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Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp.'s Chevrolet division have surpassed Honda Motor Co. as the f

Michel Camdessus, the International Monetary Fund's managing director, called for a major boost in h

Chevron USA is looking for a few good carriers. After years of contracting with scores of mo

U.S. business eagerly awaits the U.S.-Canadian trade liberalization pact in the belief that increase

Coal Subsidy Proposal Is Not GATT PriorityAn Australian proposal calling for General Agreeme

Societe Navale Chargeurs Delmas-Vieljeux, France's leading private shipping group, has thrown down t

Some 2,000 union tugboat workers struck towing, barge and tanker operators in New York harbor Tuesda

The government-owned Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority has offered to buy five former United S

One tanker hit the city's yet-to-be-occupied prison barge and another rammed an anchored vessel off

Japan might offer to phase out import quotas on beef and citrus fruit by 1993 to forestall a U.S. co

American President Cos. officials met with nearly 100 Japanese financial executives this week to dis

Burlington Industries announced the sale of its Glass Fabrics division to Porcher Textile, a French

An unusual coalition of carriers, terminal operators, stevedores and grain shippers helped the port

Georgia Gulf Corp. announced that it has acquired Freeman Chemical Corp. from Pittsburgh-based H.H.

Japanese researchers have discovered a new superconductor that works at higher temperatures, may be

Benzene price increases have begun to rise as a result of real market demandfrom Europe foll

KaiserTech Ltd. has reached agreements in principle to sell the remainder of its chemicals assets fo

Ebasco Constructors Inc. has won a $21.9 million contract by the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers to co

SANDOZ CORP. (East Hanover, N.J.) - The company announced the appointment of Dr. Robert I. Levy to

Hazardous Waste Plant In Utah Gets Go-aheadWestern Energy Inc. has received all necessary go

Westar Mining Ties Loss to Price DipVANCOUVER, British Columbia - Falling coal prices have l

PHILADELPHIA ELECTRIC CO. (Philadelphia) - Corbin A. McNeill Jr. was appointed executive director-nu

An Australian proposal calling for General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade countries to eliminate coa

Baxter Travenol and Erbamont NV announced Tuesday that they have signed a multi-year agreement for t

The way the coal industry's chief negotiator tells it, the new national contract with the United Min

British Coal said Tuesday it is ready to offer a unique supply contract to Britain's electricity ind

City officials will raise weight limits for fuel oil trucks if the tugboat workers' strike disrupts

Calif. Official Defends Acid Rain SymposiumAn air quality official here has condemned commen

Feb. 16, 1988 U.S. spot oil products price indications, sellers range, in cents per gallon,

The volume of proven oil and gas reserves on the Norwegian continental shelf and in North Sea fields

Pacific Lighting Corp. Announces New NamePacific Lighting Corp. changed its name to Pacific

VALVOLINE OIL CO. (Lexington, Ky.) - Robert M. Harbison was promoted to executive vice president of

Abu Dhabi Pricing Seen As a Swing FactorThe oil pricing policies of Abu Dhabi, which absorbe

In each of the last two years, Venezuela's national oil company has bought into a big Gulf Coast ref

The Boeing Co. expects to build jetliners with plastic wings within 10 years, a company official sai

NORTHWEST AIRLINES (St. Paul, Minn.) - William H. Sitter was elected executive vice president, admin

If the second name in Dworkin/Cosell Couriers Inc. leads you to the not illogical conclusion that a

NC Reservation Center Opened by AmericanDALLAS-FORT WORTH, Texas - American Airlines opened

Eastern Airlines Tuesday defended before a House subcommittee its plans to contract out the operatio

Airline and air freight carriers are lobbying to retain their unfettered exemption from payment of t