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AB Electrolux, Swedish manufacturer of household appliances, said Thursday it will push ahead with e

U.S. business interests in Singapore said Thursday their faith in the island republic has been teste

Airgas Inc. Acquires NH Welding SupplyWILMINGTON, Del. - Airgas Inc. acquired New Hampshire

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. is shifting its mid-Atlantic port calls from Baltimore to Norfolk,

In just two decades, the footwear industry in Taiwan has gone from being a producer of slippers and

House Panel OKs First Product Bill AmendmentThe House Energy and Commerce Committee is slowl

For the week ended April 30 total piggyback freight hauled on the nation's major railroads equaled 1

Soybean oil Soybean crude fatty acid, dark oil. Quantity: about 1,000 mt/month. Quality: aci

If Panama's political crisis were resolved tomorrow, it would take at least two years and a vigorous

S. Korea Eases Curbs On US Farm ProductsSouth Korea, responding to pressure from the United

Retail sales, depressed by bad weather and an early Easter, fell 0.6 percent in April, the first dec

A U.S. company is negotiating contracts to sell Brazilian-made consumer electronics to leading consu

Stolt Tankers and Terminals (Holdings) SA, the company that pioneered the parcel tanker business, is

AIR CARGO Consolidated Freightways Inc. has come up with a new twist that allows it to use t

A Los Alamos National Laboratory team has developed a computer program that can mitigate the dangers

Consolidated Freightways Inc. has come up with a new twist that allows it to use the weaker U.S. dol

The Reagan administration, in response to international criticism, is asking Congress to approve a n

From burying rail roads hundreds of feet below the ground to raising skyscrapers high above it, plan

Isuzu Truck of America has introduced the 1989 NPR Flatlow, a light-duty truck aimed primarily at th

A Texas state court said carpets trucked between points within the state but originating elsewhere a

The collapse of Thailand's coalition government appears to have claimed an innocent victim in the co

The U.S. dollar drifted broadly lower Thursday, partly for technical reasons and partly in reaction

Nomura Securities Co. Thursday launched a new investment trust based entirely on U.S. Treasury and c

When California First Bank, which is owned by the Bank of Tokyo Ltd., announced recently its intenti

Several agreements in principle that would bring about the abandonment of the Shoreham nuclear plant

A fish farm, a timber company, a printing press manufacturer and the Port of Olympia received this y

Cocom, the 16-nation body that monitors exports to the Eastern bloc, will hold a working-level meeti

Along with a new prosperity, China's industrial boom of the past decade has filled rural skies with

In an attempt to save the live of African elephants, conservationists have launched a campaign to di

Suppliers of the following items seek U.S. importers/distributors. Interested parties are asked to c

New York City has passed a precedential law requiring companies that store more than 500 pounds of h

Several aspects of the legislation needed to implement the trade liberalization accord with Canada

Ultra-large crude carriers are going the way of the dinosaurs. The 300,000-deadweight-ton an

In a challenge to the market's lagging mutual fund sales, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. ha

The Hi-Tide is no longer your run-of-the-mill fish and chips shop. The American hamburger, fried chi

The United States' lead in biotechnology research is threatened by overly protective regulations tha

New and used clothing worn by or designed for U.S. military forces is becoming one of the hottest se

Solidarity leader Lech Walesa said Wednesday that lack of nationwide support doomed shipyard workers

U.S. employment could drop to 5 percent before causing significant wage inflation, Labor Secretary A

LTV Steel Co. Wednesday said it has signed a contract to sell its steel plant in Warren to the Renco