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Brazil's minister of finance said Thursday he believes Japanese banks are willing to support a loan

BANKAMERICA CORP. (San Francisco) - Michael Simmons was named executive vice president and head of t

The state Board of Public Utilities gave preliminary approval Wednesday to a an agreement permitting

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. has announced a $50 million expansion project that will triple manufac

Scientists Tuesday began inoculating an acre of corn stalks in the first field test of a genetically

A steel shortage that has squeezed small manufacturers for the last year may be nearing an end, anal

U.S. critics of Japan's patent system are stepping up their attacks, accusing Tokyo of putting up tr

FUJITSU AMERICA INC. (San Jose, Calif.) - Yasushi Nakamura was named president and chief executive

A Jacksonville, Fla., trader and a Tampa agribusiness company received annual international business

US RIG COUNT RISES BY 27 TO TOTAL 921The number of working oil rigs in the United States ros

Companies that switch to a Just-in-Time inventory system often fail to benefit fully from the change

Amtrak won't begin rehabilitation work on the 50-mile segment of track in New England it has been gi

The Australian government had decided to ratify the Visby amendments to the Hague Rules covering sea

Fritz G. Tovar, general manager of Electric Boat since late 1981, has decided to retire, the company

A ship carrying more than 70 tons of well-packaged marijuana was towed into port Wednesday by a Coas

Former National Maritime Council shipper advisers have linked up with the National Industrial Transp

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A federal district court judge acquitted 17 van line agents and a household goods movers of price fi

Fears of higher interest rates and rising inflation weakened consumer buyingplans in June as

Citicorp Chairman John Reed Wednesday presented a proposal for setting down a framework for negotiat

Italy's postal system is getting slower and slower, with a domestic letter taking an average of 8 1/

Political differences between socialist-leaning Zimbabwe and the United States aren't keeping trader

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

FLEET NATIONAL BANK (Providence, R.I.) - Rosemarie A. Pavao was named a vice president in the stock

Vietnam veterans exposed to Agent Orange could begin receiving cash payments and other benefits this

MALAYSIA SET TO MEET RISING LATEX DEMANDKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysian suppliers will gu

Total Petroleum (North America) Ltd. expanded its operations in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolita

A coalition of private and public groups has taken its plea for an improved air transportation infra

Oil refinery workers are ending a five-month strike at the British Petroleum Co. refinery here after

Long-battling parties at Eastern Airlines ended a month-long marriage counseling exercise Tuesday wh

Premier Ciriaco de Mita has rejected calls for the removal of Italy's navyfrom the Persian G

At least one drought is coming to an end. Slowly, data has begun to dribble from the U.S. Cu

The United States opposes South Korea's proposed Livestock Product Marketing Organization, or LPMO,

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DON'T LOOK FOR the International Longshoremen's Association to tip its hand in advance on what conce

Despite delays and budget cuts, mid-year expectations are that the Federal Maritime Commission will

SmithKline Beckman Corp. assigned George W. Ebright, its president and chief operating officer, the

WITCO CORP. ACQUIRES INTEREST IN CALUMETCalumet Industries Inc. and Witco Corp. reached a de

Maritime liner operators, with a notable exception, are playing their cards close to the vest as a S

ALDUS CORP. CREATES WEST GERMAN UNITSEATTLE - Aldus Corp. has created a West German subsidia