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The Japanese Parliament Tuesday took one more stride toward opening the door for stock index and oth

Lord Cockfield, vice president of the European Community's Commission, said Monday that the movement

AVIATION The U.S. Postal Service is considering major changes in air mail contracting. 1ABr

Orders to U.S. factories for big ticket durable goods rose 0.8 percent in April, boosted by a jump i

NEW YORK LIFE OFFERS CREDIT CARDNew York Life Insurance Co. is marketing a credit card, know

The House Energy and Commerce Committee Tuesday voted down several amendments to strengthen the pend

This index alphabetically lists all companies and other operating organizations such as ports mentio

CONTROVERSY HAUNTS UPCOMING SUMMITThe controversy over the bug-riddled new U.S. embassy and

Whatever strategy a company uses to enter foreign markets, it must back that drive with a companywid

President Reagan Tuesday vetoed the giant omnibus trade bill citing a provision on advance notice fo

An American International Group company was fined $348,900 by the New York Insurance Department for

Flota Mercante Grancolombiana SA is interested in obtaining participationfrom U.S. and other

COMMONWEALTH RISK SERVICES INC. (Philadelphia) - Nona K. Wollenschlager was named vice president at

MARSH & MCLENNAN COS. INC. (New York) - Frank J. Borelli, Peter Coster and Philip L. Wroughton were

A U.S. food concern with a franchise to sell hot dogs at three football matches approached a British

CHINA OUTLINES PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT AREAChina's State Council has authorized the Beijing mu

The food additives market in the United Kingdom in 1987 was estimated at 328 million (about $176 mi

Triton Biosciences Inc. announced that fludarabine phosphate, a compound licensed exclusively to the

Sales of irradiation-resistant packaging for disposable medical devices and food products will reach

Mobil Chemical Co. formed a new unit, Solid Waste Management Solutions Group, based in Pittsford, N.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.'s polyester resin facility here began a recycling purchasing program to i

A perception that the St. Lawrence Seaway system is losing its cost- competitive edge may reduce its

The U.S. market for conductive or antistatic polymers is projected to reach $850 million by 2000 fro

Rotterdam Stevedores Planning to MergeThe two-year effort to rationalize cargo-handling oper

The National Motor Carrier Advisory Committee has passed three resolutions aimed at finding a soluti

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The recipients of this year's Admiral of the Ocean Sea awards are Thomas Crowley, chairman and chief

EPA Claims Mack Violated Clean Air ActPHILADELPHIA - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agenc

The Interstate Commerce Commission voted to end a series of investigations into some unusual rate ac

Japan Line is testing the double stack waters with a new carrier combination. This morning,

The Winchester & Western Railroad, all 60 miles of it snaking through Cumberland and Salem Counties

CHEMICAL LEAMAN TANK LINES INC. (LIONVILLE, Pa.) - Robert S. Shertz was appointed chairman and Roger

A two-tier railroad system recognizing basic economic differences between major trunk railroads and

The Federal Maritime Commission at its meeting today will consider the following matters in closed s

The national emergency board created to study the labor-management confrontation at the Chicago and

A 3-month-old tug strike in New York harbor shows no sign of resolution, state mediators say. But th

Investigators spent Monday listening to radio voice tapes to learn how a car- carrying ship and a ha

Global demand for cars is likely to remain broadly flat during the next couple of years, according t

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