Port Admi

1192 (Aug. 8, 1988) Previous day - 1192 The Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange in

The private British news agency Reuters Ltd. says it has taken steps to avoid future procedural erro

PITTSTON CO. (Greenwich, Conn.) - Florence D. Verrier was named assistant corporate secretary.

PORTS DON'T OFTEN RUN AGROUND, but the facilities behind Infomar 88 have hit some rocky shoals and a

The U.S. dollar still is vulnerable despite breaching important resistance levels against the Japane

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

China plans to go ahead with agricultural futures markets and says foreigners will be permitted to p

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Production of plastic resins totaled 4.265 billion pounds in May, up approximately 8.5 percent from

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The safety record of France's state-owned SNCF railways came under the spotlight Monday after compan

Consultec, a government-backed Chinese trade agency, and its Australian counterpart, Consultrade, ar

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

ENERGY MINISTER RESIGNS IN VENEZUELACARACAS, Venezuela - Energy Minister Arturo Hernandez Gr