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Gov. Robert P. Casey presented the 1988 Governor's Export Awards to six companies for outstanding ac

Visa, Sony Join Pepsi In Soviet TV Ad DealVisa, a credit card provider, and Sony Corp., the

The legislation to implement the U.S.-Canada trade accord is moving briskly through Congress, but st

Orient Overseas (Holdings) Ltd. reported an operating profit of US$61.5 million in the year ended la

The Interstate Commerce Commission Tuesday approved GLI Acquisition Co.'spurchase of Trailwa

The battle for the heavy-truck industry's top spot flared up again in April as Paccar Inc. raised it

Freight volume rose sharply in the first quarter for several of the nation's larger trucking compani

BP America Inc. said its first quarter operating profit was $576 million, upfrom $507 millio

Japan's oil companies are expected to import an additional 100,000 to 200,000 barrels of oil a day i

Soviet and American aircraft will make a series of flights through a large hole in the Earth's prote

Quantum Chemical Corp.'s USI division has announced plans to build a $32million centralized research

ALLIED SIGNAL INC. (Morris Township, N.J.) - John W. Barter was appointed senior vice president, pla

After several months of discussion, a major shipping conference has told Caribbean shippers it will

The U.S. dollar rose 1.4 percent against the West German deutsche mark and 0.8 percent against the J

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

Surging exports will help the U.S. forest products industry to have a good year in 1988, even though

BANK LEUMI TRUST CO. OF NEW YORK (New York) - Ira Newman and John D. Nork were named senior vice pr

The U.S. government expects export values to increase four times faster than import values, Commerce

After drifting through the shoal water of the early 1980s and sometimes running aground, American st

U.S. exports will rise faster and imports only moderately while businesses increase capital spending

The people who make EDI work have begun to try communicating with as much clarity as their computers

The Interstate Commerce Commission Tuesday decided not to grant Trailer Train Co.'s request for an e

The top Edward H. Harriman Memorial Awards for 1987 for the safest railroads in the the country were

As state officials try to wrap up plans to close Long Island Lighting Co.'s Shoreham nuclear plant,

Chevron U.S.A. and Standard Alaska Production Co. have gone to court to try to keep secret the test

For the first time since its opening in 1984, Singapore's petrochemical complex is in the black, rep

Thiokol Hikes Additive PricesThe Ventron division of Morton Thiokol Inc. is raising prices f

Business leaders called on the government to renegotiate the repayment terms on the nation's $32 bil

Monetary Ease Abroad Needed to Prop DollarSAN FRANCISCO - Sustained monetary ease abroad may

The European Community dropped anti-dumping duties on electronic typewriters assembled at a Japanese

Denmark's new government is unlikely to change the course of the nation's economy, despite its deep

Life insurers and insurance agents groups have agreed to support modification of tax law applied to

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach may be getting into the railroad business. What's more, they

RYDER SYSTEM INC. (Miami, Fla.) - William A. Baum was named vice president, finance and chief financ

Finding people to keep their machines running will be the biggest challenge managers of computer sys

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Traffic at the Port of Houston was disrupted onSaturday and Monday by a wildcat strike by dockworker

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May 17, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon, f

World demand for electronic ceramics is forecast to grow an estimated 7 percent a year over the next