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Settlements with two state governments have opened the way for the first risk retention group to off

Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita accused the Reagan administration Wednesday of jeopardizing relation

The Air Line Pilots Association has asked the National Mediation Board to determine if Eastern Air L

Massachusetts Port Authority directors Wednesday approved a landmark plan to use increased landing f

Labor officials huddled Wednesday to decide how to respond to the Burlington Northern Railroad Co.'s

Subsidized sales are expected to account for more than 60 percent of all U.S. wheat exports this yea

Customs regulations in China must be simplified and staff must work more efficiently if exports are

Aggregate overseas equity investment by South Korean companies since 1962 totaled $1 billion as of t

The Finance Ministry has finally produced a package of measures to help ailing shipping companies un

In a partial victory for an Indian tribe, a federal appeals court ordered a judge Tuesday to conside

Imposing federal efficiency standards on ballasts, the electrical devices that start fluorescent lig

Malaysian exports of palm oil in December 1987 fell 17.1 percent from a month earlier to 357,470 met

Its victories in overseas markets have brought Honda Motor Co. worldwide recognition, but the compan

Some 250 striking tug crew workers massed on the waterfront and shouted their demands for a Coast Gu

The Reagan administration Wednesday warmly endorsed the Senate conferees' offer to the House on the

The rapid pace of technological and economic change sweeping through the world shipping industry is

Irish-Americans aren't the only ones thinking green this St. Patrick's Day. Their compatriots back i

Smaller firms rather than large companies and multinationals are likely to benefit most from the Bri

Amine Prices Up At Air ProductsALLENTOWN, Pa. - Air Products & Chemicals Inc. is increasing

In this age of mega-mergers and giant takeovers, the history of a corporation is often summed up in

Syria will become an oil exporter for the first time because of new discoveries, officials said Wedn

From his office overlooking Battery Place, Albert Cornette commands so spectacular a view of the cit

General Electric Co. said its scientists have put a superconducting film on a silicon chip and gotte

Massachusetts universal health-care legislation headed toward a crucial conference committee fight f

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

A Swedish company, Svenska Lock-Tainer AB in Surte, West Sweden, has designed a sturdy bar-and-lock

Tony Seideman's EDI Exchange, which has appeared on Page 3A on Thursdays, will appear on Page 2B on

More than 3,000 farmers from all over Taiwan marched through Taipei Wednesday to protest against inc

AVIATION The Air Line Pilots Association is seeking a federal ruling that would aid its driv

The active life-span of tanker ships is being extended. The construction price for tankers a

Shipping through the Panama Canal is generally running smoothly despite strikes and demonstrations i

United Airlines appointed three veteran executives to new positions. Joseph R. O'Gorman was

The Inter-American Development Bank must better understand problems of its Latin American and Caribb

Chris Hurford was named the Australian consul-general in New York. He was formerly a minister in the

An engine fire broke out on the Scandinavian Star, leaving the cruise ship adrift for hours in the G

Venezuela, Norway Join In Ammonia VentureCARACAS, Venezuela - The Venezuelan state petrochem

The U.S. dollar firmed modestly Wednesday on what traders perceived to be mounting tensions in Centr

The California Trucking Association filed its version with the Federal Maritime Commission of a prop

NJ Weighs Outcome Of Transit Budget CutsTRENTON, N.J. - Federal cuts in transportation funds

Kansas City Southern Industries Inc. has asked the Interstate CommerceCommission to treat Ph