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In a revolutionary step to obtain foreign know-how, a prominent Chinese iron and steel company has i

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Willy de Clercq, the European Community's commissioner for external relations, warned Tuesday that t

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Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. is embarking on an ambitious program to add 14 ships to its fleet o

CRUM & FORSTER INC. (Morristown, N.J.) - Robert J. Vairo, president and chief operating officer of C

Abandoning their customary low profile, multinational executives operating in Brazil are joining loc

The Columbia River Shippers Association and Hyundai Merchant Marine have signed a service contract t

The Reagan administration is turning thumbs down on a proposed bill that would make 12 foreign-built

Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp.'s new chairman, Robert D. Krebs, has some definite ideas about redir

Tonnage handled by the Port of Le Havre fell 11.4 percent to 23.9 million metric tons in the first h

The administration is sitting on the fence, refusing to either endorse or oppose legislation designe

Another scheduled airline industry effort to make an impact on the fast- growing international couri

The government is investigating allegations of criminal misconduct by federal employees charged with

Knight-Ridder Inc. has agreed to pay $353 million to buy Dialog Information Services Inc. of Palo Al

The European Parliament has urged quick action by European Community executives to resolve what it c

If money made the world go round, the planet could start spinning a bit faster as a result of the ef

Congressional leaders said Tuesday that Congress should not rush to pass drought-aid legislation thi

Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Peter W. Gillies has resigned from his position, effective July 2

U.S. exports of hazardous waste would be banned under legislation introduced in Congress Tuesday by

COST OF KEEPING COOL AT HOME ROSE IN JUNEHome air-conditioning bills were pushed up an avera

Data General Corp., headquartered in Westboro, Mass., said it will sell its printed circuit board fa

President Reagan has pledged to weigh opposition to a proposed executive order that could help licen

Hong Kong Islands Line hopes to enhance its competitive position in the busy Southern California int

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK OF DALLAS (Dallas) - William J. Durbin was named acting director of regulator

THREE SOVIET BANKS TO JOIN SWIFT NETWORKBRUSSELS, Belgium - Three Soviet banks agreed to lin

COLECO INDUSTRIES INC. FILES FOR CHAPTER 11WEST HARTFORD, Conn. - Coleco Industries Inc., th

Closed by the communists in 1949 and still technically illegal, private banks have reappeared in an

Occidental Chemical Corp. increased its off-schedule price of sodium chlorate R-2 solution by $25 a

SEMINOLE BUYS GRACE'S PHOSPHATE OPERATIONSW.R. Grace & Co. announced a definitive agreement

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Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. holds subsidy rights for the trade between the Great Lakes and Mediterrane

Loek C. Bergkamp is not likely to yield to the argument of some that creeping metamorphosis has tran

A surprise move to oust the chairman of Italy's Alitalia airline may reflect a drive for bolder mana

ALLEGHENY TO SELL UNIT TO SILICON VALLEY GROUPPITTSBURGH Allegheny International Inc. inten

Japan recorded a $5.9 billion trade surplus last month and saw its gap with the United States shrin

A lack of knowledge can sometimes be a good thing, according to Robert Fahey, Sea-Land's executive v

The Democratic front runner for president met with Port of Tacoma executives and Puyallup Indian lea

Coal, petrochemical and fuel oil shipping costs on the Mississippi River are expected to double as t

The flow of foreign and Mexican investment into Mexican industry might slowbecause of the un