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SOUTH KOREA TO REDUCE AUTO IMPORT TARIFFSSEOUL, South Korea - Import tariffs on passenger ca

Three mammoth Asian elephants of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus left Oakland, Calif., for

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Tuesday announced the formation of a wholly owned South Korean subsidiary

Japan's economy may be growing robustly, but the people continue to sufferfrom soaring real

Japanese officials urged the country's major corporations Tuesday to import more manufactured goods

It is clear that there is now a sharper focus on distribution. Distribution, Tom Loughead adds, wavi

British Airways PLC chief executive Sir Colin Marshall called Tuesday for the privatization of all E

Northwest Airlines has asked the U.S. Transportation Department for authority to fly passengers and

'AGGRESSIVE' EXPANSION OF AIRPORTS NEEDEDPOMPANO BEACH, Fla. - The federal government should

While debate has raged the last few years over the management of the air traffic control system, pil

In an industry where profits are sometimes measured in fractions of a cent perdollar, electr

Let's say a bank wants to give a new kind of loan, or an airline wants to give a special deal, and t

Software Company Sues MitsubishiREDMOND, Washington - Software manufacturer Microrim Inc. ha

A trucking executive's nightmare goes something like this: The customer calls to complain that his s

US-Europe Conference Files 10 percent Rate HikeThe Pacific Coast European Conference has fil

The Sea-Land Atlantic is one of the 12 Atlantic-class vessels acquired earlier this year by Sea-Land

Gearbulk Container Services announced Tuesday it has ended its container service between northern Eu

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XTRA Corp. and Itel Corp. of Chicago have scuttled a deal under which XTRA planned to buy Itel Rail

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Four large industrial construction projects will be opened to limited bidding by foreign contract co

Pennsylvania and federal environmental officials have reached agreement with the current and former

Sen. Ernest F. Hollings, D-S.C., said the Senate will not pass legislation this year altering the St

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Tuesday that producers of natural gasfrom stripper wells

TOP STORIES: Demand for new railcars is high, but funding picture is unclear. 15ARoadrailers

TOP STORIES: Containerization is growing fast in Latin America and the Caribbean region. 7AC

Himont's Net Income Rose in Second QuarterWILMINGTON, Del. - Himont Inc.'s second-quarter ne

BEECHAM GROUP PLC (London) - James G. Andress was appointed chairman of Beecham Pharmaceuticals as o

MONSANTO CONTINUES GENETIC TOMATO TESTSST. LOUIS - Monsanto Co. has begun second-year resear

BP Chemicals Ltd. and the U.K. subsidiary of the Finnish chemical firm, Kemira Oy, will complement e

Only hours before the first of a two-stage congestion surcharge was due to take effect at Thailand's

Ocean Line of north Florida plans to add a weekly port call at Mayaguez, the first U.S.-flag service

Any business with at least 10 percent foreign ownership faces a possible $10,000 fine if it did not

The U.S. dollar rallied against major currencies Tuesday hitting a fresh 1988 high against the deuts

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

Currency stability, low interest rates and continued close links with the deutsche mark are behind t

CHINA - $127 million from the World Bank to help build the Zhong Yuan pharmaceuticals factory. A 20-

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

In Mexico 700,000 teen-agers reach working age each year. But, since the international debt crisis e

Foreigners invested in the United States at a near-record pace last year, a Commerce Department repo