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Massachusetts' ongoing state budget problems pose a threat to the future of the Massachusetts Mariti

Bank of America realigned its world banking group, creating two offshore divisions. A Europe

Freight futures prices moved higher on the Baltic International Freight Futures Exchange last week,

Statistics compiled on petrochemical trade for April 1988 by the National Petroleum Refiners Associa

The Army Corps of Engineers is building an underwater levee across the Mississippi River to help hol

Australia-New Zealand Direct Line has increased its capacity by 22 percent in response to growing ca

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NL Chemicals Inc., a subsidiary of NL Industries Inc., is building a new $200 million chloride proce

GLYOXAL SOLUTION PRICE UP AT BASFPARSIPPANY, N.J. BASF Corp.'s Chemicals division announced

Under the sunlit arch of a plastic greenhouse, an artificial swamp of cattails and elephant grass sp

Chevron Chemical Co., a subsidiary of Chevron Corp., Friday announced plans to join with Exxon Chemi

CYTOGEN CORP. (Princeton, N.J.) - Robert F. Johnston, chairman, becomes the new chief executive offi

Millions of Americans are exposed daily to dangerous chemicals contained in some cosmetics, a $17 bi

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POLYSAR, LUMMUS CREST PLAN JOINT VENTURESARNIA, Ontario - Polysar Basic Petrochemicals' chem

Southern Co. Services Inc. announced it is diverting more than 370,000 tons of coal bound for Gulf o

Saudi Arabia and Britain have signed a huge arms contract for advanced fighter planes and warships,

American labor unions did slightly better by their members in negotiating new labor contracts during

Despite foggy winters and sizzling summers, living is easy in California's Central Valley in one cru

The U.S. trade deficit is trending slowly downward, but major trade balance problems still threaten,

* Kevin Commins - Currency Forecast 7A * Howard Lewis - Unease Over Export Controls 8A* Stan

Sea-Land Service Inc. is pulling out of the shipping conferences linking the U.S. West Coast and Eur

California officials are studying plans to accredit three independent inspection centers in Taiwan t

Lumber production, orders and shipments fell in 12 Western states last week, a trade association rep

New overseas demand for hardwood logs from deep in the heart of Dixie has forest product companies f

When aviation talks between the United States and Japan open next Monday, negotiators for the two co

New Teamsters union President William J. McCarthy is an aggressive, no-holds- barred labor negotiato

A new commodity is moving on the lower Mississippi River this summer, and business is so good that i

Taxes and budgeting priorities may spark major floor battles at the Democratic convention in Atlanta

Despite foreboding, bus czar Fred G. Currey and his investor groups sank millions last year into reb

Ship lines have sent different signals to the Maritime Administration on a proposed policy that woul

The Federal Maritime Commission is seeking industry comment on its proposal to force ocean carriers

AMERICAN CRUISE LINES CONSIDERING MERGERHADDAM, Conn. - American Cruise Lines Inc., which pr

PULLMAN TO SELL ASSETS TO HELP REPAY DEBTPRINCETON, N.J. - Some Pullman Co. assets will have

CHARLES RIVER ASSOCIATES INC. (Boston) - Michael A. Kemp was promoted to vice president, transportat

The Army Corps of Engineers expects to keep navigation open on the Mississippi River without diverti

Paccar Inc. earned $43.6 million, or $2.43 a share, on revenue of $752.2 million during the second q

For the week ended July 2 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 116

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