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A Japanese university research group has developed what it says is the world's first robot capable o

The Department of Transportation said it will hold a formal hearing to decide if severance pay shoul

Reynolds Metals Co. intends to acquire Presto Industries Inc., a $200 million-a-year producer of pla

Production of plastics resins totaled 4.059 billion pounds in January, up approximately 7.5 percent

Union and management at South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Heavy Machinery Ltd. hammered out a new

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Panda poachers are crippling Chinese officials who are struggling to save their national symbol from

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Western bankers reacted cautiously Thursday to suggestions they soon will be allowed to operate in C

One of the largest copper mining companies in the Philippines is at a standstill today on orders of

As the trade bill moves to the Senate for vote on the conference committee report, the future of the

Baker Suggests a 'Club' To Push for Free TradeTreasury Secretary James A. Baker III Thursday

The Gauguin exhibit that opens at the National Gallery of Art here on May 1 could well be the last o

China will cut oil exports by about 5 percent this year to back efforts by the Organization of Petro

A study is under way in Australia to determine the feasibility of establishing an international spac

Arkansas Best Income Increased in QuarterFORT SMITH, Ark. - Arkansas Best Corp. reported fir

A formal request has been filed with the Japanese Transport Ministry by officials of the Japan Forei

State tax collections in tiny Rhode Island skyrocketed last year, while the levy in giant Alaska was

Falconbridge Ltd. of Toronto said Thursday its ferro-nickel customers will not be stranded by the ni

U.S. food giant Borden Inc. lost another round Thursday in its court battle to squeeze into the Brit

The Port of Felixstowe handled a record number of containers last year. Figures published by

South Korea's shipbuilders are facing mounting pressure to increase prices and reduce capacity foll

Spectrum, Control Data To Speed Up EDI UseSpectrum Concepts Inc. and Control Data Corp. have

A story on these pages April 21 about Danish-flag carrier Maersk Line's decision to call the Port of

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

Some U.S. furniture makers finally appear to be curing the chronic nearsightedness that causes them

Forest Service officials say they are confident of meeting fiscal 1988 timber harvest targets, despi

Pierre Desmarets was well aware of the phrase When in Rome, do as the Romans do, when he arrived in

April 21, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

BG&E Reports Jump In Electricity SalesBaltimore Gas & Electric Co. said first quarter kilowa

There is probably no aspect of corporate finance that is as hard to control as travel and entertainm

Problems over U.K. customs clearance appear to be set to sink British Airways' pioneering nighttime

The No. 2 figure in the longshoremen's union has been barred for life from office in the organizatio

New York State Maritime College. Delaware Valley Chapter of the Alumni Association. Dinner meeting.

Pace Medical Has Pact To Sell PacemakersWALTHAM, Mass. - Pace Medical Inc. announced Thursda

Union Carbide Reports 53 percent Rise in IncomeDANBURY, Conn. - Union Carbide Corp. reported

BIG, BIGGER, BIGGEST - Those are the steps registration figures followed for the ANSI X12 group's fi

Royal Nedlloyd Lost $544 Million in 1987ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Royal Nedlloyd Group, the g

Some congressmen are urging the Reagan administration to have the U.S. Navy extend its protection in

Norfolk Southern Doubles ServiceNORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk Southern Corp. has doubled its Triple