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ABSOLUTE GRAVIMETER PASSES CHINESE TESTSThe Chinese government has approved a second-generat

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. said it has agreed in principle to exchange certain operating subsidy righ

Leaders of Japan's three major opposition parties bitterly rejected a new proposal by the ruling Lib

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

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The Great Atlantic & Pacific Shipping Corp. faces two crucial challenges in the months ahead, said P

Legions of Americans have joined the ranks of owners of Swiss Army knives, and the indications are t

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Fill 'er up, says the Cadillac driver. But what neither the driver nor the gas station atten

A 20-year-old Arab boycott of soft drinks giant Coca-Cola Co. is cracking despite the Arab League's

Anyone caught dumping toxic waste in Ivory Coast could now be jailed for up to 20 years and fined $2

GULF POWER PURCHASES WESTERN KENTUCKY COALSouthern Co. Services Inc. said it bought 125,000

The Coast Guard has unveiled a proposed plan for testing virtually all U.S. merchant marine personne

If bad is good, is good necessarily bad? The drought is bad, right? For thousands of farmers

U.S. sales of diagnostic reagents and test kits are expected to advance by more than 10 percent a ye

The recent slide in the price of oil is likely to give added impetus to OPEC nations in their drive

China's harbors handled 210 million metric tons of goods in the January-June period, 7.9 percent mor

Mobil Corp. said its Austrian affiliate has made an oil and natural gas discovery in that country.

CONRAIL PLANS PURCHASE OF 1,000 NEW RAILCARSConrail is paying $34.3 million for 1,000 fully

NO EXPORT RESTRICTIONS SEEN FOR US GRAINSU.S. special trade ambassador Daniel Amstutz Monday

Lumber production fell, but orders and shipments increased in 12 Western states last week, a trade a

During the lean years of the early 1980s, the Flying Tiger Line was spinning off assets and selling

The government has announced plans to sell up to 49 percent of the capital of the state-owned beer-b

The world demand for synthetic fibers in 1987 showed notable increases over 1986 for a variety of co

Kuwait's Central Bank governor said his country might reduce its controversial 22 percent stake in B

SOFTWARE FIRM PERSISTS IN ITS BUY-OUT OFFERComputer Associates International Inc., the giant

Northern Ireland, despite its image as a war-torn province of Britain, has actually one of the highe

DOLLAR RISES ABOVE 100 ON ATLANTA FED INDEXATLANTA - The dollar rose above its 1980 average

POTASSIUM PRICE IS UP AT OLINSTAMFORD, Conn. - Olin Corp. is increasing the off-list prices

NATIONAL FUEL GAS CO. (Buffalo, N.Y.) - Bernard J. Kennedy was elected chief executive officer, succ

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The second quarter charge taken by CSX Corp. was $778 million. The amount was to cover a labor separ

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

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Locust swarms are moving across Africa, affecting the entire Sahel region, a group of nations compri

Mitsubishi Corp., one of Japan's largest trading houses, is considering an invitation by the Soviet

When the history of the labor movement in the 20th century is written, Jackie Presser likely will be

Australian cattlemen see few short-term gains resulting from the U.S. drought. Reports publi

Banks risk becoming the party poopers of the electronic communications revolution. Documents

There is almost no chance the United States would enter into a free trade agreement with Asian natio